Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 139

Chapter

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Lily's grip on Hayden's hand tightened. "What do you mean by that?"

"Lily, I'm in so much pain." He couldn't muster the strength to hold her hand in return. His face was worn and haggard. "Every time I close my eyes, all I see is that person lying in a pool of blood..." Suddenly, he yanked his hand away and began hitting his head forcefully. "I deserve to die! Why did I have to go out that day? She wouldn't have died if it weren't for me!"

Lily immediately stood up and grabbed his wrists to stop him, but his violent movements caused her to sway. Tears spilled from her eyes as they splashed onto her clothes and his hands.

"It would've been someone else even if it wasn't you that day. She was deliberately looking for an accident. Do you understand? Her family has already admitted it..."

"No! Maybe... if she had been given more time, she might have changed her mind. She might have decided to face her illness and live..." Hayden was already trapped in a spiral of despair.

He often imagined himself in the worst state. He would rather believe that the victim could have escaped her obsessive mindset than in his innocence.

with all her strength to restrain him

hit her if I had driven just a little slower! She wouldn't have died if I had swerved and crashed into a tree!

self-doubt after another. He clutched his head in agony and

bed, holding his hands as tightly as possible. "Hayden, please don't scare me.

Hayden remained mired in his pain no matter what she

words were unable to reach him no

to rot in prison." Hayden suddenly leaped off the bed as he spoke. The momenturn caused Lily, who was holding his hands, to stumble. She was forcibly dragged off the bed by him. Her forehead hit the

for support and pressed

hospital floor instantly erupted into

sound of hurried footsteps, Hayden's labored breathing and murmurs, and Lily's pounding heartbeat surged into Lily's mind all at once. She was completely frozen apart from instinctively holding onto

Xander rushed in with a few doctors, who restrained

please wait outside. You can trust Dr. Dawson" The resident doctor

led Lily ou

out of the ward.

"Didn't you say his condition was improving? Why is he acting like