Chapter 4

Ivy Laurent POV

The interview was exceptionally difficult.

Lucas didn't cooperate. In fact, he deliberately made things hard for me.

No matter what I asked, he answered carelessly, even deliberately steering the conversation toward his private life, trying to provoke me.

"What are Mr. Brooks's expectations for a future partner?"

"Obedient. Well-behaved. Preferably not like some people, the kind who sleep with you and then pretend you don't exist. Change faster than the weather."

Lucas exhaled a smoke ring, looking at me with mock amusement.

My fingers tightened around my pen, but I still dutifully recorded his words.

"Mr. Brooks…