Liars Like Us - Book 1: Legacy of Lies
The case was warm from the men’s hands, heavy with promise.
Then Dante moved. Not fast, not loud—just a step closer, and yet it felt like the entire room shifted around him.
“Open it,” he ordered the man nearest the cases. His eyes never left her.
The latch clicked. The lid lifted.
Diamonds filled the room with fire. Pink and white stones, sharp and glittering, are scattered in velvet trays.
Valentina’s throat tightened. For one dizzying moment, she wanted to reach out, to bury her fingers in them, to feel the weight of everything she’d ever lied for resting in her palm.