HER BOYFRIEND SAVED HER IN HIS PHONE AS “FREE DINNER”—SO SHE CANCELED HIS BIRTHDAY RESERVATION AND LET HIS CARD GET DECLINED IN FRONT OF EVERYONE

convenient.”

Valeria kept her voice even. “Where is my necklace?”

Diego leaned closer to the door. “You want honesty? I pawned it.”

The words knocked the breath out of her.

Valeria gripped the frame. “You what?”

“I needed money after your little stunt.”

“My grandmother’s necklace?”

“You canceled the dinner!”

“You stole from me because you couldn’t pay your continue reading …