Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Ian didn’t expect her to be able to present anything at all. But she did, and her voice was so convincing that he had half a mind to tell her to become a saleswoman, she would succeed massively. He surmised that she didn’t formulate the proposal on her own, she wouldn’t have chosen to be a biology professor if she was this good at concocting business plans.

He had to admit, even without the proposal, Ian would have given in to her demands. It wasn’t that he was jealous of Mark, he just didn’t want the literal bastard having an upper hand over him in any way. So her plan, no matter how strange it was, would ensure that he and Mark had an equal playing field.

However, if he was being really honest with himself, he would have given in because of how good she looked. She was eye-candy of the highest variety, like an empress out to defend her throne.

He remembered the feeling of absolute shock that descended on him when he realized Ashley was the foxy woman elegantly strutting