Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 7

The towering building stretched endlessly into the sky. Lily nearly strained her neck as she took it all in.

She had never been to Nova Group before.

She knew the Joyner family could never compare to the Fulton family.

She stood before the imposing skyscraper and watched the stream of employees going in and out before she realized it wasn't a matter of comparison. There was simply no comparison to be made. Even at its peak, the Joyner family couldn't measure up to the Fulton family.

There were many female employees here. Even the receptionists wore business suits and flawless makeup.

It was no wonder Xavier looked down on a housewife like her after spending most of his time in a place like this even though she had taken on that role for his sake.

Lily pursed her lips slightly as a heavy sense of inadequacy weighed on her.

She stood in the corner and called Timothy.

"Mrs. Fulton."

"Mr. Snyder, I'm downstairs. Could you please..." She didn't plan to enter and hoped Timothy could take the items to Xavier instead.

Timothy interrupted her before she could finish. "I'm in a meeting. I'll send someone down to escort you."

Lily opened her mouth and was about to say something, "No, I..."

The line clicked off, leaving her stunned.

Timothy's assistant appeared in less than two minutes and respectfully invited her to go upstairs.

"You can just pass these to Xavier for me." Lily handed over the document and thermos.

"Miss, we're not allowed to touch any documents that are supposed to be delivered directly to Mr. Fulton. You have to bring it up yourself." Timothy's assistant smiled apologetically and gestured for her to enter the building. She had no choice but to follow suit.

...

Xavier had just wrapped up a meeting with a frustrated look in the president's office. His brow furrowed tightly as he yanked at his tie with his well-defined hand.

"Mr. Fulton, Mrs. Fulton is here." Timothy entered the room and placed a document on his table.

his movements. His brows softened a little with a trace of mockery in his deep

night, but there she was today,

her. He pressed his fingertips against his chin and seemed

about to start

saying, "Push it back half

just because she had come to admit her mistakes no matter

her from making the same mistake

took out his phone and prepared to

assistant up in a standard elevator that stopped frequently at each floor. It took them quite some time to reach the

his

days with back-to-back meetings. I heard from Mr. Snyder that he's been practically living here and even holding international conferences at night. It's been quite a schedule..." Timothy's assistant was meandering off-topic and completely

by him. Her brows furrowed

to his irregular meals whenever

in his tracks. "Please go on,

had disappeared down the hall before she could

the dark wooden doors before her as

dressing in a sharp suit and exuding confidence flashed through her mind as she imagined him walking through

and walk out no matter what he said.

in mind, she pushed the doors

of dark gray. It was aloof and

bathed

was filled with Xavier's subtle scent that lingered around her nose and stirred up memories that surfaced at the

her slender waist during their

intimacy did she feel his true

office was empty. He wasn't

like her heart had been hollowed out as an

busy, or did he know she had come and

hadn't planned on seeing him, she still

took a deep breath and regained her composure after standing in the center of the room for a while before walking over to his

set down the thermos and the document on the table. Her gaze drifted uncontrollably to one of the sleeves of

bring her some fresh clothes from home no matter how busy he was. She would iron all his clothes to keep them ready for any occasion he might

debating whether to take the jacket home for cleaning when her hand had already picked

to her senses

the reflex. The office door suddenly swung open just when she was about to put it back. She turned toward

in a black blouse with two buttons