“No.”
Silence filled the phone.
Then she added calmly,
“But I might consider returning…”
“Under one condition.”
Alexander leaned forward.
“Name it.”
Sophia smiled slowly.
“You’ll have to hire me as a consultant.”
“And my rate starts at $25,000 per day.”
On the other end of the phone…
Alexander Morgan laughed like a man who had just realized he was about to pay the most expensive lesson in corporate history.