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 of

but

He pressed his fingertips

reschedule the meeting that is about to start in ten minutes?"

before saying, "Push

just because she had come

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

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

in a standard elevator that stopped frequently at each floor. It took them

Xavier in his office?"

here and even holding international conferences at

Lily was distracted by him. Her brows furrowed deeper at his

his irregular meals

his tracks. "Please go on, miss.

had disappeared down the

doors before

flashed through her mind as she imagined him walking

matter what he said.

in mind, she pushed the doors

of dark gray. It

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

filled with Xavier's subtle scent that lingered around her

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

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

office was empty. He

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

or did he know she had come and decided not to

she

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

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

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.

still debating whether to take the jacket home for

she came to

swung open just when

buttons undone. Her glowing skin and cleavage were