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

decision to divorce remained firm, but memories from her

want to go to see Maryanne. She

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

chaos inside her, she methodically

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

apartment in a modest complex

rent was 4000 dollars a month, with three months

some essentials, 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 would have income. Once settled, she turned her phone

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

explaining she had moved and shared her

missed calls and a barrage of texts

not going to

is furious, and I can't

and you're just going to cut ties like

you have

is beyond angry. Do you want to drive him to

unanswered, Hazel became more frantic. She resorted to voice

another, they came, berating Lily

about how hard life had always

had finally gained a

Bobby berate her relentlessly. He questioned the child