Chapter 452

Mia couldn’t bring herself to answer.

Luke let out a short breath. “You don’t have to answer me. But listen to this.” He paused for a moment. “If you come to me with demands like that again, you won’t get what you want.”

“I wasn’t demanding anything,” Mia protested softly.

“But your words sounded like a demand,” Luke said calmly, without raising his voice. “And like I said, this isn’t something I