Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

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?"

voice now had an edge

was the first time he had taken the initiative and

I was still

need?" Xavier's tone was filled with disbelief, followed by a mocleng laugh. "Fine.

ups

told him she was working late, he'd

frustration quickly turned to mockery. Was she trying to get him to rush to pick her up? Well, he wouldn't give her that satisfaction. She

grabbed his car keys

got out of the car, his phone rang.

two steps in, his gaze

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

even showed Lily cooking in the kitchen, with Terence standing nearby, clearly visible through

his knuckles turning white as his jaw clenched. He nearly

him to pick her

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

said, removing his apron and placing the

table with her lips

you to

bowls of soup on the table, shaking her head. "He said he'd come pick me up, but

had figured out her lie. But if he had,