There was no "does that work for you?’ or "is that alright?’ It was an order and expectation. No room for bartering, not that Martin had planned to. This commission had made it so that Martin needed to seek no other employment for quite a while. Simply put, he had no argument against it, and Lord Malfoy knew very well he had nothing else to do outside of the manor presently. Even his father, ill as he was, was now being looked after by a hired-on healer full time. Martin nodded, bowing his head.