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.

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

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

any serious missteps, though they'd given Timothy 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

loyal to him meant that he would handle any

"Right-hand team?" Sarah murmured.

look reminded him of

arrange for a

realized he was thinking

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

to make a call to the housekeeper of Fulton

to hold back, asked, "So... you two aren't... getting

He didn't hesitate. "It's nothing more than her acting out. This has nothing to do with you. Go back to work." He tapped his cigarette over the

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

paused, momentarily lost in thought. Before he could respond, Timothy finished his call and approached from the