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 disordered

remained firm, but memories from

to go to see Maryanne. She wanted to be alone

for the night and

the chaos inside her,

manage this level of calm was because her phone was set to airplane mode,

she rented a two-bedroom apartment in a

a month, with three months

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 would have income.

call her multiple times and sent her a lot of messages because she

Maryanne a text explaining she had moved and shared her

from Maryanne, there were several missed calls and

not going to care

is furious, and I can't do

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

of our family, how would you have married into the

dad is beyond angry. Do you want to

went unanswered, Hazel became

another, they came,

angry scolding, she soon moved to tearful complaints about how hard

had finally gained a bit of status, Lily

that Lily had made Bobby berate her relentlessly. He questioned the