The room fell into a heavy silence, the tension between the two men thick as fog until finally, Jace spoke again, breaking the silence.
"What could be worth all the trouble you're making me go through?" He asked as he fixed his eyes on Marlow.
Marlow smiled and looked sneaky. "Mr. Malvis, it's not something hard, I'm a simple man. It's just money, I need money. A lot of it. If you give me what I want, I'll disappear with that picture. But if you don't..." His smile was cold as he shrugged. "Who knows what could happen?"
Jace tried as much as possible to keep his rising stress down as his teeth clenched. “So, how much is the money we talking about here?” he asked, his voice low and firm.
Marlow’s smile got bigger, his eyes glowing with greed. “One million dollars....only,” he said casu
