Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Lily instinctively stood up but froze mid-motion when she recognized Terence. She had not idea Terence was the president of Lupier.

"Ms. Joyner, please, have a seat," Terence said as he took the main chair, treating her with professional courtesy as if they were strangers. The other interviewers settled into chairs around him.

Lily's resume was easy to assess. Each interviewer, starting with Terence, asked standard questions about design philosophy.

While she answered most confidently, she stumbled when the last interviewer brought up this year's trending design styles. Having been consumed with Xavier, she had not kept up with recent design trends and could not properly compare this year's styles with last year's.

"That's all," Terence concluded, tapping his fingers on the table.

out. After politely saying goodbye to the interviewers, Lily

of the results by phone

gave her a grateful

her candidacy. Though surprised

received a text from Xavier saying he would be working late and asking her

late. Nonetheless, Lily would surely go back and prepare

half the panel. "Mr. Devereux, while she has potential, many recent graduates are more current with

award-winning final project might make her too

quite humble-she

the final decision rested

Terence declared, "I agree with Mr.

y was making