Sage was confused by the fuss Tiana kicked up. She asked, "What do you mean?" She thought her drunk incident had blown over."Someone shared a video of you drumming at the bar last night. Everyone's talking about you! They say you're pretty and sassy!" Tiana, eager for Sage to see the news, urged, "Go watch it on your tablet! Now!"Speechless, Sage turned on the tablet and quickly found the video of her drum performance going viral online.She tapped on the video, which was edited to show only the climax of her performance. The clip lasted for around one minute.In the clip, she spread her arms and drummed as she immersed herself in the music. From this perspective, she did appear lovely and cool. In the comments, netizens showered her with compliments."She's so cool!""Dazzling!""I'm in love!"Sage was glad that people liked her and her performance. Still, she knew not to take her fame too seriously because online love was always short-lived. Instead, she regarded her accide
Tiana sounded cool over the phone. "He'll be off work early tomorrow. I'll ask him by then."She added, "I have something to do now. Let's meet over dinner if you're free tomorrow!""Sure." Sage stretched after ending the call with Tiana and headed to the bathroom.She wanted to admire her new cool and sassy self in the mirror. However, she only saw a woman with tousled hair in her reflection. Her face appeared clean, with only some makeup residue in the corners of her eyes. She had fallen asleep in the car last night, so she assumed that Ian had hastily wiped her face with a towel after carrying her into the room. Being a man, he clearly had no idea how to properly remove makeup.Even so, she couldn't believe that he had done this. He was obviously in a foul mood at the bar last night. It was already a miracle that he didn't confront her. Why would he patiently clean her face for her?But then, she told herself that she didn't have anything to thank him for. After all, she had
"Wow! Mrs. Holcomb is stunning! That's strange… I can't believe I hadn't noticed how beautiful she was before," Calvin mumbled. "I mean… it's not that she wasn't attractive before. It's just that she didn't have this kind of confidence and personality."Ian remained silent. In the video, Sage had on a bright smile and looked like she was enjoying herself. It was a side of her he had never seen before. The way she twirled her drumsticks was especially captivating. It was as if she had shed all of her inhibitions. Her soul seemed to radiate an unbridled sense of freedom. "Holy shit, Ian, check out these comments!"Calvin excitedly read out one of them. "The person who filmed this must have a crush on her. Most people would focus on the surroundings, the technique, and the drummer's skill. But the person who filmed this only filmed the drummer's smile and the twinkle in her eyes. It's hard to believe otherwise."After he finished, he continued scrolling excitedly. "Look! There are
Ian felt uncomfortable when he heard Calvin's questioning. He was vehemently opposed to both divorce and remarriage.He hadn't thought much of it when Sage brought up the subject of divorce a month ago. He was prepared to let her have a divorce if she wanted one. After all, it would save him a lot of trouble. But now, his feelings had taken a complete turn."Well?" Calvin asked after a while."I haven't thought about that," Ian said with a frown. "I'm just used to having her as my wife since we've been married for over a year. My grandmother is also pleased with her. There's no need to go so far as to get a divorce."Calvin nodded in understanding. So Ian didn't want to get divorced! "Have you ever thought about marrying someone else after the divorce?" he asked.Ian snapped, "Why would I want to go through it all again?"Calvin remained unflinching, and he noted that Ian had not developed feelings for anyone else despite his issues with Sage.He let out a soft sigh. "Ian, if yo
Calvin pointed out, "Ian, regardless of what she did afterward, the fact is that you left her there and took off with another woman."Ian didn't get what the big deal was. "Ivy's injury was severe. I didn't have time to attend to Sage. Plus, she wasn't injured anyway. Why couldn't she go home on her own?"Calvin sighed inwardly. How could Ian ever win his wife back with this kind of mindset? He was hopeless."Mrs. Holcomb is a woman, Ian, and an accident happened at the banquet. I'm sure she must've been scared, even if she wasn't physically hurt. How could you leave her behind? "Did you even think about how she felt? There were so many of your employees and business partners there too. Didn't you think they would have laughed at her?" Ian's forehead creased when he heard that. He instantly thought of the photo of Sage standing on the dance floor attached to that viral post. Her face was crestfallen, and her large eyes were dull as she stood alone in the crowd. The post also c
"Did Mr. Holcomb give you a hard time when he picked you up last night?" Michael asked.Sage felt a little embarrassed when she remembered how Ian had swept her away in public. "No, he didn't.""That's good to hear." He fell silent after saying that.She assumed that he was just nervous about the upcoming preliminaries, so she smiled and offered him a few words of encouragement.However, Michael replied solemnly, "Ms. Joyner, I might not be able to help you out right now, but please know that I will support you in whatever you do."Sage felt warm when she realized that Michael was concerned about her. "Don't worry. I'll manage just fine. Please just focus on your competition."Sage made her way to the sports complex after hanging up. There, she practiced kickboxing and the self-defense moves that Michael had taught her. Her punches had become more powerful. Even her coach noticed her rapid progress.Sage had been eating and sleeping well, and she could feel that her physique had
Henry hastily reached out and ended the call when he heard the dial tone. "What's the meaning of this, Ms. Joyner?" He expected Sage to be ashamed of herself after being caught red-handed. Why did she call Ian herself?"Isn't it obvious? I wanted to give him a little scare just to see where I stand with him," she lied through her teeth. He fell silent when he heard that. He had looked into it even though Ivy hadn't told him anything and refused to allow him to probe further. He was aware that Ian didn't care about Sage, so he assumed she was using him to get back at him and hurt Layla at the same time. After all, he had the means to do so.Hence, he didn't mind helping Sage test Ian."So, you're not attempting to ruin my relationship with Layla… you're just using me?" he asked.Sage chuckled. "Sure, whatever floats your boat. However, you're right about one thing—I don't want you to be with Layla because I don't think you're good enough for her."His expression changed slightl
Sage gave Shane a call after she left the sports complex. Although she hadn't spoken to him since he used her to get in Ian's way, Shane was the best person for the job.Even though both of them were present at Mimosa's contract signing, the crowd made it impossible for them to catch up. In no time, his lazy voice came through the phone. "What's up?""Do you have a minute to meet up?" she asked."What's this?" he asked in a flippant tone. "Have you taken an interest in me now that you've given up on Ian?"Sage rolled her eyes and brooded, "I've just gotten rid of an arrogant guy, and here comes another shameless one. Don't worry. I'm not interested in men anymore, especially thick-skinned and conceited ones like you.""Damn. What's got you all worked up?""I don't have time for this. I've got something important to talk to you about.""Come over to my office then."Sage hung up and went straight to Shane's office. When she walked in, he was still as carefree as ever. He had his