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

a girlfriend?" Xavier suddenly

snapping out of his daze, instinctively shook his head before nodding vigorously. "I have, but

changes her attitude toward you to the point where it's completely different, what

was typically absorbed in work and surrounded mostly by clients or business partners. He kept his personal and professional lives separate, Even when a client tried

means there's no love anymore,"

was five years younger than him. When she loved him and flirted constantly with him, she called him "daddy", but

drastic change could only mean one thing-falling out of

love? These words hit Xavier like a train. His eyes widened

face tensed up as he replayed Lily's recent behavior,

same as before.

couldn't possibly

Emma in the afternoon. "Make

go buy the fish now," Emma replied cheerfully but then hesitated. "But I've

words were pointed. "Lily can

skilled. The fried fish she makes is always

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