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

He'd probably look down on her even more now. Lily pressed her

about Hayden's medical bills. How

half an hour earlier, Lily had found out that her base salary was only 2,500 dollars. Without clients or commissions, she could barely support

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

one million dollar prize."

waist tightened. So, she was chasing

was fresh out the gate and was already trying to

Sarah had

eliminated in the preliminaries

million," he said coldly. "But you have to drop out of

stunned, looking at him with confused

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

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

up the competition. If she didn't understand

Inove

confused her even more.

he could make their marriage work

you for two years, and not once have I cared

furrowed deeper. "Then what do