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 in his

but there she

of refusing her. He pressed his fingertips against his chin and seemed lost

meeting that is about to start in ten minutes?" Timothy

saying, "Push it back half

just because she had come to admit her

had to take her down a notch to prevent her from making the same mistake again, and

Timothy immediately took out his phone and prepared to notify all departments

a standard elevator that stopped frequently at each floor. It

his office?" she

with back-to-back meetings. I heard from Mr. Snyder that he's been practically living here and even holding international

Lily was distracted by him. Her brows furrowed deeper at

due to his irregular meals

assistant halted in his tracks. "Please

the hall

wooden doors before her as she felt an air

a sharp suit and exuding confidence flashed through

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

mind, she pushed the doors

shades of dark gray. It was aloof and refined with an

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

subtle scent that lingered around her

on her slender waist during their moments of intimacy. All she could see was his muscular,

of intimacy did she feel his true presence and smell the

office was

it felt like her heart had been hollowed out as an inexplicable emptiness washed

she had come

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

and regained her composure after standing in the center of the room for a while before walking over

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

smoke. 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

the jacket home for cleaning

arm when she came to her senses as

swung open just when she was about to put it back. She turned toward

blouse with two buttons undone. Her