Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 436

There was no easing into it, no sweet words, and certainly no apologies—just the expectation that they should go back to living as they had before.

Lily simply stayed silent and continued eating.

Seeing her quiet, Xavier's gaze turned teasing, but he didn't say anything more. Instead, he grabbed his things and left. This time, he really left.

For the entire morning, only Lily and Naomi were in the hospital ward. In the afternoon, Hayden arrived. He had been busy lately-so busy that he hadn't had time to visit her.

When he came today, he took the opportunity to ask a nurse about Lily's

condition. He didn't learn much about it, but he did find out about the commotion Xyla had caused yesterday.

"Lily, did Xyla hurt you?" Hayden held Lily's left hand, scanning her from head to toe.

"No. She came to ask me to forgive Sarah. She's still sick herself, so there's no way she could have hurt me."

"What a joke. If she wanted to save Sarah, why did she come to you?" Hayden said indignantly. "She should've gone straight to Xavier and had him take care of it."

thought about this too. Why hadn't Xyla gone to Xavier? Could it be that Xavier didn't want

days with Xavier, she could no longer easily figure out what he was thinking. Her

again, just kick her out. There's no need to listen to her nonsense!" Hayden said, completely disregarding the fact that Xyla

was injured. He didn't want her getting dragged into unnecessary drama that could

She's in the ICU now," Lily said, straightening Hayden's suit jacket. "Don't worry about

if you're planning to go home after you're discharged. You absolutely

he didn't dare let Lily live

to return to the apartment either. The incident had left her with a lingering fear of being alone. But she also didn't want to

go back to the

"You're going to go back there just because he asked you

fell silent, her

her head told her not to

as that would mean the divorce was off the

how things

whether they loved

not, they'd just