The first page of the document inside the envelope carried a standard legal header, but Elena barely noticed it. What caught her attention was the number printed beneath the payment clause.
$1,000,000.
To be transferred immediately upon signing.
For a moment, she thought she had read it wrong. Her eyes darted back to the figure, then again and again. The number remained the same.
A million dollars.
Her breath caught in her throat.
“One million dollars?” she blurted out before she could stop herself.
Alexander didn’t even blink. “Yes.”
The simple answer somehow made it even more shocking.
Elena looked down at the contract again, then back at him. Her hands trembled slightly as she stared at the figure.
“That has to be a mistake.” She said, trying to find her voice.
“It isn’t.” Al
