Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 164

Chapter 164

But whenever Lily thought about the divorce, she couldn't help but feel an inexplicable heaviness in her chest.

She didn't have many opinions about the Devereux family's competition with the Fultons over business. If someone had the money to invest, no one could stop them from doing so. Similarly, only those with the ability could claim a plece of the pic. Even without the Devereux family, the Clarks or another group could enter the real estate market too.

Although Xavier said he would take Lily out in the afternoon, she took the entire day off.

When Lily woke up the next morning, Xavier had already left for his office. She began preparing for the second round of the Avelon Designs Competition,

In the second round, half of the 500 contestants would be eliminated. It was also a requirement for the contestants to provide their professional aliases with their submissions.

Lily wasn't good at choosing names, so she simply used "Layla".

the competition's requirements and

address. There was no explanation, but Lily knew

pair of regular jeans, a black turtleneck, and her thickest down jacket. She drove straight to the destination. The snow on

and a half to reach the place when

stood in the lobby of the hotel, looking for the tea room's direction for a while, before texting Xavier to confirm

gatherings, they were usually held at places like clubs

to her message, "Second floor,

followed his directions. Although it was a tea room, all the private rooms had chess tables and poker tables. There were also writing desks for novelists who frequented here

room staff led her to Room 3 and opened the door after

The

door, where Shane and Terence's father, Richard Devereux,

them, at the chess table, were Xavier and Terence. And on the other side of the room at a small table were Tamara and Terence's mother,

all looked toward the door

in bewilderment and wondered what all of this meant and why he had called her here. Xavier didn't seem to understand her confusion. He smiled lightly and waved her over. "What are you