Sure enough, Gale smiled happily. "Yes, you can't just leave when you feel like it. With Ivy around, you can't bear to leave."

"I wouldn't." Aurum shook his head. "If it weren't for having something to tell you, I would have accompanied her to the interview and then watched her from afar."

"If you were there, she'd be distracted, unable to answer the reporter's questions properly, all flustered and absent-minded."

"No, Ivy wouldn't be like that. When she's working, she works hard. In private,