When Sage saw Jace's face change, her heart jumped in an instant.After Jace ended the call, she got up and asked, "Is it a phone call from the hospital? What's wrong?"Jace looked at her with a stiff expression. Shortly after, he choked out, "The assistant dean just called. He said Lucas is dying."Sage's gaze flickered. 'So soon?' she thought.She could not be bothered to ask more and hurriedly got down from the bed to get changed."Sage..." Jace called out to her, "I…I can go alone."Sage saw his stiff and pale look. After changing, she walked to him and caressed his face gently. "I'll come with you."Sage made Jace go to the passenger side. She got in the driver's seat and started the car. When she saw Jace sitting motionlessly on the passenger side, she turned around and fastened his seat belt. Sage did not say anything and rushed to the hospital as fast as she could.…When they arrived at St Francis Hospital, the assistant dean and doctor in charge were already waitin
The assistant dean shook his head at the dean and gestured to him not to ask more.Freya heard them, so she told Sage, "I won't be coming. What's the point of saying goodbye now? I don't want to force myself. I don't want to lie to Lucas that I've forgiven him. Hate is hate. Even if I don't love him anymore, I still hate him."Sage's heart sank. It hurt so much and felt like someone had clutched it hard.Sage suddenly understood that everyone's fate was different. Love and hate seemed to be related to each other. The more you loved someone before, the more you would hate them for betraying you. Love and hate could coexist in a relationship, but people would stay separated forever after the end of the relationship.Saying that hate meant love was just too pretentious. For the proud Freya, hate was hate and nothing more.Lucas's life had come to an end. His disease had tortured him so much and put him in bad shape. He was a handsome man and had charmed many ladies, but he became so
In the end, Jace was the one who organized a funeral for Lucas.Yuriel Group Cemetery used to have a spot for Lucas, but Grandpa Yuriel had the spot filled in after his divorce from Freya. In the end, Lucas was buried in the West Hill Cemetery. It was a nice grave he had chosen for himself while still alive.Lucas's funeral was held on a rainy day. Sage accompanied Jace at the simple funeral and gave Lucas a final send-off. Most of Lucas's old family and relatives had lost contact with him. Lucas did not have many friends in his life. Only some of his old subordinates from Universal Channel came to pay their respects to the old chief. However, there was one person who grabbed Sage's attention.It was not too cold in May, but the guest was wearing leather gloves and held a large umbrella in his hand. The man coughed slightly and lifted his umbrella a little. It was a plain face, but Sage recognized him at once.Sage held her umbrella and walked to him."Mister Walter."The guest
Peter glanced in the direction of the tombstone. After that, he gave Sage and Jace a slight nod and walked away with his umbrella.Sage watched Peter walking away coldly. She felt a little irritated.Jace sensed her strange emotions. "What's the matter? What did he tell you?""He asked about Shanie, but he didn't mention anything important. I was thinking about asking him about the attack on Jekyll during the escort back then."Sage watched as Peter's car slowly drove away and restrained her emotions. "Forget it. It's not the time to talk about this."…After that, Jace and Sage sent off the people who came to give their condolences. The rain finally stopped in the late afternoon.Jace and Sage put the umbrella away and stood side by side in front of the tombstone. They stared at Lucas's photo. It was a photo from when he was younger. At that time, Chief Spencer was both successful in his career and in love. He was a successful man to most and looked full of pride.Unfortunatel
'Share a father?'Jace's mouth twitched. He pulled Yoel away from him and gritted his teeth. "Well, thanks.""Welcome, my brother." Yoel patted Jace's shoulder with a face of great pride and righteousness.The scene was too unbearable for Sage to see. She stared at Melody standing behind Yoel. "Why did you let this guy out?" Melody was speechless and said helplessly, "He heard the news about Lucas's death and insisted on coming. I couldn't stop him."Jace looked down and glanced at Yoel's leg. "How's your leg injury?""I'm feeling much better." Yoel leaned forward to Jace and complained, "I've had a lot of trouble with this little witch the past few days. Please let me stay at your house for a few days."Jace shook his head decisively. "I have no place for you to stay in my home. I think you're not well yet. You better go back for good." Yoel was lost for words. Was Jace serious? What?!After the drama, Yoel still asked about Lucas's funeral carefully. He was relieved to kn
Sheila was a martial arts coach, but it was just one of her professional identities. Her background was not ordinary. She was the daughter of Harbor City's Stone family, but she was not famous. She was Mister Stone's illegitimate daughter and was not recognized by the family. Her family did not accept her, but she had an inspiring life. She grew up as an honor student and obtained a master's degree in management from Calambia University. She liked boxing, racing, and other extreme sports in her spare time.According to the report, Sheila and Finn met at a boxing gym. Finn signed up as a VIP member of a boxing gym for the past six months. He often went there to exercise.Sheila was his personal trainer. While they got to know each other, they had feelings for each other and soon got together. They have been in a relationship for three months already.Sage furrowed her brow slightly.'Three months…' Sage thought about how Finn kept the relationship a secret. No one knew he had a
The days flew by in a flurry of activity.At the end of May, it rained heavily. The whole city was gloomy and damp from the rain.The airport was grounded because of the heavy rain. Sage planned to return to Salem City at the end of the month but was stuck in Nadeem City because of the bad weather. Jace, however, was happy that she was staying longer. He could not hide his happiness and hugged Sage from behind. He accompanied her as they stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and watched the rain."God must have pitied me and didn't want me to be left alone, so he kept you to accompany me for a few more days."He inched closer to her and pressed a gentle kiss on her ear.Sage thought Jace was gloating at her for getting stuck in town, but she could not get angry because of his kisses.The two of them were exhausted from work a while ago. They could finally breathe a sigh of relief after the third phase of the project, Forget Me Not, got on track.It was the weekend, and
Sage's eyes were closed. Somehow, his voice sounded clear in her ears. His low murmur sounded seductively charming.Sage wanted to open her eyes, but Jace would not let her. He removed the cucumber slices on the eyelids and replaced them with an icy cold eye mask. It was very comfortable on the eyes, but she was blinded.Her senses magnified infinitely in the darkness."I'm just thinking..." Sage rasped, "Well, do you believe in love?"What a cheesy question.Jace's fingers paused slightly. Then, he answered her without hesitation, "I didn't believe it before, but later, I had to believe it."When she treated her coldly, the times felt longer and tortuous than ever. He could not control himself and thought of her every night. It was Sage who taught him love and let him experience the taste of love. She taught him the taste of unrequited love as his love for her grew deeper.Sage understood what he meant. She asked, "When did you fall in love with me?"This question had crossed