Right after Sophie's scandal broke.
Her reputation crashed and burned completely, and her company was already preparing to terminate her contract.
But Sophie refused to give up until the very last minute.
She rushed straight to Lucas's office door.
Clamping down hard on the cuff of his sleeve, her voice thick with desperate sobs, she begged, "Mr. Cooper, you have to save me...
"You said I had real talent, that I was born for this industry! You've invested so much time training me, you'd never just throw me away, right?"
Lucas wrenched his hand back coldly, not a shred of warmth left in his gaze.
"You're right. I did favor you once, didn't I? But what about you?"
He slammed the stack of papers in his hand right into her face.
"Didn't you tell me you grew up dirt poor, that this jo
