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.

in his movements. His brows softened a little with a

night, but there

his fingertips against his chin and seemed

the meeting that is about to

pondered momentarily before saying, "Push it back half an

forgive her easily just because she had

take her down a notch to prevent her from making the same mistake

immediately took out his phone and prepared

followed Timothy's assistant up in a standard elevator that stopped frequently at each floor. It

his

practically living here and even holding international conferences at night. It's been quite a schedule..."

was distracted by him. Her brows furrowed deeper

had stomach issues due to his irregular meals whenever he was

here." Timothy's assistant halted in his tracks. "Please go on, miss. I'll leave

down the hall

doors before her as she felt

and exuding confidence flashed through her mind as she

leave the items and walk out no matter what he said. She would pretend not to hear

in mind, she

shades of dark gray. It was aloof and refined

full wall of floor-to-ceiling windows bathed the

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

hands on her slender waist during their

moments of intimacy did she feel his true presence and smell the scent of his

was empty.

felt like her heart had been hollowed out as an

or did he know she had come and

she hadn't planned on seeing him, she still felt uncontrollably

standing in the center of the room for

on the table. Her gaze drifted uncontrollably to one of the sleeves

He always had a strong dislike for anything dirty. He would always ask Timothy 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

jacket home for cleaning when her hand

on her arm when she came to her senses as

was frustrated with herself for the reflex. The office door suddenly swung open just when

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