Maddison's POV
Relief hit Maddison so strongly her knees went weak. She knew that had done it. She'd passed his test of impossible challenges and she did it before the deadline.
The words spoken by Grant hung, echoing off the huge empty air. Maddison's head struggled with the hard-to-grasp meaning of what he had said; millions of dollars. A terrible failure. It was unreal, a number and a word too big to understand and in all of this, all she knew was the crushing pressure had just gone away, and in its place, she felt a stunned feeling of freedom.
Grant waved his hand, and with a flick of his wrist, wiped out the stunning floating image.
"That's why you're here, Ms. Carter," Grant stated, his own voice dropping back into its level, even tone. "Or at least, that's why I invited you fo
