Chapter 1094

Everything was tightly connected. With one thing affecting the next, the downfall of the Fulton family would be inevitable. But Lily couldn’t understand why she was involved in something so absurd. After 20 years of normalcy, she was suddenly expected to accept that everything had changed. "Actually, Tamara is just angry. Once she calms down, she'll agree to the remarriage," Shane said. "But now… even she feels sorry for you. And personally, Xavier matters more to me." A pang of guilt shot through Shane. It felt terrible to cut ties with Lily and watch her suffer in all this turmoil just to protect Xavier. But he had the entire Fulton family on his shoulders, and protecting the family's honor and reputation was his duty. Especially now. If Nova Group went down, both the Fultons and the board members would be doomed. Lily thought sacrificing herself to keep everyone else safe was a fair trade, really. The unease that had been simmering in her chest these past few days washe