Chapter 0018

Born is a very delicate and beautiful girl. She very strongly resembled her father, but unlike her father, she made me very happy.

I only have painful memories of her father, but my daughter is a little bundle of joy. So that’s what I named her. Joy.

I found a job in the fashion industry, and my life was full but very stable.

I have always liked fashion design. It’s what I had majored in, plus I’ve been.designing clothes, as a hobby. But in order to marry Marcus Mo, I had to give up all the opportunities that came my way.

Now, finally, I have the chance to regain my dream, and I will not give up on it again.

I began to make my own designs, as a side-project. Tom was very supportive of me, and he was a big factor in my newfound confidence. I became very competitive and joined competitions. In the design circle, I was one of the up-and-coming new names.

One of my wedding dresses even won the first prize of the international wedding dress competition.

Joy soon reached two and a half years old. For three years, I made it a point to never waste my time thinking about Marcus. Sometimes, I couldn’t help thinking of him, but I willed myself to banish my memories of him.

\"In two days, there will be an auction of some valuable treasures provided by Haicheng City. It is reported that the six items being auctioned off are very valuable treasures. The treasures are provided by anonymous collectors, and all the money they have made will be donated to the poverty alleviation foundation.”

I was not interested in these news, but partial, the necklace that appeared at last, let me no longer move away from the sight.

I recognized it, though it was only very briefly flashed on the screen. The necklace was a wedding gift from dad. Before they were met, my mother saw it and really liked it, but she couldn’t afford it then. My father learned about this necklace and bought it for her. He gave it to her on the their wedding day.

One day, I sneaked in to her room and took it from the jewelry box. I soon lost interest in it and found something else to do, and so I forgot about it.

When it was time fro me to go back inside, I realized I had left it somewhere and I looked all over for it. To my horror, I found my mother sitting by her jewelry box, crying.

I felt very bad, and told her I was sorry.

It turned out she had found it in the garden, but was very upset that I had taken it.

She never spanked me for it, but I kind of wished she did, just to ease my guilt. I never forgot about that, and to this day, I still remember how much she valued that necklace.

Tom noticed how I looked at the necklace, and he looked at me with a worried expression on his face.

I know he doesn\'t want me to go back to that sad place again, but I wanted to get that necklace back. It was my mother\'s favorite thing. Later on, she was able to afford expensive jewelry and designer clothes, but this one remained her favorite. I had to get it back.

\"I thought everything inside the house had burned down. I need to get that necklace back!\"

\"Summer, you can\'t go back. What if they try to hurt you again? I can\'t let you take the risk.\"

Tom shook his head and made a phone call.

“Yes, in Haicheng.”

“A necklace, yes.”

Tom put the phone down, still a disapproving look in his face.

Tom couldn’t leave the US right now because he had several business deals and ongoing projects that he had to supervise. Joy is also very close to him, and gets upset when he is not around.

Tom called the property manager of one of the buildings he owned and arranged for me to stay there. The next day, I was at the auction.

I wore a pair of colored glasses in an attempt to remain undetected.

The auction was a big-ticket event and it attracted plenty of media attention.

I was only interested in that necklace.

I found it strange that the necklace was the last item to be exhibited since it was obviously not the most valuable item. In fact, it was the cheapest as far as I knew. I remember how much my dad had bought it for.

When I saw the man standing on the stage, my heart jumped.