My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 421

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

arrived at a fine dining restaurant. It was a

looking out upon a beautiful

up a cloud of mist

served them a steak. It looked

been extraordinarily delicious... to

instead. She'd had a lot to eat for

person whose hunger was fully satiated, even the finest cuisine was no more appetizing than the plate it was

her knife and

can have

date together... she found it deeply irksome. Xavier

really. I had a whole lot to eat, earlier. The company

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

didn't touch the food, either. He just sat there, gazing

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

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