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.

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 going

her. "Ms. Lynde, we're Mr. Fulton's right-hand team. He'll always have our backs.

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

to him meant that he would handle

"Right-hand team?" Sarah murmured.

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

at Fulton Manor," he said, "and arrange for a nanny to come take care of Lily's and

the instructions, he realized he was thinking too much about

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. With that reason in mind, he felt

his phone to make a call to

to hold back, asked, "So... you

out. This has nothing to do with you. Go back to work." He tapped his cigarette over

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

in thought. Before he could respond, Timothy finished