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."

they showered Hayden with an overwhelming love more than

see now was her. A complex feeling stirred within Lily. She even felt a hint of nervousness. "Alright. I'll monitor him closely." Xander instructed a resident doctor 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 sickly. His hair, which was recently shaved, had grown back

the sound of the door. His dark

ached a little more

e with

unfamiliar young man before her

had only been a month since the incident. She couldn't

called out to her first. His voice was calm and

responded, "Hey.

chair next to the hospital bed before clasping his hand in hers and looking at him intently. "Did you

as if all the energy had d been drained from him. When he wasn't speaking, his gaze was vacant and his face was stiffened. It was almost

so many things that I want to tell

Lily nodded in n reassurance as she leaned in and held

been treating you poorly again?" Hayden leaned toward her

the quiet ward, their