Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier) novel 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."

Lily had thought about this too. Why hadn't Xyla gone to Xavier? Could it be that Xavier didn't want to do it? It was possible, but at the same time, it didn't seem likely.

Even though she had spent the past few days with Xavier, she could no longer easily figure out what he was thinking. Her instincts told her not to trust him, yet everything he did seemed to push her toward believing him.

"If something like this happens again, just kick her out. There's no need to listen to her nonsense!" Hayden said, completely disregarding the fact that Xyla was sick.

In his eyes, Lily was the one who was injured. He didn't want her getting dragged into unnecessary drama that could slow her recovery.

"There won't be a next time. She's in the ICU now," Lily said, straightening Hayden''s suit jacket. "Don't worry about me. Just focus on your work."