My Husband's Affair My Anniversary Gift (Lily and David) novel Chapter 151

Lily was bent over a long sheet of tracing paper, graphite dust on her fingertips, when Mia knocked on the office door.

“Come in,” she called without looking up. The knock sounded small but precise the kind of interruption that always made her nerves hum.

Mia stepped in, eyes quick, face trying to say something neutral that would not leak into gossip. “Ms. Lily, I just got a call from Mr. Hardison's assistant” she said, and the words fell into the room like a stone.

Lily straightened. The pencil she was holding tightened in her fist until it hurt. “What? Why did they call” Her voice came out flat.

Mia swallowed. “Hardison’s assistant called. They say to cancel the contract with Ms. Laurent. They offered to pay if there’s any compensation, but...” She stopped. The implication hung in the air like smoke.

Lily felt the world tilt. For a moment she could not hear Mia properly; the words became muffled and far away, as if spoken from under water.

“What?” she repeated, and this time the disbelief cut deeper.

“Yes,” Mia said. “And there’s more. Mr. Hardison wants to have a dinner appointment with you. He says he needs to talk.”

Lily’s hand tightened even more. The pencil snapped with a sharp sound as she dragged it against the wall in anger; the graphite tip broke and left a black streak. The tiny fragments fell to the floor like the first broken promises of the day. Her knuckles whitened, a map of tension.

David was testing her patience, again. He had no right. He had no right to pull strings and cancel contracts and then expect her to be flattered by the attention of his mausoleum of apologies.

He had no right to make her life ripple because of his personal mess. He had no right to ask for her time like it was a favor.

“Tell them there will be no compensation,”

Lily said, each word measured and cold. Her voice was steady, but underneath it a small flame of fury burned. “If they don’t want the jewelry from us, then the contract is void. Aurora doesn’t want anything and she doesn’t have time for an appointment.”

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