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.

don't!” Willow's resolve folded instantly. She obediently got into his car, and Xavier drove

a short ride, they arrived at a fine dining restaurant.

a table by the window, looking out

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

a steak. It

have been extraordinarily delicious... to someone who'd come

She'd had a lot to eat for

the finest cuisine was no more appetizing than the plate it was

her knife and

You can have

together... she found it deeply irksome. Xavier averted his gaze to

whole lot to eat, earlier.

I'd lay the whole world at your feet. I could take you far away from

the food, either. He just sat there, gazing at Willow

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

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