Chapter 729

Rowan leaned forward and started coughing violently, so much so that his face flushed red. The veins in his neck started popping, and he couldn't breathe properly. Lily had been speaking softly in the first place, so his coughs managed to drown her voice out. All Xavier heard was that she was going to a hotel tomorrow. He hadn't heard the rest, but he wanted to know what Lily was doing tomorrow. He grabbed onto Rowan, who was crouched on the floor, and forced him to stand back up. Then, he covered Rowan's mouth. While things had quieted down on their end, Lily's end of the call had also gone quiet as she had finished speaking. Xavier pinched Rowan's cheek out of frustration. Rowan cried out in pain before putting his hand over his face and crouching back down on the ground. "Okay, sure. You can come here once you're done with whatever you need to do. Bye for now!" That was such a ridiculous phone call. Before ending the call, Lily even heard Rowan's cry. Xavier had kicked h