The Stolen Heiress: Claimed by her Father's Ruthless Enemy. novel Chapter 25

Chapter 25: In her dream.

That night, I couldn’t sleep. I was both excited and nervous about the auction. It was the early hours of the morning I finally found sleep, and when I did, I had a dream.

I found myself in a nursing home back when I was twelve years old. My grandma was laying on the bed, pale. She had been sick for the past few days and never spoke a word. I sat on her bedside, just crying. I didn’t know what to do.

"Anna..." I quickly wiped my tears upon hearing her weak voice and drew closer to her.

"Granny, I am here. How are you feeling?" Of course she wasn’t fine. I could see it in her eyes. They had lost their sparks and were out of focus. But she still tried hard to look at me.

"Anna, you’re a strong and good girl. In the future, I want you to take good care of yourself." More tears filled my eyes and a hard lump formed in my throat.

"Don’t worry Granny, I will take care of myself."

A gratifying smile appeared on her lips, but disappeared as quickly as it came, then replaced by a frown. She was in too much pain, and I wished I could put an end to it.

She took a deep breath, as though she was trying to suppress the pain, then reached out and took a delicate jewelry box from under the pillow and handed it to me.

"My dear, this is a gift I give to you."

Taking the box from her, I carefully opened it and was shocked by the light that almost blinded me.

Inside the box was a beautiful diamond necklace. The finely cut diamond was well-polished. Each cut surface reflected the beautiful light, shining like stars.

"Wow, it’s so beautiful," I said, awestruck.

"The necklace is called the Starlit Haven. It is passed down to the generation of heiresses. I am giving you this because you have the soul of a true heiress. I had hoped that I could keep it a little longer till you grow older and understand what I meant. But I don’t think I have that much time left." Now the tears flowed freely down my cheek. I was still a little girl and had no idea what she was talking about, but I understood the part where she said she didn’t have much time, and it broke my heart into millions of pieces. How was I supposed to survive without her?

"Granny, you will be fine... just relax, okay?"

"You are a good girl, Anna. It’s sad that I can’t take care of you anymore. I hope that some day you will get married to someone who really loves you and treats you right. Even though I can’t see you, I will be very happy."

"No, Granny... please don’t say that..." I cried, uncontrollably.

"I have already contacted your father, he will come pick you up soon. You will have to be strong and get along with your family."

I strongly shook my head. "No, no new family. My only family is you Granny, please don’t leave me..."

She smiled bitterly.

"Silly, kid. Your father is also your family."

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