Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 138

Chapter 138

Lily's phone rang from the comer of the table. It was a call from the hospital.

"Hello, Ms. Joyner. Mr. Dawson asked me to inform you that you may visit the patient this afternoon."

"Alright. Thank you!" Lily's face lit up with joy. After hanging up, she requested a day off from Nadia and headed straight to the hospital.

She first met Xander at 2:00 p.m., the beginning of visiting hours. "Mr. Dawson, has my brother's condition improved?"

Xander adjusted his glasses. "Strictly speaking, there's no significant improvement in his condition based on our observations.

"Though he's become slightly more emotionally stable than when he arrived, lids overall state is still bad. He said he wanted to see you during my rounds this morning" Lily's heart tightened. "He specifically asked to see me?"

"Yes. I had asked if he wanted to see his parents, but he refused. He only wanted to see you." Xander paused momentarily before adding, "Kindly pay attention to his behavior when you see him. Also, try not to mention the car accident and watch closely for any unusual behavior."

Hazel simply didn't like Lily. Yet, they showered

to take her to Hayden's ward Lily hadn't seen him once since he had been admitted to the hospital ten days ago. The curtains in the ward were drawn, blocking out most of the sunlight. The room was dim. The young man on the hospital bed looked pale and

at the sound of the door.

ached a little

e with

The unfamiliar young man before her was

incident. She couldn't imagine the torment he

Hayden called out to her first. His voice was calm and devoid

responded, "Hey. I'm

sat down on a chair next to the hospital bed before clasping his hand in hers and looking at him intently. "Did you miss me?" His eyes were faintly shadowed with dark circles. They were likely from sleepless nights. The word "haggard" barely

When he wasn't speaking, his gaze was vacant and

"I did. There are so

she leaned in and held his hand tightly. "I'm

and Mom been treating you poorly again?"

softly in the quiet ward,