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. 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.” The


    lady 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.


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    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.