Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 13

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So, was she just a decoration that Xavier had married to appease the Fulton family?

This revelation hit Lily harder than discovering Xavier's affair.

Her face drained of color as her teeth sank into her lower lip, her eyes swelling with unshed tears.

In just a few days, her life had been completely turned upside down.

She had thought that her husband, who was cold and indifferent but still cared for her in his own way, simply didn't love her and had an affair. Now, she was learning that Xavier had married her for entirely different reasons.

Beyond her resolve to divorce, a sense of bitterness gnawed at her.

After a long pause, her emotions slowly settled.

"I can't choose the family I was born into, but I have the right to choose my own marriage. A marriage without love is something I don't want

Xavier had asked her to take birth control, meaning he didn't want her to have his child.

When the time was right, he would probably divorce her and marry Sarah.

If that happened, she would have wasted her youth, only to find herself in a worse position than she was now.

If what Maryanne said was true, and Xavier intended to keep Sarah as his lifelong mistress, then even if Lily stayed in the position of Edith, she wouldn't stay in this marriage. Being Mrs. Fulton meant she would have to eventually bear Xavier's child to satisfy the Fulton family. But even that wouldn't change the fact that Xavier would never love her. She didn't want her child to grow up in a home without love, where the father treated the mother as an accessory-coming and going as he pleased.

"Okay, I've thought it through. I want to catch them in the act," Maryanne continued confidently, ready to reveal the plan she had devised all night.

Lily interrupted her. "Maryanne, I don't want to catch them in action. I just want a divorce."

In a doomed relationship, the worst thing is getting entangled further.

What she was after wasn't just catching Xavier cheating-it was breaking free from the pitiful, subordinate life she had been leading in this marriage.

"But if you just divorce him like this, do you think Xavier will give you any money?" Maryanne urged. "Without money, your father will surely force you to remarry!"

give me anything, no matter how I threaten him, I

Navier well after two years of

If he planned to give her money, she

would find ways to handle it and

he be doing all

aching face and pushed aside the chaotic thoughts in

"You've been awake all night worrying about me. Go get some rest. Stop stressing about my

I've had no obstacles in my life, and nobody dares mess with me. I'm actually looking for a chance to show off my fiery temper! In the future, if you ever have problems, come to

surge of gratitude in her heart, hoping that one day she would be able to return

ländness

becoming stronger herself could she

only then could she hold her head

after the divorce, she would no longer be tied to Xavier, and she didn't expect

to know that while she had become a

him and shine on

pain Xavier had caused her, and she couldn't focus on her

mysterious number that had sent the photos kept haunting her mind. She suspected it Was

was why she had been so bold in front of her, packing Xavier's clothes and taking her black stockings and

pressed her fingers to her forehead, a sharp pain radiating through

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a situation unlike anything she had ever faced a messy, world-shattering ordeal. Her thoughts were a whirlwind, and

receive photos or videos like that again-they would only ruin her mood. and make her once again question everything she had worked so hard to build. Silently, Lily left. Edith was displeased and called

was replaced by the

the purpose of her visit to the

receptionist looked up,

I have your

"Lily Joyner."

receptionist froze, her eyes wide. She immediately looked up and said, "Ms. Joyner, I'm sorry, but the

the

her, a young man in his early 20s, fresh-faced, walked confidently up to the desk. "Hello, I'm here

glance and checked his name before

Lily asked, her

Friday, she

what the higher-ups decided. But after reviewing your resume, you're far more qualified than

for a moment, then