Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

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Chapter 16

Xavier's eyes were cold as he addressed Timothy. "Who gave you the permission to contact a lawyer for her?" Timothy stood frozen, his face pale as he lowered his head, unable to say anything but feeling deeply wronged. Two years ago, when Lily married Xavier, Bobby had begun using their relationship for his own gain.

Lily wasn't involved in the business world, so Bobby bypassed her and went directly to Xavier.

At first, Xavier had entertained it, but as Bobby made more and more requests, Xavier grew tired and handed the responsibility to Timothy to deal with.

After Timothy took over, he did what he could to help Bobby when it benefited the Joyner family.

What had started as professional slowly morphed into personal matters. Timothy had asked Xavier's permission, and Xavier had told him to handle everything as he saw fit. When Bobby called about the lawyer, Timothy had simply taken care of it.

He had forgotten that Lily and Xavier were in the middle of a divorce.

The conversation that had just transpired between them shook Timothy to his core, each word they exchanged rattling him.

He had tried to speak up, but neither of them had given him a chance.

"Give me the phone." Xavier extended his hand towards Timothy.

hands instinctively grabbed Xavier's wrist.

Lily's attempts

absolute, and Timothy didn't dare disobey. He quickly

phone, the office door burst open. A voice shouted in panic, "Mr. Fulton, something happened to Ms. Lynde! You need to go check on

startled Lily, and she instinctively moved

shoved her aside, causing her to stumble and crash painfully into the edge of

she hissed through clenched teeth as a

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out on her

was already turning away. He rushed

he called, his tone frantic as he disappeared down

mind spinning. Xavier had already left

hurry that there was no time for him

the retainer

"Timothy, thank you."

before quickly turning to

through the tinted window. He was stressed and preoccupied. The car brushed past her, and she wasn't sure if he had seen her. Maybe he had, but he was too focused on whatever was

help but feel a strange sense of gratitude toward Sarah at

Lily

thoughts, Lily hailed an Uber and headed straight for Jiang's

she arrived, only Hazel

Lily return, Hazel rushed up to her.

the documents related to the case. I'm going to take them to Mr. Siester's office.