Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 177

Chapter 177

Initially, Howen had planned to tease Xavier a bit and perhaps get something out of him, but Xavier figured it out on his own. This was enough to prove that he was indeed interested in pursuing Lily. Lavde to get

Rowan caught the scent of gossip. "Imet Terence while I was abroad. He helped me with something, and I owe him a favor. He cleared that favori me to treat Hayden and promised to owe me one in return!" This clearly showed that Terence was very serious about Lily.

"You agreed to it?" Xavier's gaze darkened.

"I was already treating Hayden. Isn't it a win-win situation? Rowan replied confidently.

Xavier clenched his jaw, the sharp lines of his face becoming even more defined.

What surprised him was that Terence would go this far for Lily. Was it because of Maryanne?

stirred in his heart, the feeling that someone had their eyes on something

down his spine. Thankfully, when Rowan had messaged Terence about Hayden's condition, Terence hadn't come. Otherwise it would have been really awkward. The door burst open with a bang as Terence stormed in, his chest

the surveillance footage," Rowan muttered, cursing his luck for dealing

grabbed a file from the desk, adjusted his glasses, and said,

9:00 pm, the

howled outside, and the temperature inside dropped suddenly. Xavier loosened his tie and sat down, casually gesturing to the other chair.

hand from the door and walked over to sit down. "I heard from Dr. Blackwood that Hayden tried to commit suicide. I just came to check on

there to be nervous about?" Xavier crossed his legs, fingers laced on his lap.

long, this was the first time Terence felt an

I think you're overthinking.

in his chair, his posture becoming

Mr. Devereux. I was just saying something offhand. I hope

this, Terence got up to leave. "Since you're here, I'll take my leave." As he said that, he turned to leave. But then, Xavier spoke again. "If I say I want you to stop involving yourself in anything related to her, including her work, do you think you can do that? Terence paused,

about her work, and I've never interfered. Don't push her too