Chapter 28
***Ivy***
“What do you think you're doing, Mr. Lockwood?” I asked, glaring at him. “Laying your hands on a woman?”
His face remained set, staring at me with that intense, unyielding gaze. Frustration and sweat clung to his brows.
“Are you trying to get back at me?”
I snatched my hands away from his hold, massaging it softly.
“I signed a deal, Mr. Lockwood. The sooner you accept it for what it is, the better for you,” I answered.
He sighed, running a hand over his face. “Stop with all this pretense, Ivy. I know you’re only doing this to get back at me. Stop with your childishness. This isn’t you.”
I scoffed. Childishness?
He took my silence for a cue to go on.
“Let's forget everything that has happened,” he pressed closer. “I can even forget what happened that night. If
