Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 343

“What… what is this…?”

That tiara was the very one Ottavio had once gifted to Isabella. The pink sapphire sparkled brightly, catching the light depending on the angle at which the gray dog tilted its head.

Though given before they began courting, it had cost as much as an engagement present—and Ottavio had always considered it proof of their love, which had blossomed despite his having had another partner at the time.

‘It might not be that same tiara…’

But then he noticed part of an engraved monogram on one of the tiara’s legs.

—To. De Mare.

Ottavio sank into despair. Even when the Contarini household faced urgent financial need and demanded she bring it out, Isabella had adamantly refused, saying, “I want Father to believe I’m living well.”

So why was it now in Duchess Rubina’s grasp? Had his beloved wife been lying to him all along?

Isabella herself was utterly bewildered. That tiara had vanished some time ago.

Unable to confess to Ottavio that she’d carelessly misplaced it, she’d fabricated a story about it being at her parents’ house and claimed she was too ashamed to face her father. So why was it here in the royal palace?

It was Duchess Rubina who answered Ottavio’s unspoken question.

“When I visited our son’s house, lo and behold—this was rolling around on the floor.”

Of course, she didn’t tell the truth.

In reality, Clemente de Bartolini had bought it from a pawnshop display and presented it to Duchess Rubina—but Rubina pretended as though the tiara had been in Cesare’s possession all along.

“It’s far too beautiful a tiara to just stash away in some warehouse, don’t you think? Such a waste!”

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