SYDNEY'S POV
I stared at Alexander in disbelief, my eyes widening incredulously as his demand echoed in the room, harshly bouncing off the walls. His determined eyes were fixated on me, his lips were set in a straight line, and his arms folded across his chest hinted at his seriousness.
"You're saying I have to give you 5 million dollars to break the mating bond?!" The words burst from my lips, and my voice resounded in the room. "What the actual hell! " The absurdity of his request was incredulous.
"This is straight-up extortion," Aria snapped in my mind.
"Yes, you have to give me 5 million dollars before I agree to break the bond," he answered calmly, as if he was asking me to pay him a measly sum of three hundred dollars. The nonchalant demeanor with which he responded only heighte
