NovelEnglishChapter 284
At the stime, Xavier didn't want Lily to get too comfortable accepting the "charity from the Devereux family.
She stared at him for a few seconds. "Xavier, are you crazy?"
He suddenly appeared as a client-was he really asking her to design a house for him?
"The case is here." Xavier threw a property deed and a design contract onto the table
He had cfully prepared. The marital hthat Sarah had burned was still left unresolved, and he didn't
know how to handle it. Now, it seemed, Lily would design it again.
She recognized it as Glenview Villa, and for a moment, she was hit by a wave of painful memories. Her face
turned pale uncontrollably.
"Ireject
"I'll file a complaint then." His face darkened, in st
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in stark contrast to hers.
To accept the Devereux family's "favor", she could smile and please them, but when i | cto him, she threw a
tantrum.
"She'll accept it!" Landon quickly walked out, smiling ingratiatingly at Xavier. "Lily's been a bit busy lately. Let me
rearrange her schedule, and I'll make sure your house design is done."
He began re-evaluating Lily in his mind. He hadn't even looked at the contract but gestured for Lily to sit and
sign it.
After all, a man like Xavier had power and money-he didn't need to play games or be underhanded. He dealt with
things openly.
"Lily, stop standing there. If you close this deal, the headquarters will treat you like the pillar of the company!"
Seeing Lily motionless, he urged, "Otherwise, the issue of your absence yesterday won't be solved!"
She knew she couldn't compete with the power of capital
She sat down, opened the contract, and was about to take a look when she felt a tightening on her wrist.
Xavier's hands, with their clearly defined joints, grabbed her wrist, and his rough palm brushed against her
delicate skin.
"I cfor a designer, not a complainer." He was dissatisfied with her still-cold expression.
"He he he..." Landon laughed awkwardly, blinking rapidly, but Lily didn't join in.
She turned to him. "Mr. Ashford, I'll handle it from here. You can go back."
Afraid she wouldn't sign and worried about getting involved in this "war", Landon said, "Alright then."
Once they were alone in the break area, she pulled her hand away. "Xavier, what do you want?"
"A renovation." Xavier's hand fell away, and a strange feeling pulled at his chest.
He leaned back on the couch, exuding a carefree, rogue-like air, but she could sense that beneath his rogue act,
there was a deep desire for control over her. This need for control had only started showing up after she tiled for
divorce.
After all, during their two years of manage, everything had revolved around him, and she had been under his
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"There's a process for renovation. First, we measure the dimension, then design, and once the design meets your
requirements, we sign the contract, and you pay." At an ordinary store, there wasn't even a down payment.
"Go measure the dimension then. You do the design and make sure you're satisfied." Xavier glanced at Timothy,
who was standing outside.
Timothy immediately understood. At Xavier's signal, he cin and started collecting the files.
Lily sat still, her rational mind urging her to reject him, but reality told her that rejecting him wouldn't help.
"Mrs. Fulton?" Timothy bowed slightly and called out to her.
She looked at Timothy and corrected him. "Don't callMrs. Fulton. CallMs. Joyner."
He didn't dare say anything. He glanced at Xavier but didn't dare call her Ms. Joyner either. Instead, he said,
"What do you need to take for the measurement? I can help Lily shook her head. "No need."
"Why?" Xavier stated at her. "You don't want the money that's been handed to you? If you're so high and mighty,
why accept the job from the Devereux family?"
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