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.

about her felt

decision to divorce remained firm, but memories from her time with

didn't want to go to see Maryanne. She wanted to

nice atmosphere for the night and planned to search for

inside her, she methodically

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

two-bedroom apartment in a

rent was 4000 dollars a month, with three months paid

to scrape by for a month. Fortunately, she would start work

and sent her a lot of messages because she

she

were several missed calls and a barrage

not going to care about Hayden

is furious, and I

and you're just going to

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

you want to drive him

messages went unanswered, Hazel became more frantic. She resorted to voice

they came, berating Lily for being

soon moved to tearful complaints about how hard life had always been

she had finally gained

Lily had made Bobby berate her relentlessly. He questioned the child she had