Chapter 685

"I didn't know he was downstairs," Lily lied, pursing her lips. Hazel swung another slap at Hayden. "So just because Xavier wants to see her, she has to go down? What do you take your sister for?" Hayden raised his arm to block the hit. "Of course not! I'm just worried Lily might regret it later. Ouch!" "Why would she regret it? We might not know exactly how he treated Lily before, but she does! You really think she'd go soft on him now?" Hazel, worn out from all the smacking, sat down to catch her breath. Lily stood up and went back to her room. She picked up her phone, and a flood of missed calls and messages popped up. She didn't bother counting how many there were. Instead, she quickly closed the notifications before turning off the lights and lying down to sleep. As the lights went out, the glow from the window shone down onto Xavier's face. His eyes, which had been half-closed, suddenly snapped open. The darkened window was pitch-black, and in that instant, so were his eye