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.

instantly. She obediently got into his car, and

ride, they arrived at a fine dining restaurant.

two of them sat at a table by the window, looking

a cloud of mist that gave the whole place a romantic and cozy

waiter served them a steak. It

would have been extraordinarily

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

cuisine

knife and fork.

can have it all to

to 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 me anymore?

not hungry at all, really. I had a whole lot to eat, earlier. The

your past involvement with Jasper. I still love you. If you'd have me, I'd lay the whole world at your feet. I could take you far away from your troubles

just sat there, gazing at Willow

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