Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 48

Chapter 48

She had chosen Xavier's most handsome photo and then carefully taken one of herself.

In the picture, he wore a sleek black suit. His features were sharp and cold.

She wore a simple white dress and no makeup. She looked delicate and gentle.

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She had never noticed anything wrong with the picture before, but now, the more she looked at it, the more mismatched they seemed.

She cut the photo in half. It was easy to separate, having been carefully edited together in the first place.

Then she tossed one half in the trash. It was the half she was in, the one in which her eyes were full of nothing but Xavier.

After that, she put the remaining half back into the frame.

30 minutes later, she left with her suitcase.

The spare car she had taken from the Joyner residence last time was still parked nearby, and she drove straight to a hotel.

With the window partly rolled down, the cold night wind rushed in. It tangled her hair into a mess.

her felt disordered

but memories from

to see Maryanne.

nice atmosphere for the night and planned

inside her, she

reason she could manage this level of calm was because her phone was set to airplane mode, which ensured no interruptions aside from essentials like contacting a land paying for

a two-bedroom apartment in a

was 4000 dollars a month, with three months

she had spent a considerable amount, leaving her with only 8000 dollars, which was just enough to scrape by for a month. Fortunately, she would start work next week

and sent her a lot

Maryanne a text explaining she had moved and

there were several missed calls and a

going to

I can't do

years, and you're just going to cut ties like that? Are you planning to sever all family

help of our family, how would you have married into the Fulton family

dad is beyond angry. Do you want to drive

became more frantic. She resorted to

after another, they came,

scolding, she soon moved to tearful complaints about

had finally gained a bit of status, Lily had ruined it

Lily had made Bobby berate her