I opened the small velvet box that had been hidden beneath the heels.
A necklace. A single diamond pendant on a delicate gold chain‚ so simple and so elegant that it made my throat tighten just looking at it. It must have cost more than everything I owned combined‚ and he had sent it to my house like it was nothing‚ like diamonds were just another item on his to-do list right between "ruin Skye's life" and "look devastatingly handsome while doing it."
I got dressed.
The dress hugged my body in all the right places and fell to the floor in a gentle sweep of fabric that made me feel like someone I didn't recognize. The heels added four inches to my height and changed the way I stood‚ the way I walked‚ the way I held my shoulders. The necklace sat perfectly against my collarbone‚ catching
