My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 421

After several days without a bath, her scalp had been itching unbearably, so she'd washed her hair.

"How's your concussion? Feeling any better?" Xavier felt her twist her shoulder out of his grasp, leaving his hand as cold and vacant as his heart.

With all his might, he suppressed his sorrow so that it wouldn't show on the outside. Her well-being mattered more than his feelings.

"I'll be fine. I just need a few days' rest," Willow replied. "If there's nothing else, I'd like to get back now."

As she turned away to leave, Xavier declared, "We're going to go grab a bite to eat, together." He tried to make it sound assertive, as though she didn't get a say in the matter.

"I've already eaten."

"You've had dinner. Time for dessert." He opened his car door, invitingly.

Willow frowned. "I'm not hungry."

"Alright! I guess I'll go have a chat with Jasper, then!" Xavier snapped, delivering an implied threat.

resolve folded instantly. She obediently got into his car, and Xavier drove off with her

they arrived at a fine

table by the window, looking out upon a beautiful

The fountain threw up a cloud

served them a steak. It looked delicious.

there was no doubt that it would have been extraordinarily delicious... to someone who'd come

Willow had brought with her was a full tummy instead. She'd had a lot to eat for dinner.

finest cuisine was no more appetizing than the

handed her knife and fork. "Eat

hungry. You can have

a place like this to have a romantic dinner date together... she found it deeply irksome. Xavier averted his gaze to hide the pain in his eyes. "So you won't even share a meal with

all, really. I had a whole lot to eat,

me, I'd lay the whole world at your feet. I could

just sat there,

with the determination to have this conversation with her. All his life, he'd never loved any