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

had “messed up the booking” and this new place was actually better. He ordered as if someone else would handle the consequences later.

There were cocktails. Starters. Two bottles of wine. Steaks. Birthday dessert. Photos. Toasts. Diego smiled in every shot like everything was under control.

Then the server arrived with the bill.

$1,147.63.

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