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
It was the last rain in the spring as the weather slowly warmed up. It was the start of June.On that morning, Jace had to send Sage to the airport. His mood had been on the downside since early morning. Both of them sat at the back of the car. Jace was grasping Sage's hand tightly in his hands. He played with her hands like it was made out of clay while acting like an elderly old man and kept on sighing.Sage looked at him and was amused by his action. "What's wrong with you?"Jace turned his head to the side and looked at her. He furrowed his brow and looked sad, while Sage looked energetic and cheerful. He turned from being moody into depressed.He turned side way to embrace Sage into his arms and placed his head on her shoulder while acting like a kid. "Why don't I go with you.""I'll buy another air ticket, and we could go back to Salem City together," he said while lifting his head and looking at her with hope and anticipation.Before Sage could say anything, Zayne, sitting
It was so amusing to Sage that she laughed nonstop the whole time. She felt her stomach was hurting because she laughed too much, so much that she did not even have the energy to coax Jace.Jace could not help and look back. He saw Sage laugh so hard that her brows were bending to show how happy she was. Jace had contradicting feelings toward it. He was happy to see Sage being so happy but angry because Sage did not care for him. He could not help and went over to grab the back of Sage's head and used another hand to pinch her lower chin and kiss her lips."Oh no!" Zayne heard the noises from the back, so he looked back a little and saw that loving moment. He quickly covered his eyes and told the driver, "Hurry up, wind up the divider!"He had regretted following Jace to send Sage to the airport. He knew he would see the couple displaying public affection for each other. However, if he had not come, he could not stop Mister Jace from following Sage back; that was something he needed
Sage looked at the funny scene not far away from her. Her eyes suddenly turned red while she was smiling.Since when had parting ways become so hard? She tried to suppress her emotion and waved at Jace. A thought came into her mind, so she made a love sign on top of her head.In the past, she thought it was childish when Jace made the love sign to her, but now she has become that childish person. Jace was startled by Sage's love signal. He stood there stunned while watching Sage wave her hand, turn around, and finally leave. His heart felt pain like thousands of needles were stabbing it.The only thought he had in his mind was to stop living apart in two different cities. He was determined to end this long-distance relationship as soon as possible!…When Sage returned to Salem City, she started another busy period. She was busy with her family and also work. Leah's wedding was getting near. Everyone in the family was busy preparing for her wedding.Salem City had many wedding