“Do you have five million dollars?” Jade Lacy stood up from her chair, her eyes locking with Frank’s. Her gaze was challenging, skeptical, and slightly mocking. She had met many braggarts in her time, but none who dared to bluff about five million cash to her face.
Slap!
Frank slammed the cashier's check Tanya Bailey had given him onto the mahogany desk. The sound echoed in the silent office like a gunshot.
Five million dollars. Real money. Certified funds from a Swiss bank.
If you are a man, you cannot let a woman look down on you. Not even if she is a queen.
Jade looked down at the check. She picked it up, her manicured fingers brushing the paper. Her eyebrows shot up. It was real. And it was dated today.
She looked back at Frank, her expression shifting from dismissal to deep intr
