The Necklace

That afternoon when Abriella decided to rest with Xian, an intern who for one day was assigned to help Abriella's work. They got along so quickly, apart from Abriella's open nature, but apparently the girl also had an active and open nature. So they can quickly adapt to each other. While they were working on filling out some data and compiling some files, Abriella listened to a story from Xian, who apparently just came to New York a few years ago because his father was assigned here. Xian finally couldn't help but try to adapt to life in New York. He said he really liked the people there, although it was not uncommon for some people to be unfair to him just because he was a foreigner.

And once again, from that story Abriella can conclude that the girl is a cheerful person and has a positive mind. So that he can survive until now in New York. Honestly, maybe there will be some people who feel like giving up and returning to their place because they feel how hard the world of work in this city is.

Abriella and Xian were both eating at the same dining table and chatting happily. Until Xian accidentally saw the necklace that was being used by Abriella, which finally made him ask the senior.

"Abriella… May I ask where did you get a necklace like that from?" The question that Xian asked Abriella succeeded in making the woman who was currently eating her sandwich looked down at the necklace that was slightly protruding from under the clothes she was wearing.

Abriella quickly put the necklace back in and looked at Xian who was biting his lips as he looked down, pretending not to ask this when he felt that Abriella was deliberately hiding the necklace from people.

"I… have seen a necklace like that in my country." The words said by Xian finally made Abriella look at the girl carefully.

"You ever?" Abriella asked as if she was surprised to know if anyone else had seen the necklace that Melinda's grandmother gave her. This means that the necklace that Melinda's grandmother gave to her was not a necklace made by her own hands which was then given to Abriella. Is it possible that Melinda's grandmother deliberately bought this necklace and gave it to Abriella? That was the question that was on Abriella's mind right now.

Meanwhile Xian who was sitting opposite Abriella at that time nodded his head and looked at Abriella very seriously. "Yeah… I've seen it before! My friend is wearing the necklace. He said the necklace was meant to prevent him from getting sick. Because before that he always had pain that even specialist doctors didn't know about." Xian told when and from whom he saw the necklace. Abriella who heard the story was silent and stared in disbelief at what the girl had said to her.

However, it was Xian's next words that finally made Abriella believe that the necklace she was wearing could help her break free from David's oath. "Reportedly... Someone swore at him!"

"Y-you sure?" Abriella asked Xian who was now back to eating his food in the form of salad and sliced ​​meat. The slanted-eyed girl with very straight black hair glanced back at Abriella and nodded with absolute certainty.

"Heem... I even remember clearly how the writing on the necklace was. Ah… Not writing, but drawings!" Xian replied who corrected the erroneous speech. Abriella was silent and went back to eating her sandwich while still staring at Xian who seemed to really enjoy his food and finished it all in a few minutes.

"I want some pudding. Do you want it?" Asked Xian who stood back up from his seat. Abriella who got the offer just smiled and shook her head, then said that Xian got what he wanted because he didn't want to eat much.

Xian nodded and walked back to the food counter in front of the canteen. Abriella also exhaled when the girl had left him for a moment.

'Is that all true? And it really works? What if I let it go just once?' Abriella thought as she grasped the necklace that was under her clothes from the outside.

Abriella returned to her room first when she knew that Xian still wanted to rest and taste other foods in the canteen, because Abriella knew that Xian who was still growing had to eat a lot. Even though Xian said that he would finish his meal soon, Abriella didn't want to make Xian feel rushed so she told the boy to relax in finishing his meal. Finally Xian agreed and Abriella returned to her room alone.

When the elevator that Abriella was using opened on the floor she was going to, Abriella was quite surprised to see Brian standing in front of the door of her room and peeking inside, as if looking for someone in there. Abriella smiled and walked slowly towards Brian who exhaled in disappointment when he found no one in the room.

"Who are you looking for?!" Abriella asked in a voice she raised to surprise Brian. And it worked! The man who a few days ago had a date with Abriella jumped in surprise and almost uttered his curse which he then held back so he wouldn't continue.

"Oh God! Shi… Abriella?!" Brian said loudly and looked at Abriella with his wide eyes. The look on Brian's face at that time succeeded in making Abriella laugh loudly and then briefly hugged the man who was now chuckling in surprise.

Brian also looked at Abriella when the woman had returned to release her arms on him and exhaled to stop the laughter. "How are you?" Brian asked Abriella anxiously. And this anxiety can be seen by Abriella from the look on his handsome face that he shows at this time.

Abriella just smiled at Brian as she grabbed the man's hand for him to hold, and looked back at his eyes which were always fixed on Abriella.