Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 158

Chapter 158

"You've chased Emma away. Wouldn't it be disappointing to you if I went to the office?" Xavier gave Lily a teasing glance. He had a playful smile on his face, as though he could see right through her subtle act of playing hard to get. "When did I chase Emma away? Lily frowned. Her clear, bright eyes reflected the sharp, handsome features of the man before her.

Xavier chose not to call her out on her bluff when she didn't admit to it. He sald instead, "I'm not going to the office tomorrow, but I have meetings online. I'll be very busy."

"Understood," Lily said. Xavier never listened to explanations, and she didn't bother giving one.

With the blizzard in Jadeford, Lupier announced through the company email that everyone could work from home.

That night, Xavier spent the entire time at an international conference.

When Lily woke up the next morning, the spot beside her was cold. Xavier was still busy with work in his study.

make breakfast. She waited for a

probably still busy, but after working all night, Xavier had to be

handle it, and it could affect his mood if he felt unwell. Xavier feeling unwell meant it would impact her chances

of breakfast upstairs and knocked on the study door

from home. Whenever he did, Lily had been especially happy because she rarely had the chance

coffee, fruits, or milk-anything to make an excuse to visit the study. Lily would always knock lightly as she

particularly like her entering his office, and he would have a stern expression on whenever she did. Yet,

was in

wore reflected the light and made it difficult to see the emotions in his eyes. Before Lily could

placed the tray down before turning to leave. Xavier's voice echoed in her ears

and went downstairs to have her breakfast. After that, she placed a small table next to the floor-to-ceiling

phone on the floor buzzed, and it was a photo sent from an unknown number. The photo was a collage of a few screenshots of Xavier in a video call with

smiling sweetly while Xavier looked down with

two other photos of Xavier working intently