Bernard POV
I stared at my bank account balance on my phone screen for the tenth time in five minutes, still unable to believe the numbers were real. Two million dollars. Actually sitting in my business account. After months of being broke, humiliated, and desperate, I finally had more money than I had ever seen at one time.
The transfer had happened exactly as the Fernandez Real Estate representatives had promised. Twenty-four hours after signing the investment contracts, the funds appeared in my account like a miracle from heaven.
I was sitting in my office, which no longer felt like the pathetic headquarters of a failing business. Now it felt like the command center of a company that was about to make a spectacular comeback. The stack of unpaid bills on my desk would be cleared by th
