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!"

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

Navier well after two years of

someone who could be easily threatened. If he planned to give her

find ways to handle it and wouldn't hesitate

he be doing

pushed aside the chaotic

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

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

her heart, hoping

ländness

could she

she hold her head high

after the divorce, she would no longer be tied to Xavier, and she didn't expect to see him again, she still wanted to make a name for herself in the

that while she had become a housewife for him, she

him and shine on her

determination to build her career clashed with the pain Xavier had caused her, and she couldn't focus

the photos kept haunting her

front of her, packing Xavier's clothes and taking her black stockings and lace bra from his bed. After all, the affair between Xavier and the vice president

forehead, a sharp pain

Chap 13

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faced a messy, world-shattering ordeal. Her thoughts were a whirlwind, and she couldn't make sense of it all. After some consideration, she decisively blocked

question everything she had worked so hard to build.

the next two days, Lily focused on preparing for her interview on Monday. Gradually, the weight of her emotions was replaced by the busy work ahead. On Monday morning at

of her visit to the

looked up, still

I have your

"Lily Joyner."

up and said, "Ms.

over the

confidently up to the desk. "Hello, I'm here for the designer assistant

glance and checked

like to know why," Lily

she had already suspected

me. This is what the higher-ups decided. But after reviewing your resume, you're far more qualified than most graduates, and there's no reason for the company not to hire you. Could

for a moment, then thanked the receptionist and left the