Mirabelle sat in the backseat of the car staring at the black box on her lap. Every few seconds, her fingers flexed around it as though she wasn’t sure if she wanted to tighten her hold on the damn box or drop it.
But she couldn’t drop it. Not if she wanted to ensure she didn’t lose it before it was back in Dwayne’s hands, which was the only reason she was in a car heading for a restaurant at that very moment instead of back at Kara’s apartment enjoying a hot meal already.
When she’d called Dwayne earlier and insisted she couldn’t keep the gift, Dwayne had refused to listen and only finally agreed to take the outrageously expensive necklace back if Mirabelle met him at a restaurant.
Kara and Morris believed it was all a con to get Mirabelle to have dinner with him and had advised her
