Tess rolled her eyes. He thought she was joking. This wasn't about the money, hell she could get the money herself this was about him. She wanted money from him, she wanted in writing that the backstage hero was funding her business.
"If I'm playing dumb you're playing deaf. I told you what I want so get me the money. Figure it out you're crafty. " He called her she could walk away right at any time. Go back to her life.