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 brows softened a little with a trace

had held her ground last night, but there she was today, coming to

his fingertips against his chin and seemed lost

meeting that is about to start in

pondered momentarily before saying, "Push it back half an

she had come

down a notch to prevent her from making the same mistake

phone and prepared to

a standard elevator that stopped frequently

his office?"

Snyder that he's been practically living here and even holding

was distracted by him. Her brows

had stomach issues due to his irregular meals whenever

tracks. "Please go on, miss.

down the hall before she could

before her as she felt an air

suit and exuding confidence flashed

items and walk out no matter what he said. She

she pushed the

dark gray. It was aloof and

wall of floor-to-ceiling windows bathed the entire office in morning

lingered around her

warmth of his large hands on her slender waist during their moments of intimacy. All

feel his

the office was

hollowed out

or did he know she had come and decided not to

seeing him, she still felt

deep breath and regained her composure after standing in the center of the room for

drifted uncontrollably to

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

to her senses as if she had

for the reflex. The office door suddenly swung open just when she was about to put

dressed in a black blouse with two buttons undone. Her glowing skin and