Chapter 11
Early in the morning, sets of high–end, custom–made clothes were delivered to Samuel’s penthouse apartment.
The assistant, David, had never seen Samuel take something so seriously.
Samuel spent hours just choosing and trying on clothes.
Maybe he wouldn’t even go through such a grand process when he got married in the future.
Once the clothes were settled, Samuel took out a box from the safe.
The gold–inlaid antique box alone was worth a few million dollars.
It was said that it had been specially auctioned for the purpose of holding a piece of jewelry.
One could imagine how precious that piece of jewelry must have been.
Samuel opened the box and took out a sapphire bracelet.
A sapphire bracelet? David, who was knowledgeable, realized that this bracelet was worth no more than a few hundred. thousand dollars at most.
Samuel played with the sapphire bracelet in his hand.
Ten years ago today, his stepbrother had brought people to corner him in that alley, intending to break his limbs and cut his hand and foot tendons, turning him into a cripple.
It was that frail and thin lady who had stepped forward and used her wit to scare them away.
When they parted, the lady had given him this bracelet
The bracelet was part of the Sun & Moon Edition. The one he had was the Sapphire Sun Bracelet, and the lady had the Ruby Moon Bracelet.
When combined, the two would form a Ruby & Sapphire Eternity Bangle.
That day, if she hadn’t saved him at the critical moment, his limbs would have been broken long ago, and he would have been a cripple
He had asked her what she wanted
She had said, “Sir, you are so handsome. Why don’t you marry me instead?”
He knew she was joking, but he remembered it.
However, at that time, he had suffered a severe blow to the head, causing a violent concussion. In the dim alley, he couldn’t see people’s faces clearly and was too weak to talk much
He had searched for her for many years, and every year on this day, he would go to the place where they had met
Three years ago, he had been attacked again in the same place and had run into Vivian.
He still remembered clearly that at that time, Vivian had been sitting in the car like a bystander.
He was sure that if he hadn’t been to her taste, she wouldn’t have even gotten out of the car, let alone saved him.
Vivian was different from that little girl.
Vivian’s heart was too dark, unlike the sunny and bright nature of the little girl.
Because of this life–saving favor, he had been trapped by her for three years.
But it was also because of this that he had the chance to find the person he had been searching for ten years.
He had seen Celia at the Sinclair family party.
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With just one glance, he had recognized the bracelet.
“Send this to the Sinclair residence,” he had said.
He finally found the owner of the bracelet. By seeing the bracelet, Celia should know who he was.
David respectfully took the bracelet.
When Samuel was leaving, he added, “Also send over the top ten jewelry pieces from this year’s Hartley Group collection and
let her choose”
In less than an hour, the jewelry was delivered to the Sinclair residence.
It was only then that Charles and Grace truly realized that their precious daughter had indeed climbed the social ladder and attached herself to the Hartley family.
They were overjoyed and ecstatic.
Only Matthew stood apart, quietly observing everything.
When the eleven pieces of jewelry were laid out in a row in front of Celia, he immediately recognized the sapphire bracelet.
Suddenly, he understood everything, but he didn’t alert Celia or tell anyone about the bracelet.
Celia was dazzled by the top–notch jewelry.
The Sinclair family was wealthy, but she had never worn such expensive jewelry before.
Her hand lingered over the ten valuable pieces, reluctant to leave them.
As for the sapphire bracelet, she didn’t even bother to glance at it.
David, though puzzled by the origin of the sapphire bracelet, knew that Samuel valued it highly and must have had a purpose.
He couldn’t help but remind her, “Ms. Sinclair, don’t you like the sapphire bracelet?”
Celia’s eyebrows shot up, and she felt a bit annoyed.
What did David mean?
Did he look down on her!
Did he think that someone of her status was only suitable for this cheap sapphire bracelet, which was worth only a few hundred thousand dollars?
She decided that once she married into the Hartley family, she would definitely fire David.
But soon she noticed something odd.
Among the ten valuable pieces of jewelry was a sapphire bracelet that was clearly worth much less. She guessed that maybe the heir of the Hartley family was testing her.
Finally, she smiled and said, “No reward without contribution. Take all these pieces of jewelry back. This ruby bracelet is good enough for me.”
She shook the ruby bracelet in her hand.
Samuel received the news and was slightly stunned. “You mean she didn’t choose the sapphire bracele
To be precise, she didn’t even take a proper look at it
However, David swallowed his complaint.
Samuel was so protective of Celia. David didn’t want to suffer retaliation for a single word. After all, the example of Vivian was still here.
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“Ms. Sinclair said she did nothing and didn’t want to accept it. She thinks the ruby bracelet she’s wearing now is good enough.” David replied.
So that was how it was.
Samuel picked up the sapphire bracelet, still feeling a bit strange.
How could she not recognize it!
Was it too long ago, and she couldn’t remember?
Samuel didn’t think too much about it.
“Send all ten pieces over. They were meant for her anyway, he instructed.
He remembered the birthday party when Cella was publicly humiliated by Vivian for wearing her discarded jewelry and then having it taken back.
He understood the feeling of being at someone else’s mercy.
Celia must have endured a lot living under the thumb of someone as domineering as Vivian.
Just then, the man who had sent Vivian to the deserted island called, “Mr. Hartley, Ms. Sinclair has been here for a day and hasn’t eaten or drunk anything. What should we do?”
Samuel frowned. “Without my permission, she is not allowed to die. If she refuses to eat or drink, give her an IV with nutrients. Do I have to teach you everything?”
The man hung up the phone, trembling with fear.
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