The Guilty Conscience Toward Her

|-Talia-|

"From this point to this one... 18 millimeters, the diameter from this point to this is 30 millimeters. We'll inlay diamonds, the tiny ones around here. On the inside, there'll be the name carvings."

Talia showed the rough sketches she made to the young woman sitting opposite her. She was Amber Tao, coming personally to meet Talia under her grandmother's wish.

Miss Tao visited Talia last week, conveying the ill Old Madam Tao's heart to the CEO of Sparkllure.

The Tao family matriarch had a massive ruby gemstone her husband acquired for her from an auction. The gem was left untouched for more than two decades.

Now, in her golden age, Old Madam Tao wished to commission pieces of personalized jewelry for each of her six granddaughters before she left the world. Each of them was so dear to her.

Miss Tao was the youngest granddaughter and the least busy one. The five above her were all too occupied with their own small families.