Chapter 554

Xavier tried everything on the list, only to be ruthlessly rejected. At the bottom of the list, a line of text read, "If you've tried all of the above and she still hasn't agreed to it—dude, give up. She's just not into you." He immediately turned his phone off. There was no way that she wasn't into him. Maybe she was still upset about Sarah. But she'd eventually get over it, as long as he persisted, just like when he'd kept calling her earlier. She would answer in the end. The headlights of his Maybach flickered on, illuminating the curtain of rain cascading down. The car zoomed off, sending puddles splashing along its path. Rain poured down on the small patch of dry pavement where the Maybach had been, erasing all traces of his presence. … The next morning, Lily spotted a gray Bentley parked by the roadside as soon as she walked out of her apartment complex under a black umbrella. Terence got out of the car and headed toward her. She was momentarily stunned until he re