Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 279

Chapter 279

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The phone rang again as Terence got into the car and answered it.

"Weren't we supposed to go on a blind date tonight? Why did you stand the woman up?" Richard's voice was stem, and his frustration was palpable even through the phone

Terence fastened his seatbelt, his voice calm and cool. "lludworkto handle. And I didn't stand her up. Tealled her in advance,"

Richard wasn't convinced. "You told her half an hour before the date that you weren't coming. How is that not standing her up?"

"I'm just not interested in blind dates," Terence said bluntly, "With the year-end approaching, work's hectic. Please stop arranging these things for me." "Are you not interested in blind dates, or do you have someone in your heart?" Richard's words hit the mark, as he had already noticed something. "Suddenly going abroad and then coming back-it's probably for a woman. What? Her family background isn't good, and she's not from our circle? "At least bring her home so your mother and can meet her. We're open-minded. We don't demand a perfect match."

more open-minded."

answering in a stiff tone,

prominent as the Devereuxxfamily, would

had to keep the years of feelings buried deep inside

they had to be. Was Terence's crush a disabled

rest early." Terence ended

conflict between him and Richard was clearly caused

scenes were enough to show

they would stop forcing blind dates and start directly pushing for a marriage. Time was running out for

the top floor, his eyes carrying a faint

behind left Lily feeling unsettled. She thought about it for a while, unsure of

an unlikely possibility, and

time she thought about Xavier was late at night when she

work overtime, as the company policy

footsteps at the door and instinctively stood up. Before she could see who it was, she

some renovations?