Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Every morning, by the time Xavier came downstairs, Lily had already left. Only the breakfast that Emma prepared was waiting for him..

These were the obvious changes-the surface-level ones. The subtler ones, though, were more noticeable in bed.

She no longer clung to him or acted coquettish. He'd noticed the emptiness in her eyes a few times, clear and devoid of any desire.

These small changes were starting to weigh on him, distracting him during meetings. It wasn't until the meeting was over that Timothy walked over to him

"Mr. Fulton, are you feeling alright?"

Xavier raised his hand, frowning slightly. "I'm fine."

Timothy felt a shiver of unease. The good days had barely lasted, and now Xavier seemed to carry y more weight on his mind than before.

His instinct told him it had something to do with Lily, but he didn't dare ask

ever had a girlfriend?"

daze, instinctively shook his head before

her attitude toward you to the

client tried to flatter him, he didn't

means there's no love anymore,"

about his ex-girlfriend, who was five years younger than him. When she loved him and flirted constantly with him, she called him "daddy", but when they broke up, she called

drastic change could only mean one

These words hit Xavier like a

he replayed Lily's recent behavior, scene by scene in his

wanted her love. He wanted her to be the same as before. Someone who gazed at him with gentle, shimmering eyes, constantly

possibly not

in the afternoon.

then hesitated. "But I've never made it before. I'm not sure if I can do

pointed. "Lily can

"Mrs. Fulton is very skilled. The fried fish she makes is always

scent of fried fish. But as he walked deeper into the