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 trace of mockery

last night, but there

refusing her. He pressed his fingertips

the meeting that is about to

before saying, "Push

forgive her easily just because she had come to admit her mistakes

her from making the same mistake again, and ten

his phone and prepared to notify all departments

had followed Timothy's assistant up in a standard elevator that stopped frequently at each floor. It took them quite some

in his

is especially busy these 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

was distracted by him. Her brows furrowed deeper at

to his irregular meals whenever he

here." Timothy's assistant halted in his tracks. "Please

had disappeared down the hall before

doors before her as she felt an air of

confidence flashed through

no matter what he said. She would pretend not to hear

mind, she pushed

dark gray. It was aloof

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

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

during their moments of intimacy. All she could see was

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

was

like her heart had been hollowed out as an

he know she had come and decided not to

hadn't planned on seeing him, she still

composure after standing in the center of the room for a while before walking over to

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

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

jacket home for

arm when she came to her senses as if

open just when she was about to put

with two buttons undone. Her glowing skin