Chapter 66

Chapter 66

It was Tuesday.

With nothing to do before the measuring appointment, Lily kept herself busy organizing the files Nadia had assigned her.

That evening, she clocked out on time. As soon as she drove up to the entrance of the Bayview Gardens complex, a figure suddenly darted out in front of her car.

Still affected by the trauma from her recent accident, she slammed on the brakes in fright.

The difference was that when she woke up after the car accident, she repeatedly thought about how no one should suddenly appear on that stretch of road.

So she concluded that she must have been too exhausted those days, and it was just a hallucination. But this time, someone was truly standing in front of her car. She steadied her nerves and looked up. Bobby pounded on the hood with a bang while glaring at her.

"Lily, get out of the car!"

She was still driving one of the Joyner family's backup cars, so it wasn't surprising he could track her down here.

had ignored Hazel's calls and messages. Bobby must have come to

her seatbelt and stepped out

forward and gripped her wrist

do to make Xavier angry? He's out to ruin the Joyner

throbbed with pain, and she frowned. "What's he

one of our business deals!" Bobby, who was never one for introspection, didn't pause to

those words would make Xavier angry. Perhaps Xavier would throw Lily out in a rage. But as long as Lily used every manipulative tactic to stay, what could Xavier do if

had

does business with our family isn't something

coming back to sleep with him. She bit her lip, struggling to free her arm from Bobby's iron grip. But he only tightened his hold. "I raised you all these years for nothing! You couldn't save Hayden, and now you're dragging the whole family down.

don't care what it takes-beg, plead, whatever you need to do to get Xavier to forgive

drained the color from

going back!" she

crowd had gathered at the entrance to watch

the complex under everyone's scrutiny, she tried to shake off his grip and walk in the

noticed a Maybach parked by the

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