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?" Xavier suddenly

and, after snapping out of his daze, instinctively shook

changes her attitude toward you to the point where

absorbed in work and surrounded mostly by clients or business partners. He kept his personal and professional lives separate, Even when a client tried to flatter him, he didn't enjoy forming friendships with them. He

there's no love anymore," Timothy

his ex-girlfriend, who was five years younger than him. When she loved him and flirted constantly with

drastic change could only mean one

like a train.

Lily's recent behavior, scene by scene in his

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

couldn't possibly not

called Emma in the afternoon. "Make

fish now," Emma replied cheerfully but then hesitated. "But I've never made it

words were pointed. "Lily

caught on. "Mrs. Fulton is very skilled. The fried fish she

the house that evening, he could already smell the unmistakable scent of fried fish. But