Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 148

Chapter 148

Terence saw right through Lily's pretense. He grasped her wrist and guided her through the crowd to a quiet corner of the exhibition hall.

"It's fine that you don't have any expectations. However, you should demand absolute fairness and justice when it comes to competition. You don't have to tell me what happened, but you can't just give up like that.

Not giving up? Lily pursed her lips lightly and averted her gaze.

She couldn't muster the courage to seek fairness and justice, let alone look him in the eye. However, she didn't want to show her grievances in front Terence either.

"Fairness and justice aren't something everyone is qualified to pursue."

Terence was even more puzzled. "But you're different. You have Xavier. How could you" How could she not have the right to pursue fairness and justice?

through his sentence, and his voice abruptly trailed off. A flicker of disbelief reflected in his gentle eyes. Upon seeing his expression, Lily knew he had pieced it together.

of her

the warm sunlight was cast on her, it couldn't conceal the sadness and heaviness that radiated from

better. Instead, he gently tucked a stray strand of

shake off her emotions whenever she was around

be understood without

that Xavier had sent her to Sarah just

want? just to

her head and smiled

her mindset. She had no choice but to compromise for Hayden's medical

She wanted to let go of everything. Hayden's illness would eventually be cured.

matter of time.

the right to decide whether to continue viewing this exhibition." Terence changed the topic. He glanced toward

competition might have been over for her, but her work wasn't. She had to keep learning. She would never give up on a career