Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 2

"What?" Xavier was slightly furious. "I've spent hundreds of thousands on her. Are you expecting me to seek your approval? Did you ever bother to do the math when the Joyner family reaped billions from me?" Although their marriage was kept secret, Lily knew full well that her family had continuously siphoned resources from him after their marriage.

However, she couldn't comprehend it. "That's different! We're husband and wife. How could she ever compare to me?"

"You're the one who can't compare to her!" The disdain in his eyes was like a barbed blade, stabbing deep into Lily's heart before it was wrenched out. "The money I spent on her yesterday was merely a fraction of her accomplishments. How could you possibly measure up?"

Her heart instantly felt as if it was bleeding and utterly shattered.

The indifference in his eyes was something she had never seen before.

The man who had once lost control in her embrace in bed and whispered sweet nothings in her ears seemed like a stranger to her now.

"Why didn't you marry her instead of me if she's such a wonderful person?" Her voice quivered as tears welled up in her eyes. "Didn't you choose me because you loved me?"

Lily's vision slowly blurred with tears. She could only make out the hazy outline of his face, but the indifferent look on his face was unmistakable. She could see it very clearly.

It was as if he was mocking her innocence and foolishness to believe that he ever loved her.

Xavier's face darkened with impatience. "Are you done talking?"

An irrational woman was beyond reason to him. He walked past her and continued to head upstairs.

His avoidance was the final blow that shattered the last remnants of her composure.

"Let's get a divorce!" She subconsciously closed her eyes as the words escaped her lips. She had mustered every ounce of her strength to say them.

A marriage without love was not something she wanted!

Xavier never dragged Sarah into the conversation and attributed all their issues to her unreasonable behavior. She didn't need to show him the video as it wouldn't change anything.

admit it. She would only end up bringing humiliation upon herself

to do is tend to the garden and sleep with me. Isn't this kind of treatment good enough?" Xavier stopped before continuing with his brow furrowed so tightly that it could crush a fly, "What are

grievances meant nothing but unreasonable to

down her cheeks as she met his icy

occasional night together define

this any different from being paid for her company? The only distinction was a piece of paper. Was it a contract that legitimized the transaction of the marriage? Was that what marriage meant to

that made everyone envious. This kind of marriage was all

his dark eyes. "Did I say anything wrong? Do you think you can return home and be the cherished daughter of the Joyner family if we

and legs. I can survive without going back to them." Lily forced herself to swallow her tears and climbed the stairs ahead of him before she pulled out a white suitcase from the corner

her returning to that family with a detached father and submissive mother. She had

followed her upstairs but didn't stop her. He looked at her coldly as she packed her

am. The world outside was cloaked in darkness while the room glowed brightly as if it were daylight. Lily's face was pale as she zipped up her suitcase and stepped out of

there as she walked past him. "Lily, don't expect me to come running after you. I

at the courthouse at nine tomorrow morning." Lily's heart trembled once again at his

feel the tone of annoyance

your mind before then, I can pretend none of this ever happened." Xavier glanced back to see that she had

had taken the framed photos of herself from the bedside table and the two small

a valued employee of

wanted? He had never restricted her spending and trusted her to manage everything

driven her to this, but he was

wouldn't allow her to get a divorce. She would

she claimed that she

grind when she had been

with those thoughts

of the bedroom and stood by the second-floor railing. He saw her grabbing the car keys in the foyer and said

200 thousand dollars.

that she might leave any scrapes or bumps on it. Therefore, she chose

thousands but was unwilling to give her this car that was only worth

the window, and the withered leaves were scattered across the ground, creating an