Chapter 10

After quitting my job, I no longer had to spend extra hours studying computer science daily. It wasn't even an area of study that I liked. I majored in jewelry design in college. Now, I could finally pick up my sketchbook and pencils again, returning to the design work I truly loved. One afternoon, I was sketching in the sunroom when Joseph paid me a sudden visit. He brought me a pearl and diamond tiara. I recognized that it was an antique piece from the last century the moment I saw it. I had seen it in a book before. I loved the lovers' knot motif woven into the tiara. The pearls were full and luminous, arranged in a gradient according to their sizes, and seamlessly paired with diamonds. They looked just like teardrops on the tiara. When he presented the pearl and diamond tiara to me, I told him I couldn't accept it for nothing. However, he said it was something he had prepared for his future fiancee. He was only handing it over to its rightful owner. That was when my unansw