Seeing how insistent he was, Ivy did not argue and simply said, "I believe in you."

"How so?" he asked.

"I believe that you will be really accomplished in the future, at least more so than what you imagine now," she said. "We don't have to compare ourselves to others. There’s no point in that. We are living for ourselves, not to fulfill others' expectations."

"I'm not that ambitious, really," Lucas said.

"You don't have to be! I know what you are thinking; you think you aren't worthy of