Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 100

Chapter 100

As Xavier walked past Sarah, he casually said, "Come with me."

Without hesitation, Sarah followed him.

The hallway outside the conference room was brightly lit, and Xavier's tall, broad-shouldered figure cut an imposing presence. His perfectly proportioned frame was the type that could make any woman swoon.

Just moments ago, he'd defended Sarah. Did that mean he actually cared? Sarah was moved and was no longer aggrieved.

In Xavier's office, Timothy held the door open as the former strode in, loosening his tie and sitting down at the long table.

"Xavier, I knew you-"Sarah followed, unable to hide her excitement as she spoke without thinking.

your fault," he interrupted, unaware of her intentions. "If I hadn't wanted to teach Lily a lesson by having her go to you, I'd have rejected your resignation on the spot and avoided this mess entirely." Sarah stopped mid-sentence, her face

"Ms. Lynde, we're Mr. Fulton's right-hand team. He'll always have our backs. There's no need to worry about those shareholders-they can

two years, the shareholders hadn't managed to catch Xavier in any serious missteps, though they'd given Timothy plenty of trouble. At first, he'd had to ask

that he

"Right-hand team?" Sarah murmured.

he turned his gaze to Sarah. Her dazed look reminded him of Lily. He felt an ache at the memory of picking up

arrange for a nanny to come take

giving the instructions, he realized he was thinking too much

he'd been angry but had still let Alan assign their most experienced attorney, Sylvester, to it. Now, even though he hadn't let her words get under his skin, he was looking for a housekeeper as she'd requested. Maybe he just wanted life to settle back into a peaceful routine so he could focus on his work again.

taking out his phone to make a call to

hold back, asked, "So... you

He didn't hesitate. "It's nothing more than her acting out. This has nothing to do with

all of a sudden?" Sarah asked, clinging to a shred

lost in thought. Before he could respond, Timothy finished his call and