“Good evening Hope, welcome to the club. I am Lucas Anderson and this is my partner Hope Gilbert.” Lucas said, holding out his hand for Hope to shake. She smiled politely at Lucas before shaking his hand. After Lucas held out his hand to Hope he took a sip of his martini and placed it back on the table. He then looked over at Hope who was fiddling around with some small object on her neck.

Lucas looked down at the necklace that Hope wore on a chain with a heart charm. It was the same necklace her ex gave her when she started dating him, but Hope wasn’t interested...