Evan was sweating bullets. Fortunately, the foot traffic around his stall was thin at the moment. If this got out—that he was passing off Guatemalan jade as high-end Myanmar stock—his reputation would be mud. In the tight-knit world of jade merchants, reputation was currency. Once you were labeled a cheat, you were finished.
Originally, Evan had pegged this trio—two gorgeous women and a handsome man—as wealthy tourists here to play at being gamblers. They didn't have the weathered look of serious stone traders. That was why he couldn't resist trying to hustle them. A fat sheep is meant to be sheared, after all.
"Boss, lying is bad for business. Credibility is the lifeblood of a merchant. Do you understand?" Vivi Lynch lectured him, crossing her arms like a disappointed teacher. "If you w
