Chapter 578

Ivy's POV

The car climbed the winding road toward Ashcroft Estate, and with every curve my stomach tightened a little more. It wasn't travel nerves. It was anxiety over what I was about to do.

Pretend to be something I wasn't. Lie to people who trusted me. Try to save a business without truly knowing how.

I parked in the familiar courtyard and, before I could even turn off the engine, I heard a