Salem City's Annual Rose Festival was a famous event because there were many kinds of flowers that could not be seen elsewhere. The florists and rose farmers worked relentlessly on inventing new species for the competition.Every year, there would be a competition for the Best Rose Species Award. A few hundred rose species would participate in the competition and only dozens of them would be nominated. In the end, the winner would be the rose species with the highest sales. The competition was separated into online and offline events, and it all depended on the total sale amount of that very day. The florist owners worked for almost a year just for this competition. Once their premium rose was elected to be the Best Rose, there would be many derivatives that would follow after. Advertising companies would be knocking on their doors, bringing them ample amount of profit.Sage came to the festival with the purpose of selecting a rose to be used as the main branding for the Norah Grou
Sage did not give Jace a chance to voice out his thoughts as she directed her fingers at the Charlotte Lady and Starry Party roses together.Hunter understood her instructions and went straight to the festival's marketing department.Jace gasped and asked her, "You're choosing both of them?""Why not?" Sage asked him back, "Why can't I have two kinds for my brand?"Why not? Jace was amused; he stared at her and thought to himself, 'This woman always surprises me no matter how many times I think I've finally cracked the code.'He smiled under the sunlight and said, "I'm looking forward to it."The Rose Festival took up a few main streets of Salem City. There were thousands of bouquets of roses, a mile-long wall made of roses, and a staircase made of roses that signified everlasting love.Other than that, there was also a rose petal shower event that attracted many people to check it out.The couples were holding hands, kissing passionately at this event that seemed more romantic
"Jace!"A piercing scream was heard. The next moment, a strong force separated Jace and Sage from their kiss, and that made Sage stumble backward.The crowd gasped. Sage's shoulder felt slightly sore. She furrowed her brows and saw Sienna's angry face.Sienna appeared unexpectedly.Jace did not look too pleased either, and he asked, "Why are you here?"Sienna came prepared. She was dressed in a floral dress and her hair was braided in flowers. Even her makeup was fit to the flowery theme.She looked like she was entering a pageant contest."Jace, I'm here to look for you!" said Sienna with a bright smile. She stood in the way of Sage and continued, "Miss Norah, right? It's unethical to be with someone else's boyfriend, not to mention the kiss. Don’t you feel ashamed?"She made sure everyone in the central court heard her as they all looked over at Sage with a disgusted face. "Oh my, I can't believe this woman is a homewrecker," someone spoke out loud."That's shameful! Why doe
The psychiatry hospital sent a few medical assistants as per Hunter's request, and they formed a circle around Sienna.Sienna was terrified, and she yelled, "Don't listen to her! I'm not some sick person. I'm normal!" However, the more she struggled, the more she seemed like one."Hold her down! Administer the tranquilizer if you have to!" Having almost caught her, Sienna quickly rushed into Jace's arms and cried hysterically, "Jace, I just missed you so much and wanted to see you. You said you would protect me forever…"Sage observed her antics like she was an outsider.‘Forever?‘As a man who never makes promises easily, Jace must have loved her very much to promise her a forever back then,’ thought Sage.Sienna held on to Jace so tightly that he could not move an inch.He looked up at Sage and met her already distant eyes. It was as though she grabbed him by his heart, and he could not breathe.He knew by one glance that everything he had done in the past week had gone down
Sage was suddenly reminded of Seth's identity. She wanted to keep a low profile, so she pulled him into the car swiftly.Meanwhile, Sienna finally proved she was normal after a great deal of time—that was a joke her so-called friend made.The medical assistants went on a wild goose chase and felt like they were being fooled. They condemned her and said, "You should act like a normal person if you say you are one. Don't waste our time and resources! Crying hysterically in public and for what? How dramatic can you be?"Sienna smiled awkwardly as she discreetly cursed Sage.After sending the medical assistants off, Sienna let out a long sigh and quickly turned around. She saw Jace looking around not too far away as though he was looking for someone.She was not dumb; she knew that the person he was looking for was Sage.When did he start to care for her?What kind of spell did Sage cast on him that made him absolutely obsessed with her within a month?Sienna was still a hundred pe
Seth is back. Kane had booked a table at the Neon Nights to celebrate his return.Neon Nights is a club owned by the Hudsons. It was more private compared to Luther’s Skye Hotel. Kane chose this place out of courtesy to Kane’s career, and to avoid the stalking paparazzi’s.It was a family night. There was only Kane, Seth, Luther, and Sage present, and the four of them had not met each other for some time.“Congratulations for making out of the mountains alive! How did it go this time?” Luther raised his glass and asked Seth.Seth took a sip off his glass and replied, “It’s alright. The condition was a little poorer than expected. I need to get used to the city again after one whole year in the mountains.”Seth was an actor and an award-winning movie star. He had won all the mainstream local awards around, as well as a few international awards. He made the country proud, and his fanbase grew all over the world. As an actor who was both good-looking and extremely talented, he coul
Not wanting to worry her brothers, Sage forced to sit up and showed a wide grin and spoke, "Time will heal everything. At least right now, I feel nervous instead of terrified."Raising her wine glass, Sage added, "You’ve finally returned after such a long time. Let's not ruin it with my sob story. Come on, it’s time to drink!"The party reached its climax and all of them had much to drink.Luther and Sage were singing their hearts out on the karaoke machine, not bothered that their pitches were off several notches. Kane was embarrassed to be in the same room as them, while Seth on the other hand, was simply smiling at the youngest. Seth had always thought that being together with the rest of the siblings was the best antidote to his stress.Right then, the door was pushed open and a tall silhouette walked into the room. With a quick scan, the person charged straight to where Sage stood.Kane and Seth were both alarmed by this scene.Seth asked, "He's Jace Yuriel?"Even though th
Jace was already irritated and after hearing Sage's response, the edge of the scale finally tipped his frustration.Did she really just ask what their relationship was?He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists as he took a few seconds to regain his composure and asked again, "I would like to know who I am to you, too."The three men were startled by the way Jace sounded — miserable and sad.All of a sudden, it seemed as if Jace was the one who was being abandoned by Sage.Sage sneered and her voice was laced with mockery, "Who else would you be? My ex-husband, obviously. Didn't that sweet lover of yours just come to you? You should be going on dates with her instead. What are you doing here distracting me? Are you planning to have your feet in two boats?"Almost immediately, the three men stared wide-eyed at Jace and was surprised that Jace enjoyed this sort of thing.Jace's face darkened as his reputation was slowly being smeared by the woman he loved.Rage stirred up withi