Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 327

At that moment, Mama Murphy had taken the box and walked over.

“Found it, madam.”

Smiling, she handed the box over to the old lady. Natalia took one look and saw it was a deep brown sandalwood box, engraved with delicate patterns. A high-end piece, obviously.

Ariana opened the box. It was inlaid with a dark red silk brocade, and on the brocade, there sat a classic-looking sapphire necklace.

Natalia’s eyes shot wide as her face changed slightly.

For no other reason that the design looked very familiar, almost like…

The old lady took out the necklace and sighed, “This was from a long time ago, when I was still young. Your Grandpa got it from an antique merchant by chance, and we hadn’t known each other long. He gave me the necklace as our engagement gift. You’re a good kid, Natalia. I don’t have much to give you, but I’ll give you this necklace. I hope you and Archie can be like us, and spend the rest of your lives together in harmony and peace.”

Natalia frowned. There was no joy in her expression as she stared off into space.

Noticing her bearing chance, Ariana was a little surprised as she called, “Natalia.”

Natalia jerked back to the moment.

She floundered for a moment, then forced a smile. “What did you just say, Grandma?”

Ariana had to frown as well.

She didn’t continue on the topic and said concernedly, “Are you all right? Are you feeling sick anywhere?”

Natalia shook her head.

Pursing her lips, she hesitated and said, “I’m fine. Just remembered a few things after seeing this necklace all of a sudden.”

Ariana was taken aback.

“Oh? You don’t mean to say you’ve seen it before?”

That couldn’t be possible. After all, ever since William had given her the necklace decades ago, she’d hid it away carefully. Outsiders couldn’t have seen it.

But Natalia nodded.

She reached out and unclasped the necklace she’d always been wearing.

“Look at this, Grandma.”

Natalia was holding the same, classic-style necklace, designed very similarly to Ariana’s, only the sapphire had been switched for a ruby.

Ariana was instantly stunned.

Not just her, but Mama Murphy, looking on at the side, was also stunned.

“What – what’s going on…”

Mama Murphy was at a complete loss for words. This necklace was an heirloom from previous royal families. There was only one of them. How could an identical copy exist?

Natalia didn’t know about the history behind the necklace, but seeing their reactions, she could tell that something wasn’t right.

After a while, Ariana reacted, her face darkening slightly, “Where did you get this necklace?”

Natalia didn’t hide it and told her about how her mother had died, leaving her this memento.

Ariana heard the story and fell into doubt.

Frowning, she reached out after a while and said, “Can I have a close look at the necklace?”

Natalia nodded.

Ariana took the necklace, examined it, and visibly relaxed.

“This is a fake. It’s delicately made and looks like a classic relic, but look closely and you’ll find that a lot of places are new. This isn’t a remnant of a previous royal family but a recent forgery.”

Natalia was astonished.

This was something her mother had kept for her. She’d seen her mother wear it from when she was small, and she’d deliberately left it to her after she passed. It shouldn’t be a forgery.

Still, Ariana was dead sure, and Natalia didn’t have a better explanation at the moment, so she could only let it rest.

Coming out of the old lady’s room, Natalia took Anne and Archie home with her.

Knowing that she had a little brother in the house now, Anne was overjoyed and wanted to play around with him.

Natalia had Mrs. Dottie and Helen keep a watch on them so they didn’t go on too late, then went upstairs.

Back in her bedroom, she washed up and took out the two necklaces, placing them side by side as she sat on the bed, musing.

Archie came back sometime during that and saw her sitting there, hand on her chin, looking troubled. He cocked an eyebrow.

“What are you looking at?”

He walked over and sat down opposite her.

Natalia pushed the two jewel boxes in front of him and said, “Look at these two necklaces.”

Archie raised his brows, a little surprised.

Of course he’d seen the ruby necklace that Natalia always wore.

Knowing that it was a memento of her mother, it wasn’t anything strange.

But the necklace on the side was Ariana’s, and because the old lady had treasured it, she rarely took it out. As a man, Archie didn’t pay too much attention to this sort of thing, so he actually hadn’t seen this necklace too often.

Looking at the two necklaces side by side, he thought for a while and asked, “Grandma gave you this one?”

Natalia nodded.

“Grandma says that this is something from a previous royal family that Grandpa stumbled upon and gave to her as a wedding gift. She just gave it to me, but didn’t think I already had one. The one my Mom left me. But Grandma says this one’s fake.”

She said, and took up the ruby necklace.

Archie took it and looked it over.

He hadn’t paid too much attention to jewelry for women, so he didn’t notice.

Looking at it closely now, he found that this necklace was made recently. Forget previous royal families, it wasn’t believable even for Kiera to have worn it for decades.

He couldn’t help frowning.

Natalia sighed, frustrated.

“My mother wouldn’t have lied to me, and I never understood the meaning behind her leaving me this necklace. Does it really have something to do with Grandma?”

Archie shot her a look.

The look wasn’t bright or dim, and seemed thoughtful.

Natalia didn’t know how to respond to the look, nor did she know what he meant.

After a while, Archie sat the necklace down and said, “I remember that the old woman of the Dawson family had kept this back then. She might know something.”

Natalia jolted, then her expression sunk.

“Forget it. She wouldn’t tell me even if she knew.”

Archie didn’t say anything about that.

He fell silent for a while and took up both of the necklaces, remarking, “If that’s the case, then there’s no need to overthink it. It’s just a necklace and won’t affect anything. Just think of it as a coincidence.”

Natalia thought about it and felt it made sense, so she left it up to him.

Settling down, she went back downstairs to check on Anne and Joy. After tucking both of the little children back to their rooms in bed, she retired to her own room.