Gloria remained seated there, her gaze locked intently on the contract document spread out before her on the table. She read every line over and over, her mind absorbing the details slowly. After what seemed like several long minutes, a single tear escaped from her eye and landed softly on the paper, creating a tiny damp spot right in the middle of one paragraph. She reacted quickly, using the back of her hand to wipe it away before it could spread or ruin the print.
Lukas's eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown the moment he spotted that tear glistening on her cheek. A wave of thoughts immediately flooded his mind, making him question everything.
'Is this offer hitting her that hard? Is it purely because I'm limiting her to just two hundred thousand dollars per year? Does she see it as de
