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
Sage had seen many gemstones before. Usually, she would not be this surprised.Jace bought this Kashmir sapphire necklace at Harbor City's fall auction ten years ago for a hundred thirty million. Words had it that it took almost a century to gather the high-quality sapphire and another fifteen years to cut and polish the gemstone into perfect proportions. The price of a hundred thirty million ten years ago was astonishing."Didn't the chief of Harbor City Jewelry Department keep this sapphire necklace for himself? He has been working with the auctioneer and got it with tricks. My mom wanted to get it at the auction but couldn't. She was so angry that she cursed him for more than a month… How did it come into your hands?" Sage was very puzzled. Jace took the sapphire necklace from the jewelry box and put it on her.He explained, "Chief Rockey fell into huge debt from a failed investment and is selling off his assets. I bought this sapphire necklace through my connections. I wante
The sapphire was lucent as a beautiful blue lake. The crystal shimmers added a touch of blue to Sage's dewy and soulful eyes. Sage had fair skin and perfect curves. She was so beautiful and gave Jace endless inspiration in painting.She inspired every stroke he made.As the rain outside poured harder, Jace's brush strokes hastened. He did not pause and immersed himself in the painting completely.His eyes were serious and deep. He seemed to have entered a different zone, focusing only on the painting and scene in front of him.It was Sage's first time watching Jace paint live. She felt something new. Sage liked men who were serious and focused. Her father once said, "A businessman and artist's personalities hardly overlap."What he meant was that creative artists were usually more simple, focused, and obsessive people. Meanwhile, businessmen needed to be worldly to get around in business. They were too influenced by money and greed. Such influences would affect an artist's purit