Jason walked away with nothing to show for it.
Three days later, Lucas and I were invited to an industry cocktail reception.
Amid the clinking of glasses, a familiar voice reached me from across the room.
"Mr. Lane."
I turned. Jason was standing not far away. Sophie was on his arm in a champagne-colored cocktail dress, and at her throat, a delicate diamond necklace.
I recognized it.
It was the birthday gift Jason had promised me last year. He'd told me later that the package had gone missing in delivery.
I'd consoled him. "It's fine. Gifts aren't what matters."
It hadn't gone missing at all. It had just found a new owner.
Sophie caught my gaze. She raised a hand and touched the necklace, smiling softly. "What a coincidence, Serena."
When Jason's eyes landed on her throat, they st
