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

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

no intention of refusing her. He pressed his fingertips against his chin and seemed lost

reschedule the meeting that is about to start in

before saying, "Push it back half an

because she had come to admit her mistakes no matter

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

immediately took out 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 time to reach the

Xavier in his

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

distracted by him. Her brows furrowed deeper

his irregular meals whenever he

in his tracks. "Please go on, miss.

the hall before she

at the dark wooden doors before her as she felt an air

suit and exuding confidence flashed through her

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

that in mind, she

in shades of dark gray. It was aloof

wall of floor-to-ceiling windows bathed the entire

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

slender waist during their

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

office was empty.

felt like her heart had been hollowed out as an

busy, or did he know she had come

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

her composure after standing in the center of

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

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 need

home for cleaning when her hand had already

to her senses as if

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

blouse with two buttons undone. Her glowing skin and cleavage