3.10 CT New Born Created Diamond Engagement Ring, 14K Yellow Gold

The realtor pushed the house with the neutral kitchen, the one everybody on the tour already loved, and she talked the whole room out of it before he reached the pantry.

She does this everywhere: paint colors, restaurant orders, the house with the neutral kitchen. She never wants what the room already agreed on. So when the jeweler reached for the setting he pitches to everyone, a halo, a ring of little stones standing guard around the center, you already knew. One stone. Enough gold to hold it up and stay out of the way. Big enough that when it catches light in a doorway, the whole room looks up to see what did that.

A round brilliant lab-grown diamond weighing 3.10 carats sits at the center, E in color and VS1 in clarity. It's set in polished 14-karat yellow gold, in a solitaire mounting.

Her life was never going to look like the neighbor's. Now neither does her hand.

• Center stone: one round lab-grown diamond, approx. 3.10 ct, E color, VS1 clarity
• Metal: 14-karat yellow gold, polished
• Setting: solitaire
• Stone type: lab-grown diamond
• Warranty: covered by the Greatest Warranty On The Planet.