Chapter 637

Lily struggled to breathe in Xavier's tight embrace. Her hands were pressed against his chest, feeling the strong, steady rhythm of his heartbeat. In that moment, it felt as though everything between them had turned upside down. She had been the one forced to run, desperate for a divorce. Yet somehow, it had turned into him being the one pushed into it, as if he were the one who had suffered the great injustice. In the confined space of the car, their breaths rose and fell in unison. Xavier gradually came to his senses, and he loosened his grip slightly. Even though he wanted to hold her longer, he was afraid she would push him away and look at him with that same resistant gaze if he continued to do that. "Sorry, I lost control," he said. Lily regained her breath and sat back in her seat, still turned slightly to look at him. He adjusted his collar, unable to hide the gloom on his face—it was an expression of loneliness and defeat she had never seen before. She said nothing, al