Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 81

Chapter

81

Lily was willing to humble herself. Xavier didn't seem as happy as she'd expected him to be. Conversely, the look in his eyes darkened markedly.

Would she be willing to degrade herself to this degree just to get divorced?

He narrowed his eyes and rubbed the face of his watch gently.

He was silent for a moment and said in an impassive voice, "Apart from that, before you manage to ask her to come back, you must do your duty as a wife in the time remaining before the divorce."

Lily's throat tightened. It was Saturday. That meant that she would have to return to Fulton Manor with him.

Well, they weren't divorced yet. If it caught the Fultons' attention, it would be difficult to go through with it.

Although the Fultons treated her very well and she'd known them for two years, she wasn't sure what a prestigious family like them would think about a man having an affair. They might not think of it as an unforgivable act.

If the entire affair was exposed and they scolded Xavier on her behalf and told her not to get divorced, what could she do?

position, so it would be better to keep it a secret for

patience was

eyes. Every moment spent with him felt like torture,

edge of the table with a finger. "I won't force you to do

again with him. "However, you must promise me

divorced aroused a strange desire in

her the way she'd been before, when there had been stars in her

noncommittally, "If

thought for a moment. She'd said everything she needed to say, and

She put the divorce agreement down and left.

that were to Edith's taste, and she

moment she walked in, Edith came out to greet her. "Lily! Are you feeling

had made up an excuse about her not feeling well. She nodded and

glad you're alright. I haven't seen you

to Edith. Tamara was out on a business trip,

back that she didn't even take her afternoon nap. She talked

Xavier came back right on time

Edith continuously put food on Lily's plate. "Why do I feel like you've lost