Chapter 16: Ch 16: Make a Deal- Part 3
Elaine stormed out of the principal's office, her heels clicking angrily against the marble floor as her face twisted into a scowl.
Her chest heaved with restrained rage, and her hands were clenched so tightly that her fingernails dug crescents into her palms.
"Fenrir Black! That arrogant, insufferable rich brat... He really thinks money can solve everything."
She hissed under her breath.
Her mind swirled with fury.
Two million.
That was the sum he had offered—as if her values and the academy's standards had a price tag attached to them.
As if all her hard work, her discipline, her sense of justice could be bought with a few zeroes.
But then her anger faltered slightly, and a flicker of reality snuck through.
'Two million.'
That kind of money could have paid off a good portion of her family's debts.