Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

"Mrs. Fulton, I'm sorry. I'm here to apologize on Sarah's behalf!" Xyla fell to her knees without warning. After that, she grabbed tightly onto Lily's arm.

With tears flowing down her cheeks, she cried out, "My sister shouldn't have instigated Bruce to do what he did. That was because she's too deeply in love with Xavier! Can you forgive her? She's my only sister. What am I going to do if she ends up in prison?"

Xyla was holding rightly onto Lily's left arm. As Lily didn't dare to exert any force with her right hand, she ended up staggering forward.

Maryanne rushed toward her and pushed Xyla's hands away.

"Haven't you been surviving just fine even after she's been locked up for a few days? Why are you saying that as if there isn't anyone to care for you?"

"Sarah is my motivation for staying alive. I know that she's made a grave mistake and caused you to become tainted. I'll apologize on her behalf. As punishment, I'll slap myself—"

Xyla let go of Lily's arm. To their surprise, she actually lifted her hand and slapped her cheek.

Again and again, the sound of her slaps resounded in the air. She smacked herself on her cheeks again and again.

This move truly stupefied both Lily and Maryanne.

Lily was caught in a daze for a few seconds. Then, as quickly as she could, she bent forward to help Xyla up to her feet. "Ms. Lynde, please calm down."

"Yeah. Don't do such a thing. That's too much for Lily to take. She wasn't tainted. Even if she was, your sister should be the one apologizing to Lily. This has nothing to do with you!"

Standing on both sides of Xyla, Maryanne and Lily helped her to her feet.

Xyla froze when she heard the words "she wasn't tainted".

Maryanne and Lily took this opportunity to help her up and pull her to the couch. They then sat her down.

Xyla's face was streaked with tears. Staring at Lily, she asked, "Mrs. Fulton, di- didn't Bruce defile you?"

"Bruce is an incompetent man. He finished before he even touched her." Maryanne giggled. "See-why did you slap yourself before you even got the whole picture? You slapped yourself for nothing, didn't you?"

Hearing herself being addressed as "Mrs. Fulton" made Lily really uncomfortable.

Aside from the fact that she and Xyla weren't close acquaintances, she was sure that Xyla disliked her from the bottom of her heart because she was the reason Sarah was imprisoned.

Xyla only addressed her as "Mrs. Fulton" because she wanted to get close to her to plead on Sarah's behalf.

"I didn't slap myself for nothing. It's true that Sarah made a mistake," Xyla uttered softly after coming back to her senses.

She slid down the couch to get on her knees in Lily's direction again.

Speedily, Lily stepped aside to avoid being kneeled at.

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Although Lily sympathized with Xyla, she wasn't going to give in.

Sarah had humiliated her multiple times. Even if she had taken advantage of various coincidences to stir up misunderstandings and wasn't actually involved with Xavier, it wouldn't change the fact that Sarah had hurt her.

In fact, Sarah's purpose had been to intentionally harm Lily.

Still on her knees, Xyla pleaded, "Mrs. Fulton Sarah and I have been close ever since I was young. I don't have much longer to live. If Sarah ends up being in jail for a long time, I won't be able to see her when she's freed!"

As she said that, she pressed her hands against her chest.

"As long as she's sincere about her confession and maintains good behavior in prison, she won't be in there for long. So, you should take good care of yourself. I'm sure you'll be here when she's released from prison."

Lily was a soft-hearted person. If she had witnessed how miserable Xyla was, she might have considered letting Sarah go.

However, her feelings of sympathy disappeared subconsciously when Xyla came to her, knelt down, and then pleaded miserably with her.

"But what if I'm unable to survive until that day?" Xyla's agony was overbearing. "I only have one chance at life, and Sarah will spend the rest of her life in regret!"

Lily's face fell. Knitting her brows together, she said, "Sarah is an adult. She should have been aware that what she did was illegal when she was planning for

it.

"She should have considered her consequences if her plans fell through. There's nothing I can do if your sister failed to take you into consideration. Why are you asking me about it?"

"So, Mrs. Fulton, are you saying that you're not going to forgive Sarah?"

Xyla cried her eyes out, so much so that her pitiful sobs filled the entire ward. "I know that she made a mistake. "But what else can I do? She is my older sister. I need her. I—"