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.

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

"Ms. Lynde, we're Mr. Fulton's right-hand team. He'll always have our backs. There's no

plenty of trouble. At first, he'd had to ask Xavier for help when they'd backed him into a corner, but soon he'd learned to simply redirect the pressure back

him meant that

"Right-hand team?" Sarah murmured.

look reminded him of Lily. He felt an ache at

said, "and arrange for a nanny

the instructions, he realized he was thinking too much about Lily's

had needed a lawyer, 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

do," Timothy said, taking out his phone to make a call to the housekeeper

hold back, asked,

nothing more than her acting out. This has

a sudden?" Sarah asked, clinging to a shred of hope. "Do

Before he could respond, Timothy finished his