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He didn’t realize it was hers. Of course not. She certainly never mentioned her artwork to him. Why would he care?
Chapter 3
“Excuse me, miss?” Clarafelt a tug on her sleeve. “Can you tell me how much this is?”
Another one? She would have sworn she put prices on all of her paintings.
“It’s one thousand dollars,” Alexander said. “Show special. Tomorrow, it goes up to ten thousand.”
The woman’s eyes got big, and Clara opened her mouth to say it was no such thing before the lady said, “I’ve fallen in love with it. I have to have it. It’s the perfect picture to go over the mantel of my fireplace at home. I grew up along the shores of the Great Lakes, but I live in Kentucky now, and this picture will take me home every time I see it.”
Clara’s mouth snapped closed. The woman talked like she was going to actually pay that much for it.
“Do you want anything else?” Alexander said, his voice brimming with confidence.
Clara figured she should probably step in. A thousand dollars for that picture was crazy. But she was too bemused as Alexander stepped to the small desk, took the credit card from the lady, and expertly ran it like he did that all the time.
As his administrative assistant, Clara wasn’t even sure he knew how to use a coffeepot.
By the time the lady left, she was convinced she had gotten the biggest bargain in the world, and Clara still hadn’t found her voice.
“So these are yours?” Alexander said, and it was probably a question, but it sounded more like a statement.
“Um, yes?” Which was a question that should have been a statement.
“How much for everything that’s left?”
A thousand dollars was more than she had been expecting to make for the entire day, and he just sold one picture for that.
Maybe two could play this game.
“Ten thousand dollars.” Her voice sounded cool and confident.
Was that humor in his dark brown eyes? Maybe a brow raised. But there was no other indication that he was amused or surprised.
“I’ll give you fifty thousand dollars for everything. You can run my card, and you know I’m good for it. Then let’s get this stand shut down so we can go somewhere and talk business.”
