Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

"Xavier said he'll get to the bottom of it and give me an explanation," Lily said.

"Even if he found out that Sarah was behind this, would he have the heart to punish her?" Maryanne asked, clearly dubious.

Her distrust in Xavier stung Lily. In fact, this was also why she was reluctant to talk to him about it.

Soon, the news about Bruce being taken to jail spread. Terence also had his men investigate the matter, and the phone call he'd answered earlier had been about an investigation report from his subordinates.

After the police interrogated him, Bruce confessed everything he'd done to Lily and even exposed Sarah.

Now, the police were on their way to the hospital to take Sarah's statement.

Terence hung up and went downstairs to the VIP room. The moment he exited the elevator, he spotted Xavier in the corridor.

Xavier was smoking. His black shirt was wrinkled, and a faint stubble shadowed his jaw he hadn't gone home all night. Even smoking couldn't ease the suffocating weight in his chest.

Noticing that someone had just stepped out of the elevator, he glanced over and happened to meet Terence's gaze.

yards away. "Name

time Terence had even spoken to Xavier so curtly. In the past, he had been worried that his feelings

far more in the

she send you?" Xavier narrowed his eyes,

eight years, and she still doesn't know. I was waiting for you two to divorce before confessing to her but I can't wait any longer. I won't

Terence had been 18. Although Lily and Maryanne had been childhood friends, he had never met Lily Raised

been until the day before he'd entered university

mentioned

love

his university application and chosen to

Xavier had been

learned she was getting married, he'd even prepared to confess his feelings to

had led to an endless delay. He'd regretted it but had still done

but she had never spoken to him first. The first time she'd done it, she'd said,

knew how heartbroken he'd felt