NovelEnglishChapter 380
Lily glanced at Xavier's suit jacket, left draped crookedly over the back of
"Lily, 1 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. Tellhow 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
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthey 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, handsfeatures 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 tofor?!
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"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 forto 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 owesan apology is Xavier, not you," Lily said, shaking her head. "Terence, you've already done
enough by helpingfind a job for Maryanne's sal grateful for that, and the help | need from you is fulted to
this. | 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.
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