Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Lily glanced at Xavier's suit jacket, left draped crookedly over the back of

"Lily, I don't like seeing you constantly coming between us. You've ahrady divorced him," Sarah said as she approached. "Hayden has recovered now Leave Jadeford. Tell me how much money you want, and I'll give it to you" She didn't want to escalate things to a full-on confrontation unless necessary. Given how much he seemed to care about Lily lately, any misstep could expose her.

"I want 500 billion. Do you have that much? Lily replied, straightening her down jacket. Then, the walked past her, ready to lene.

11 Xaver had told her outright that leaving Jadeford would mean a clean break, she wouldn't hesitate for a second-she would be gone instantly. But he wouldn't give her true treedom it their marriage remained valid "Did Xavier not give you any money when you divorced? Are you so broke that you live off daydreams now?" Sarah snapped, tuming 800 billion? That was clearly a dig at her-she didn't have nearly that much moned -compared to

They were divorced, so what gave Lily the audacity to act so high and mighty? What did the Joyner family think they were? And what was she-a divorced woman- Sarah the vice president of Nova Group?

Lily stopped and turned to Sarah. "I would love to leave, but we are still married. Instead of trying to get rid of me, why not find a way to make him divorce me?" Sarah's eyes widened in shock, her hand trembling so much that the wine in her glass nearly spilled. She had bem celebrating this whole time, thinking she had already won. And now she only found out they weren Leven divorced?

Standing frozen in place, she couldn't gather her thoughts until the sound of the door closing snapped her back to reality. Uly had already left.

Sarah whipped her head around to glare in the direction Lily had gone, her gaze key and dark,

Lily knew that once Sarah found out she and Xavier were still married, she would stop at nothing to make them divorce.

With all this commotion, it was already past office hours. Ten minutes ago, Landon had sent her a messige telling her to take a couple of days oft-first, to recover from the shock she had experienced, and second, to avoid another incident with Bruce. be returned to the store to grab her bag and left the mall. As soon as she stepped outside, she noticed Terence standing by the road.

It was rare to see him smoking, but today, he was going through cigarette alter cigarette, and the smoke rising from his thin lips was quickly carried away by the cold wind, shrouding his sharp, handsome features in a hazy mist

When he saw Lily, he immediately stubbed out his cigarette and walked toward her

"Termice, why haven't you gone back yet? Lily looked around, noticing that Marika and Maryanne were already gone.

Terence's throat tightened as if it were stuffed with cotton. Seeing her act like nothing had happened, he didn't know where to begin.

After a long pause, he finally said, "I'm sorry."

Lily was taken aback. "What do you have to apologize to me for?!noveldrama

"I shouldn't have left you alone in the private room earlier," he said, his voice tinged with guilt and self-reproach. "Since you and Xavier aren't divorced, it's inappropriate for me to get involved

"It would only make him angrier, and if things escalated, the Devereux family couldn't explain it to the Fulton family. It would also harm your reputation."

If he had intervened, it would have been to help Lily. But marital issues were something outsiders shouldn't meddle in

Besides, he could clearly see that Xavier's issue was with him. The had stepped in, it would have only worsened the conflict

Still, the thought of leaving her alone back there left him feeling helpless and deeply pained.

The one who owes me an apology is Xavier, not you," Lily said, shaking her head. "Terence, you've already done enough by helping me find a job for Maryanne's sal grateful for that, and the help I need from you is fulted to this. I can handle the rest on my own." I'm

If she couldn't handle it, that would be her failure. She wouldn't allow Terence to get drapped into her mess. And... she couldn't afford to have too much contact with him anymore.