Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 236

Chapter 236

Lily pinched his shirt collar, irritation in her voice. "You pulled me up here!"

Xavier furrowed his brows slightly. "What are you doing in a mall?"

"I'm working. Lily's ears flushed with embarassment. Her initation made it hard for her to thakelearly.

She shifted awlowardly, the edge of her short skirt pressing uncomfortably apatust her thighs as if it could tear at any moment.

Xavier caught her ankle the instant she moved, holding her fandy to keep her still.

"Aren't you supposed to be at Lapier's headquarters?" he asked calmly.

Lily finally realized what he was asking.

"Glenview Villa," she replied. "I didn't do a good job designing it, so I took responsibility and got denoted to a general designer at a physical store.

She had once been an assistant to a renowned designer at Lupier's headquarters-a position Xavier had looked down on

more now. Lily pressed her lips together and lowered her

bills. How

found out that her base salary was only

look down on her, she instinctively said, "I'm entering the Avelon Designs Competition. If I win the national championship, there's

one million dollar prize."

hand around her waist tightened. So, she was chasing after that prize

was already trying to run the show? Who gave her that confidence? Terence?!

what Sarah

should have been eliminated in the preliminaries but somehow made it to

one million," he said coldly. "But you have to

looking at

his pocket and slid it into her shirt's pocket. The thin fabric of her white blouse made the card's color and

anything, including Hayden's medical bills or your living expenses. I won't restrict you anymore. Lily, let's go

million, but she had to give up the competition. If she

Inove

confused her even more.

he could make their marriage work by

for two years, and not once have I

deeper. "Then what do you