Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

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Timothy took the documents and tossed them into the trash bin.

Xavier stood by the window. A cigarette was wedged between his two fingers. It burned slowly, leaving behind a long column of ash.

Thanks to the nicotine, his irritation began to ease. He had always been excellent at recomposing himself, but he inexplicably failed when it came to Lily.

Perhaps it was because his physical needs hadn't been met, so he constantly thought of her. She had been mesmerizing him with her body for the past two years, after all. Xavier extinguished the cigarette and threw it into the trash. Why should he bear the consequences of Lily's mistakes?

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At Lupier's department of design, Queenie suggested that Lily wait for Nadia to assign her tasks.

Lily didn't comply, nevertheless. Although she had no prior work experience, it wasn't in her nature to back off in the face of obstacles.

After setting up her workspace, she prepared herself mentally and got up to find Nadia.

Donning a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a neat, short bob cut, Nadia looked particularly sharp and professional.

"Ms. Cooper, is there anything I can help you with?" Lily asked.

Nadia shot her a glare. If looks could kill, she'd be dead by now.

"You're Lily, aren't you?" Nadia rose, crossing her arms. "I'll be very honest with you. I don't want you as my assistant. Can you leave?" Nadia was blunt, but so was Lily.

"No," she replied.

Lily had just signed a contract with the company. As long as she didn't make any mistakes or quit on her own, the company couldn't fire her.

This hard-earned opportunity wasn't something she could give up easily, no matter how tough it got. "Fine."

Nadia had no mercy for those who got in through connections. Now that she felt she had given Lily a chance, she continued, "Go sort through all those materials. You can't leave work until you finish." Lily glanced in the direction Nadia was pointing.

In the corner was a towering stack of files. It was almost as tall as a person and covered in a thin layer of dust. Clearly, no one had touched it in a long time, and whether it was even useful was questionable. "Alright," Lily replied swiftly.

She headed over to the pile and carried a small stack to her desk to start sorting. By noon, she had barely finished a fifth of it.

She ordered takeout for lunch but went right back to work after only taking a few bites.

When Queenie returned from her lunch break, she whispered, "The last two assistants Ms. Cooper hired both quit because of the file sorting."

The workload was too much to finish in one day. In the face of such an impossible task, giving up was the easiest and quickest way out.

"It's fine," Lily said. She was completely absorbed in the materials.

The documents contained Lupier's history since its establishment, as well as the design work of every designer at the company.

To her, this was an opportunity to learn. She indeed couldn't finish all of them in a day; she was still working diligently at her desk by 10:00 pm.

Lily could finish them if she pulled an all-nighter. As long as she stayed in the office, it would be considered done before the end of her workday. Just as she was about to steel her resolve, her phone rang. It was Timothy. She figured Xavier should have received the divorce papers by now.

"Yes, Mr. Snyder?" she asked promptly.

on the other end of the phone was palpable. It sounded as if Timothy were in a car. "Mr. Fulton has had

silent and waited for

silence left Timothy feeling awkward. He had expected her to at least show

he finally continued, "Are you

the divorce papers?" Lily

business partner we met tonight was quite difficult to deal with, so Mr. Fulton drank quite a lot. "He's currently passed

house is dark. Aren't you at

Xavier had passed out drunk and that

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name was written In the sender's

guessed what was inside. His

She was still sitting in front of him with her elbow propped

interrupted. He sounded colder

humiliated, especially in front of Timothy.

leave you

air after Sarah left Xavier's

in the parcel, Timothy felt uneasy. But he couldn't believe

going to divorce

desk. He got up and went to the

was in a bad mood, but he still had to report his schedule to him. "You have a lunch meeting with Mr. Sheffield, the CEO of Hetan Enterprises, today. You're supposed to introduce Mr. Joyner to him." Xavier's schedule was usually arranged at least a week in advance. At that time, things hadn't yet escalated between him and Lily. But

Xavier remained silent.

choice but to

Compared to Lily, he

"From now on, I don't want

Timothy replied, having long been reluctant to

and said, "This is Mrs. Fulton's schedule over the past

last, where Terence hugged Lily at the entrance of her apartment building. It also detailed Lily's new

clearly instructed that no company should hire Lily, but after investigating further, he realized that Terence was a partner at Lupier. It all made sense

Terence doing his sister a

compiled all the information and let Xavier see it for himself instead. He kept quiet the entire time. He was afraid

"Throw it away."

momentarily blinded by Bobby's nonsense and thought that she could use their divorce as leverage against

past two years. There was

in and come back on her own. He

it go after a second thought. It was

last long at Lupier. What could

Terence hugging Lily, he

"Understood."

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documents and tossed them into the

between his two fingers. It burned slowly, leaving behind a long column of

been excellent at recomposing himself, but he inexplicably failed

with her body for the past two years, after all. Xavier extinguished the cigarette and

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department of design, Queenie suggested that Lily wait for Nadia

nevertheless. Although she had no prior work experience, it wasn't in her nature to