Chapter 69

• It couldn’t be true. She had to be seeing things. Either that or Alessandro was playing with her. A small fortune, he had said. There was nothing small about the amount on the cheque in front of her. It was an enormous amount—an obscenely large amount. More money than she had ever seen in her life. And Alessandro had tossed it at her as if it were a donation of a few pounds or so.
• ‘You don’t mean this.’ The hand that she used to point at the cheque was trembling in bewilderment. She could barely read the figures clearly because of the disbelief that was blurring her eyes. You can’t mean it.’
• ‘Why not? Isn’t it enough?’ His eyes challenged her to object.