Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 204

Chapter 204

Since Lily had started causing trouble again, Xavier hadn't allowed Emma to come over. The entire situation would be exposed if Emma discovered that Lily no longer lived there.

"I don't care where she is. What matters is that I shouldn't be here!" Lily stood up, brushing off her pants. "I'm leaving now."

"Where are you going?" Xavier sat down on the sofa, crossing his legs. He took off his watch and began idly playing with it in his hands.

Even though Lily stood taller than him while he sat, Xavier still had the upper hand.

Lily looked down at him, suppressing her anger. "I need to work. I don't have time to waste with you here. You can stay locked in this house all you want, but I can't!"

"I'm covering all the expenses while you're here," Xavier replied firmly, holding his ground. "The punishment I gave you is to prevent future problems."

Punishment? He had already convinced himself that Lily was behind sending those photos to the media.

like punching a cotton ball. "If you want to punish me, you need evidence, right? Show it to

placed his watch on the coffee table and said casually, "I don't waste effort

to keep me locked up like this?" Lily scanned the room before moving

precarious angle, and it looked like it

"You'll regret this."

the vase for seven figures at an auction in another province. To him, it was just a decorative object,

who had a sense of the value of money, could hardly bear breaking something so

destroying it, but the vase had a thin layer

that bothered him. It was

instinctively gripped the hem

200 thousand dollars." Xavier's irritation was palpable. "When we

confident when

couldn't help but remember how Lily had always acted cold and distant whenever she saw him. Perhaps, as she did now, she would shift her expression suddenly-full of regret and frustration, Let her be. He was curious to

even further. "I haven't even asked for your property, and you're demanding

your place. The money I'm asking for is compensation for