Chapter 4

I instinctively clutched the necklace on my chest.

I had worn this necklace for as long as I could remember.

Before my adoptive mother passed away, lying in her hospital bed, she placed it into my palm.

She held my hand and instructed me over and over again.

"Aria, no matter what happens, don't ever lose it."

"This is the only thing that truly belongs to you."

Back then, I asked her who gave it to her.

She just smiled and didn't answer.

Later on, she never got another chance to answer.

Yet the strange man in front of me…