Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 13

Chapter

13

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!"

her calmly. "If he doesn't want to give me anything,

after

planned to give her money, she didn't need

he would find ways to handle

would he be doing all this?" Maryanne muttered under her

rubbed her aching face and pushed aside the chaotic thoughts in her

"You've been awake all night worrying about me.

life, and nobody dares mess with me. I'm actually looking for

heart, hoping that one day

ländness

stronger herself could she be of help

could she hold her

tied to Xavier, and she didn't expect to see him again, she still wanted to make a name

while she had become

him and shine

build her career clashed with the pain Xavier had caused

number that had sent the photos kept

taking her black stockings and lace bra from his bed. After all, the affair between Xavier and the vice president of the company wasn't

to her forehead, a

Chap 13

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

wanted to 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 to inquire, but Lily managed to smooth. things

was

the purpose of her visit to

receptionist looked up,

have

"Lily Joyner."

eyes wide. She immediately looked up and said, "Ms. Joyner, I'm sorry,

over the resumes on

20s, fresh-faced, walked confidently up

awkward glance and

why," Lily asked, her

last Friday, she

decided. But after reviewing your resume,

for a moment, then thanked the receptionist and