Chapter 4
At that moment The room fell into stunned silence.
Cora’s words had landed like a punch to the gut.
"I don’t want anything."
James blinked. "What?"
She looked up at him, her expression as calm as ever. "You heard me. I don’t want your money."
At that moment James scoffed and stood to his feet, stepping forward like he needed her to hear him more clearly. "You better take that one million dollars, Cora. Because once this is over, I won’t even give you a damn penny in the future. Not one."
However Cora’s gaze didn’t waver.
Without another word, she picked up a pen, calmly crossed out the section of the contract that entitled her to the settlement, then pressed the tip of the pen to the bottom of the page—and signed her name.
Smooth. Graceful. Unshaken.
Immediately James and Emily scrambled toward the table.
They bent over the contract together, eyes racing across the page.