Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 93

Chapter 93

Lily was utterly disheartened. She sat on the couch, wrapped in sunlight in the comfortably warm office. Yet cold sweat beaded on her forehead.

Bobby turned his head away from Xavier, giving her discreet glances to signal her. But she sat unmoved, her hands clenched into fists on her lap, her nails digging into her palms. He was pushing her to serve as a cover, convinced that the Joyner family needed the Fulton family's backing, especially since Sarah would never be accepted by the Fulton family. She'd never realized Xavier could be so unreasonable.

"Xavier, you know Lily. She's surely just asking you to help her family. But if you ask me, a man doesn't need to take orders from his wife. Just do what you think is best," Bobby said, attempting to play things off when he noticed Lily's silence. He gave a dry laugh, looking over to Xavier.

But Xavier continued staring at Lily, clearly wanting her to say it herself if she would let him help her family or not.

"Lily!" Bobby, growing impatient, called her name sharply.

"How long do you intend to keep having him help the Joyner family?" Expressionless, Lily broke eye contact with Xavier and looked directly at Bobby.

"What kind of talk is that?" he shot back, glaring at her. "Families are supposed to support each other!".

you're not cut out for business," Lily replied

of holding its own against the Fultons had, under his leadership, fallen into near ruin in just two short decades. Just two years ago, he'd made a desperate investment that had wiped out the Joyner family's assets entirely. If anything, he was a

in fury. "What

Xavier was still in the room and reined

be suited for this, but we still have Hayden, don't we? That boy's sharp. When the time comes, if you and Xavier would just give him a leg up,

intention of taking that path. He has his own

so enraged he could only point at

standoff. This, however, was not what

you'd be willing to throw your family aside just to

image of her gently calling Terence flashed through his mind,

toward the couch and gesturing for Lily to follow him out of the office. Xavier's gaze followed them,

didn't resist. She knew that if she didn't give in, Bobby wouldn't let it go. Having this

next to the

your mind? Our company is about to collapse. If that happens, do you