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.

brows softened a little with a trace of

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

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

I reschedule the meeting that is about to start in

momentarily before saying, "Push

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

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

Timothy immediately took out his phone and

in a standard elevator that stopped frequently at each floor. It took them quite some time to reach

in his office?"

been practically living here and even

Lily was distracted by him. Her brows furrowed

stomach issues due to his irregular meals whenever he was busy

in his tracks. "Please go

the hall

at the dark wooden doors before her as she felt an

exuding confidence flashed through her mind as she imagined him

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

in mind, she

gray. It was aloof and refined

of floor-to-ceiling windows bathed the entire office

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

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

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

was

her heart had been hollowed out as an inexplicable emptiness washed

she had come and decided not to see

she hadn't planned on seeing him, she still

composure after standing in the

uncontrollably to one

her some fresh clothes from home no matter how busy he was. She would iron all his clothes to keep them ready for

still debating whether to take the jacket home for cleaning when

came to her senses as if she had decided to

frustrated with herself for the reflex. The office door suddenly swung open just when she was about to put it back. She

buttons undone. Her glowing