Chapter 155


    Sonia sneered before she pulled out the other key that Rose had given her. She tried the key out on


    every door in the house until she finally managed to unlock the door that led her to the storage


    room. She wasn’t entirely surprised—her stepmother and sister had sold off most of the valuable


    items in the house, so the storage room was probably thest and only ce that still had some


    items in it.


    Ayer of dust found its way to her face the moment she pushed the door open. With one hand


    mped over her nose and her mouth, she used her other hand to wave off the dust in front of her


    face. When most of the dust finally settled, she released her hand from her face before turning the


    lights on and walking into the room. “Oh gosh!” Her head hurt when she saw the cobwebs and


    scattered items that filled the room. This room is filled with stuff—how am I supposed to find


    anything here? She was tempted to give up, but she eventually took a deep breath and clenched


    her fists before walking into the room. I’vee all the way here, after all. I’ll still have to hunt for it


    the next time if I don’t find it this time.


    After some digging around, her entire being was coated with dirt and dust. She looked like a stray


    cat out of the gutter. Fortunately, she also managed to find a box that looked like it might carry the


    ne that Rose had been talking about. The tiny leather suitcase didn’t have a lock on it, so she


    had no trouble opening it up. There were a bunch of lipsticks, foundation bottles, earrings,


    bracelets, and other items in it —the suitcase was a mess.


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    She finally found a ne after some rummaging. “Is this the one?” She tilted her head to look at


    the ne as she held it up to the light. This was the only ne she found in the entire


    storage room, so she assumed that it was the right one. Well, it’s just an old, rusty ne. What


    sort of secret could a thing like this hold? Confused, she lowered the ne into her palm and


    poked around on the red onyx pendant that dangled from it. Her eyes narrowed with suspicion as


    she realized how the ne looked rather familiar to her at that moment. I’ve seen this


    somewhere. Where have I seen it?


    After some contemtion, her eyes widened as she got her answer. “Julia!” That’s right! I’ve seen it


    on Julia’s neck. She recalled how Julia wore a ne that looked almost identical to the one in


    her hand. Back when Sonia first saw Julia’s ne, she had assumed that Julia kept the ne


    around as a memento. I remember wondering why Julia didn’t change into a different ne—I


    recall how the ne looked outdated and worn. The stone wasn’t even gleaming anymore. Well,


    it seems like the ne is more than a keepsake to Julia now— she’s probably holding onto it for


    some other reason. But I don’t get how the ne that Julia owns has anything to do with the one


    I’m holding.


    Sonia concluded that it was impossible for both the nes to simply have simr designs to


    each other. The letters ‘DT’ were carved onto the backs of both the pendants. DT Jewelry was one


    of the most luxurious brands globally, and most of the essories they produced were limited


    edition items—there’d only been one of each in the whole world. It was impossible for there to be


    two pendants of the same design. One exnation is that one of the nes is a well-made


    imitation and not actually an original DT ne. Otherwise, both of the nes must be


    somehow rted to one another. With that thought, Sonia kept the ne into her bag and left


    the vi hastily.


    Half an hourter, she arrived at the mall and headed directly to DT Jewelry’s counter. “Hello, miss.


    How can I help you?” the female worker asked with a smile.


    Sonia pulled the ne out of her bag. “I’d like to check if this ne was manufactured by


    DT.”


    Thedy took the ne into her hands and stared at it for a while before she shed Sonia a


    rather bashful smile. “My apologies. This ne looks like it was made a long while ago, so I


    can’t be sure if it’s manufactured by us. Why don’t you hold on for a while? I’ll get my manager to


    take a look at it.”


    “Alright.” Sonia nodded. Thedy poured Sonia some coffee before she went off to look for her


    manager. For approximately ten minutes, Sonia sipped on the cup of coffee in her hand while she


    waited patiently for thedy and her


    manager to get back to her.


    “Does this ne belong to you, miss?” the manager asked once he finally showed up.


    Sonia nodded. “To be precise, my father was the one who passed it down to me.”


    “I see.” The manager beamed as he lowered the ne onto a piece of ck velvet cloth. “DT


    Jewelry was indeed the one who manufactured this ne, miss. I ran through our files and


    found out that this ne was made 20 years ago. Someone called Mr. Gray had hired one of our


    designers just to create this piece.”


    “Mr. Gray?” Sonia’s eyes lit up as she thought of Julia. “Is the man’s name Titus Gray?”


    “That’s right. ording to our files, Mr. Gray’s wife had just given birth to a daughter back then. Mr.


    Gray ordered our designers toe up with a special mother-daughter ne for both his wife


    and his daughter. That design is the one that you’re holding in your hands now. This piece that you


    have should be the daughter’s ne.” The manager had other thoughts running in his mind


    while he responded to Sonia. Mr. Gray was the one who customized this ne, and this woman


    says that her father gave it to her. That must mean that Mr. Gray is her father. Yet, she refers to Mr.


    Gray by his full name, and her voice sounds rather cold when she says it. Could both of them have


    a bad rtionship with each other?


    Sonia furrowed her brows. My guess was right. Both of these nes are rted to each other.


    The one Mrs. Gray has is the mother’s ne, while the one with me is the daughter’s ne.


    If that’s the case, then this ne should be with Tina. What is it doing in the Reed Family’s


    hands? Could something have happened between the Reeds and the Grays 20 years ago? She bit


    onto her bottom lip. It seems like I’ll have to understand what happened between the Reeds and the


    Grays 20 years ago to solve the mystery behind this ne. It’d be impossible to get the Gray


    Family to tell me anything—they’d never open their mouths. I’ll have to do some research on my


    own. “I got it. Thank you. Could you please polish this ne a little?” Sonia asked with a smile.


    “Of course.” The manager nodded. Sonia handed the ne over to one of the staff members,


    who proceeded to polish and clean the ne. It was a quick process—Sonia only had to wait for


    two minutes before it was done. She left after purchasing a pair of earrings from the store.


    Julia arrived at the store a while after Sonia left. The manager came forward to greet Julia


    personally. “The bracelet you previously ordered has arrived, Mrs. Gray. I’ll bring it over to you


    immediately.”


    “Sure.” Julia nodded with a faint smile. The manager unlocked the safe box and retrieved an


    emerald green bracelet from it. “Please take a look, Mrs. Gray. Is this what you were looking for?”


    Julia took the bracelet into her hands and studied it for a while. The smile on her lips widened. “It


    looks good to me. I’ll put it on right now.


    “Let me help you,” the manager offered.


    “It’s fine. I’ll do it on my own.” Julia rejected the manager’s offer and wore the bracelet by herself.


    The manager didn’t insist after that—he simply continued to smile at Julia. Right then, the manager


    noticed the ne Julia was wearing. “I’ve always heard rumors of Miss Gray being a beauty,


    Mrs. Gray. The rumors were true—her


    eyes look just like yours.”


    Happiness spread across Julia’s face when she heard the manager praising her daughter.


    “Thank you for your sweet words. Did Tina drop by earlier?”


    The manager figured that Tina was Miss Gray’s name, so he nodded politely. “That’s right. She


    came over to ask about her ne. Well, that’s odd—it seems like Miss Gray had no idea that the


    ne she owned was a pair that was made along with yours, Mrs. Gray.”


    Upon hearing the manager’s words, Julia’s bracelet fell onto the countertop before she managed to


    put it on. The manager winced as a sharp ng sounded. He immediately picked the bracelet up to


    check if it had been scratched after it struck the countertop.


    “What did you just say? Did you say that Tina brought the other ne over to ask you about it?”


    Julia red at the manager as she questioned him in a rather impatient tone.


    The manager couldn’t understand what was going on, so he simply nodded with a puzzled


    expression. “Yeah.”


    “That’s impossible!” Julia shook her head furiously. Titus and I bought the ne for Rina, and the


    ne disappeared after Rina passed away. How could Tina have the ne with her? There’s


    no way Tina came over to ask about the ne. Does that mean that Rina was the one who


    visited the store? Is Rina alive? Julia grabbed onto the manager’s arm as she considered the


    possibility that her daughter wasn’t dead. “You said something earlier. You said that the girl’s eyes


    looked like mine, didn’t you?” Julia cried.