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

her patience was running

moment spent with him felt

how aggrieved she looked, and he tapped on the edge of the table with a finger. "I won't force you to do anything. If you don't agree, then take the divorce

"However, you must promise me that you'll sign

divorced aroused a strange desire in

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

slightly, and he said noncommittally, "If you persist, I have no reason not to

a moment. She'd said everything she needed to say, and there was no

She put the divorce agreement down and left. She

she bought a few pastries that were to Edith's taste, and she reached

in, Edith came out to greet her. "Lily! Are you

she hadn't visited last week. Perhaps Xavier had

I haven't seen you for half a month, and I've missed you

time talking to Edith. Tamara was out on a business trip, and Shane had gone

back that she didn't even take her afternoon nap. She talked to Lily for the

came back right on

Lily's plate. "Why do I feel like