Chapter 8
Lily picked up the document on the table and shoved it into Sarah's arms before pulling out her phone and taking a couple of quick photos.
"I'll hand this over to you then, Ms. Lynde. It has nothing to do with me if anything goes wrong." She felt utterly drained without the energy or position to go head-to-head with Sarah. The favored never had to hold back. She was nothing but insignificant in Xavier's eyes.
A chill ran down her spine and spread from her heart even though the office's temperature was comfortably warm.
She took the elevator down and walked out of the company entrance. She was bathed in the sunlight, yet the chill within her remained.
She stood on the bustling street. There was a slight twitching movement at the corners of her lips as she let out a self-deprecating and sarcastic smile.
Maybe they only booked hotel rooms occasionally. The office lounge was their usual arrangement.
She already knew Xavier had slept with Sarah. She shouldn't have hurt like this again even after seeing even more blatant evidence.
It hit her even more deeply and heartbreakingly than any of her realizations these past few days about his betrayal and his inexistent love for her.
The sudden ring from her phone jolted her out of her sadness. She took out her phone and answered, "Hello?"
"Lily, come home right now." There was no room for argument in her father's tone.
She was only scheduled to play the piano at the restaurant later that afternoon. Today was Saturday, and she had no interviews to attend.
It would only leave her drowning in suffocating emotions by doing nothing, so she simply agreed even though she truly didn't want to go home. "Got it.""
...
Xavier hadn't postponed the meeting as he had said. He had moved it earlier instead.
He thought it would humble Lily even more by letting her wait.
What should have been a 50-minute meeting stretched to nearly two hours.
by the
on his nose bridge and rubbed
signature!" A manager
sign it while he's attending a meeting? Mr.
the hurry about?" Xavier unusually stopped
handing it back to him and continuing
how pitiful Lily must look by now. She had better not cry. He felt the most annoyed
exactly how to find the right balance and where to draw
before his gaze instantly shifted
couch as he had anticipated or standing by the floor-to-ceiling
was nowhere to hide in the office. It was
from the
know what she was here for. Had she seriously gone into his
had been swamped with work the past two days and couldn't sleep because of her. Therefore, he had downed quite a bit of
think it was for her if she saw
at his look
toward the door halted as it came level with Sarah's chest. He quickly withdrew his hand and regained his usual composure. "It's nothing. What are you
best. You have a press conference this afternoon, so I sent your clothes to be dry-cleaned and hired someone to tidy up your
in the office?" Xavier returned to his desk and sat down. His gaze landed on a document at the corner of the table. His eyes darkened slightly as a thought crossed his mind. He pursed
side. "It must've been sent over by the Fulton family's household staff at Tamara's request. The staff certainly doesn't understand proper
Lily had come to
with anger. How ridiculous his previous assumptions seemed
office during the meeting, which he had delayed for two
well-defined jaw. "She certainly
Lily
had been challenging his patience continuously ever since that
even know how to behave decently as
run into tough questions, just pass them my way as usual. I'll handle them for you."
softened and shedded the mechanical tone she used at work as she
stirred up. He narrowed his sharp eyes slightly. There was a
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