Chapter 5

That evening, I sat alone on the balcony.

Ryan went to take a shower, so I grabbed his dirty clothes and put them in the washing machine. Then I got out clean clothes for him.

His closet was always a mess. I'd organized it for him several times already.

An elegant gift box fell out from the bottom of the pile of clothes.

I stared at it for a second, but my hands moved on their own and opened the box.

A necklace lay inside.

It was so beautiful it almost hurt to look at. The diamonds embedded in it…