Chapter 68

Chapter 68

Xavier's gaze lingered on Lily, who walked into the complex without looking back. His lips curled into a cold smirk.

Turning to Terence, he sized him up.

"A few days ago," Terence replied. He was oblivious to the scrutiny. "You're here to see Lily?"

Xavier and Terence had known each other since childhood, and their relationship was neither close nor distant. Two years ago, Terence suddenly left for abroad and cut all contact. Now, their reunion was tinged with an odd tension. It was strangely familiar.. Yet that familiarity was tied to Lily.

An unexpected sense of unease stirred in Xavier. "Yes. She's been acting out lately. Women just need a bit of coaxing."

Terence didn't address the fact that they were practically at the point of divorce.

Xavier took his hands from his pockets and adjusted his cuffs. "So, what brings you around here?"

"Just passing by," Terence replied smoothly.

Xavier didn't

the Devereux Group and the

to catch up." He stepped forward,

the weight of it

brow instinctively furrowed.

and watched Xavier make his way across the street and enter

exact building and floor where

Lily were still locked

Fulton, please just come with me

the door handle, trying to close it, but he

when he had tricked her into returning flooded back. She blocked the doorway as if fending off a predator. He walked up with his hands in his pockets and stopped behind Timothy. Their eyes

the wariness

now was completely different from how she

said, "Give her the

place, Timothy

in her chest as she caught Xavier's dark

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