Eve couldn’t believe what she had just heard.

Lucas had offered her a contract marriage?

“You—”

Before Eve could say anything, Lucas placed his hand on top of the folder on her lap. “Don’t make it more complicated, Eve.”

Her eyes flicked toward his face and met Lucas’s deep, mysterious gaze. Her jaw tightened, and her breath trembled with the rage boiling in her heart.

“Read the contract first before you decide.” She hated his calm demeanor. “I know you’ll agree to it once you read it.”

“I will never read it.” She emphasized each of her words. “I know what’s in there even without reading it.” Eve yanked the...