Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Lily instinctively wiped her hands on her apron and quickly walled to the living room to grab her phone.

She pressed her finger to her lips, signaling for Maryanne to stay quiet, and stepped onto the balcony to take the call.

"Where are you?" Xavier's nonchalant voice came through the phone, yet tinged with possessiveness.

Lily curled a strand of hair around her finger, feeling measy. "Working overtime."

Xavier let out a single syllable through his nose. "Mm.

There was a long pause. It was so quiet that Lily thought the call had been disconnected. She glanced at the screen, confirming that the call

ongoing

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up"

"What time will you be back? Xavier asked again. "I'll come pick you up

Pick her up? Lily had never imagined she would receive such treatment,

She responded abruptly, "What?"

now had an edge of impatience.

had taken the initiative and the first time she had

I was still

filled with disbelief, followed by a mocleng laugh. "Fine. Figure out how to get back on your own then."

ups

pang of frustration. When Emma had told him she was working late, he'd

her up? Well, he wouldn't give her that satisfaction. She

keys

later, he arrived at his destination. As Xavier got out of the car, his phone rang. He pulled it from his

just two steps in, his

clear photos of Lily getting into Terence's car, followed

in the kitchen,

tightened in an instant, his knuckles turning white

him to pick her up-she was guilty, and that guilt was

up, Lily couldn't shake the uneasy feeling in her chest. She returned to the kitchen, where Terence had

his apron and placing

with her lips

rush you to go back!"

her head. "He

lie. But if he had, he wouldn't have called her

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