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.

felt

memories from her time with Xavier kept playing

Maryanne. She wanted to be alone for a

hotel with a nice atmosphere for the night and planned to search for an apartment

chaos inside her, she methodically

to airplane mode, which ensured no interruptions aside from essentials like contacting a

apartment in a modest complex

dollars a month, with

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

tried to call her multiple times and sent her a lot of

Maryanne a text explaining she had moved and

were several missed calls and a barrage of

not going to

and I can't do anything

of you for over 20 years, and you're just going to cut ties like that? Are you planning

you have

dad is beyond angry. Do you want to

messages went unanswered, Hazel became more frantic. She resorted

they came,

soon moved to tearful complaints about

she had finally gained a bit of

made Bobby berate her relentlessly. He questioned the