Chapter 14

Andrea’s POV

“No, ma’am, I didn’t steal the necklace,” I said, feeling bad and sad that I had to go through something like this. I might be a liar, and I might be poor, but I will never stoop to stealing.

“Just give me back my necklace. It’s a gift from Max,” Rose said again.

“If you have the necklace, just give it back to her, or you will force me to hand this issue over to the school head,” the teacher said again.

“I…” I couldn’t finish my sentence because someone had dropped the necklace on the desk. I turned only to see Max standing beside me.

“Why are you here, Max?” the teacher asked.

“To show you the necklace Rose claims to have lost,” he said.

Both the teacher and I stared at it and saw that it was the necklace Rose had described.

“How come you are with it?” The teacher asked.

“It’s been with me always. I once gave it to Rose, but it was returned to me by her a few months ago,” he said, and I stared at him in surpr