Melomiri

The Woman He Left in the Dark

Language: en

The moment the auction hammer fell, I thought that three-hundred-million-dollar necklace would end up around my neck. "Mr. Channing really does spoil Evelyn to the bone." The whispers around us hadn't even faded when Ethan Channing stepped right past me and walked straight toward the woman sitting at the far edge of the second row. He opened the velvet box himself, lifted out the Dream Tide necklace, and clasped it around her neck. "Ethan, you still remember I love stars." The woman slipped off her sunglasses. Her eyes were faintly red. "Of course." Dead silence fell over the room.…

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