There's just a twitch in his eyebrow that she can't possibly see from across the room when he hears that tone of voice. He knows he just fell into a trap, but he sure as hell isn't going to show it.

Especially since the entire room seemed to gasp when he first said ten thousand.

"Anyone else?" There's a edge to his voice that wasn't there before as Alex reaches for his drink and downs the entire thing before reaching down to close the button on his luxurious blazer. He's already walking to the front, as if he's declaring that he's won — and the look in his eyes says only one thing: Try so much as a whimper, and you're going to jail.