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

divorce remained firm, but memories from her time with

go to see Maryanne.

hotel with a nice atmosphere for the night and planned to

the chaos inside her, she methodically arranged

was because her phone was set to airplane mode, which ensured no interruptions aside from essentials like contacting a

she rented a two-bedroom apartment in a modest

4000 dollars a month, with three

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

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

a text explaining she had

calls and a

going to care about Hayden

I

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

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

Do you want

became more frantic. She resorted to

after another, they came, berating Lily for being

complaints about how hard life had

she had finally gained a bit of status,

that Lily had made Bobby berate her relentlessly. He