Alex hugged Melanie tightly to him and whispered in her ear. "You've just given me the world, sweetheart. I'm the happiest man on earth today." Then he turned to his father, Melanie still cradled in his arms.
"Goodbye, father." he said. "And good luck, Sebastian. Anything you need my help for, you know how to reach me." With that, he gathered Melanie to his arms again and walked out of his father's office forever.
Melanie couldn't think or speak. He had meant it all along. Alex had said he would give it all up for her, and he had. He had paid for her with a fortune counted in the billions. Tonight she would give herself to him as no woman had given herself to a man in the history of womankind. Just the two them -- Melanie and Alex -- two young people in love.