Elara’s POV
“Should I just quit?”
The question slipped out before I could stop it, quiet… uncertain… almost fragile.
It lingered in the air between us like something that wasn’t supposed to be said out loud.
Helene didn’t even pause to think. "He is going to pay you five times your previous job salary, Elara. Five times.”
Her voice rose slightly with each word, her disbelief obvious. She even lifted her hand, spreading out her fingers as if that alone could properly emphasize just how ridiculous the offer sounded.
“You know I’m not a money grabber, that’s Polmira’s job,” she added, a faint smirk tugging at her lips, “but even I know that is a lot of money.”
I leaned back against the couch slowly, my head tipping backward until I was staring at the ceiling.
The white surface blurred
