35|The Art Of Negotiation

Eden opened the folder, took one look at the offer and pushed it back. "I'm afraid I'll have to decline. If I'm so important to Mr Anderson's recovery, he can do better than that."

Gibby stared at her, mouth agape, almost as if she's seeing her for the first time.

"You said so yourself I'll be performing two roles." Eden carried on, not caring at all that the other woman thought her shameless.

One thing she learned from sitting in in too many of her father's Economics lectures—through no choice of her own—was the art of negotiation and bargaining. She was in a much better position to negotiate because Liam needed her more than she needed him.

He really should have taken her when she was still okay with just the R325K, Eden thought as she picked up her cup with a much steadier hand.

"Let me chat with him," Gibby said as she called her boss. She kept him on the phone while she scribbled another figure and passed the contract back.