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.

softened a little

had held her ground last night, but there she

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

about to start

pondered momentarily before saying, "Push it

she had come to admit

take her down a notch to prevent her

took out his phone and prepared to notify all departments of

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

his office?"

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 completely not answering her

him. Her brows

stomach issues due to his irregular meals whenever

here." Timothy's assistant halted in his tracks. "Please go on, miss. I'll leave you to

disappeared down the hall before she

looked at the dark wooden doors before her as she felt

sharp suit and exuding confidence flashed through her mind as she imagined him walking through those

out no matter what he said. She would

in mind, she

dark gray. It was aloof and refined with an understated

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

her nose and stirred up memories that surfaced

waist during their moments of intimacy. All she could see was his

rare moments of intimacy did she feel his

office was empty.

had been hollowed out as

busy, or did he know she had come

on seeing him, she

regained her composure after standing in the center of the room

and the document on the table. Her gaze drifted uncontrollably to

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

the jacket home for cleaning when her hand had already picked it

on her arm when she came to her senses as if she had decided

The office door suddenly swung open just when she was about to put it back. She

was dressed in a black blouse with two buttons undone. Her glowing skin and cleavage