Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

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 time he left the conference

his nose bridge and rubbed

have a document that needs your signature!" A manager from the finance department rushed over with a document

to sign it while he's attending a meeting? Mr. Fulton still has important matters to attend to. Bring it over to the company in the afternoon instead."

the hurry about?" Xavier

took over the document and signed it before handing it

wondered just how pitiful Lily must look by now. She had better not

right balance and where to

open before his gaze instantly shifted to a look of

no one was sitting on the couch as he had

in the office. It was immediately clear that Lily wasn't

from the lounge, and his brow immediately

what she was here for. Had she seriously gone into his

been swamped with work the past two days and couldn't sleep because of her. Therefore, he had downed quite a bit of alcohol

was for

of the lounge and was shocked at his look

with Sarah's chest. He quickly withdrew his hand and regained his usual composure. "It's nothing. What are you

so I sent your clothes to be dry-cleaned and hired someone to tidy up your lounge. You

landed on

you a document. I've checked it. It's for the use of the press conference later." Sarah followed him and stood by his 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 etiquette. She just dropped it off and left without handing it to you directly. What if something

out that Lily had come to deliver

with anger. How ridiculous his previous assumptions

had imagined confronting her in his office during

his sharp and well-defined jaw. "She certainly lacks

married Lily for her

she had been challenging his

how to behave decently as a wife

them my way as usual. I'll handle them for you." Sarah opened

the mechanical tone she used at work as she spoke the last

shook off the negative emotions Lily had stirred up. He narrowed his sharp eyes slightly. There was a touch of gentleness in