Chapter 10 - The Ultimate BalanceI didn't flinch. The ghost of the quiet, submissive wife who once sat trembling at a dining room table waiting for a man to love her was completely gone, buried under the weight of her own awakening.
“Tell security to escort him off the premises,” I said smoothly, my voice echoing with absolute, unshakeable authority through the intercom. “And if he ever attempts to step foot in this building again, remind him that my black card doesn't take charity cases.”
I clicked the intercom off, turned back to the panoramic view of the New York skyline, and smiled.
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Alexander had taught me a very expensive lesson on our second anniversary: he had tried to buy my silence with a piece of plastic, thinking money was the ultimate power in the world. But he had forgotten a fundamental truth about people who are pushed too far.
You can give someone an unlimited card, but if you teach them how to spend it, you better be prepared to pay for the revolution.
