Andrea’s breath catches in her throat as a bodyguard presents the green diamond ring. Lance recognizes it as the one Andrea claimed that her mother left for her. She strides over to take it from Lance’s hand, but he acts quickly and wraps his fist around it. Andrea touches his hand, but the ring is safely hidden from her.
“Can’t wait to get hold of the ring?” Lance asks.
He has been observing her cool, organized demeanor for the last few hours, but all of that seemed to shatter when she saw the ring. Andrea bites her lip and tenses her shoulders. She’s furious with herself for losing her cool and revealing how much she cares about the ring. She knows that Lance has no idea it’s Charles’ and she also knows he hates deception and betrayal. If he learns she deceived him about the ring, he w
