Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier) novel Chapter 427

"Do you still love him?" Terence asked with a slight quiver in his voice.

Although he posed it as a question, he sounded more like he was simply seeking confirmation.

Lily shook her head. "It has nothing to do with love. With him as an exception, the other Fultons are quite good to me. If I appealed for a divorce, I would only negatively affect the Fulton family. I want to avoid going that far if possible."

"But you can't possibly continue wasting your time like this." Terence gulped. In an urgent tone, he added, "You should have a life of your own."

"What life is to me is when I can be happy on my own. Even if Xavier and I don't get a divorce, I will be fine if we just live our lives separately."

Lily lifted the corners of her lips slightly. To make her point, she continued, "Terence, you don't have to worry about me. Your mother has been urging you to get married. You should be worrying about yourself first."

Terence understood what she was implying. He fell silent instantly.

At the end of it all, he was in too much of a hurry. How could he not be?

"You're part of the future I have in mind," he said as he looked at her with an earnest gaze.

"But don't you worry. I'm only helping you settle everything because I want you to be free before you consider whether you'd be keen to be with me. I'm not doing this so that you'll be with me out of gratitude."

Nevertheless, gratitude would surely play a part in the final decision. This was the same for everyone.

Afraid to look into his gentle gaze, Lily directed her gaze elsewhere.

"Terence, we can never be together," Lily responded with a clear statement.

"Don't be so quick to make up your mind. Catching feelings might happen in an instant, but not having feelings for someone is something that could still change in the future."

Terence was aware of the bulk of problems that they would have to face. But those problems were non-existent if they weren't even going to be together.

First, he needed to get her response before he could get rid of the obstacles that stood between them.

Lily wasn't keen on taking the nice guy route. As truthful as it might be, it would be too cliché to say that he was a nice guy while she wasn't good enough for him.

Instead, she preferred to point out the realistic issues at hand.

"You should think about the relationship between the Fulton and the Devereux families. It wouldn't be much of an issue if Xavier and I actually went to court and ended up burning bridges with each other.