. Chris is hired by GMU to teach law for two years. She is to be paid $20,000 for the first semester, $25,000 for the second, $30,000 for the third, and $35,000 for the fourth. At the end of the second semester, she quits without cause. At the time she leaves, Chris has been fully compensated for the first semester but has not been paid anything for the second semester. GMU is able to find another person to teach Chris's courses in the third and fourth semesters for the same salary Chris would have earned. If Chris brings an action against GMU on a contract theory, the most likely result is that: