Jace was struck, and he felt like his brain was about to explode. He felt such an immense wave of pain that he blacked out.Jace leaned against Sage’s body and he did not regain his consciousness.Hunter was just beside Jace and saw the pebble hit the back of Jace’s head. The pebble almost broke his head and Hunter was startled. Hunter scowled at the protestors angrily, “Are you guys trying to kill him? Be prepared to be locked up in the cell for the rest of your lives!”'What do they think they're doing?'Then, as the crowd was stunned, a loud siren was heard from the back. Someone yelled among the crowd, “Run, the cops are here!”The annoying protestors fled all of a sudden. Some of them were surrounded and handcuffed by the cops. It was chaotic.Sage felt uneasy being held by Jace. She pushed him away lightly. When she turned her head, she met Jace’s eyes with somewhat confusion. He shook his head slowly as if to relieve the pain.“Are… you alright?” Sage asked as she compres
Jim did not answer Jace’s questions, but he added, “So, you’re the ex-husband, Jace.”Jace was dumbfounded. “Who you calling Jace?” Sage walked over in time and patted Jim’s back, “I’m not close to him,” and turned to Jace and said, “sorry, my kid is over-friendly with everyone.”Kid? Did she just refer to this young man as a kid?Jace looked at Sage’s usual unfazed eyes in contrast to this young man’s friendly attitude, he felt an ache in his heart and he looked down, “It’s not a big deal.”Silence filled the room. Zayne walked over and broke the awkward silence, “Mr. Jace, we have to leave now before it’s getting too late.”Hunter reminded Sage as well, “Miss Sage, we have to go too.” Jace huffed on his cigarette and let out a slight cough. Zayne immediately understood and looked at Sage with a smile, “Miss Sage, your car has been sent to the maintenance workshop, it’ll take some time to get fixed. We’ll be glad to send you back to the airport.”Sage kept quiet. Hunter observed
Jace suddenly opened his mouth, which shocked everyone in the car but Sage. She let out a frown. Jim tilted his head and looked at Jace.“I’m twenty years old.”‘Just twenty years old,’ thought Jace to himself. “You’re pretty young,” Jace said as he looked in Sage’s direction. Sage looked at him and felt mocked as if Jace deemed her relationship with Jim was unusual. Sage started fuming and as she was about to criticize Jace, Jim said calmly, “Not, I think maybe that made you feel old instead, Uncle Jace.”Sage held back her laughter. That was right, Jace was over thirty years old.Jace said lightly, unbothered by Jim’s remarks, “If you call me an uncle, you have to call that lady beside you an aunty. I was her husband, after all.”Sage was not worried about his mockery; she turned to him and yelled, “Uncle!”Jace was speechless. He looked at Sage and felt ridiculous. He was so angry that he laughed, asking, “What did you just call me?”“You’re an uncle, I’m calling you Uncle
"Jim has no interest in talking with you."With a straight face and a cold tone, Sage added, "Either you shut your mouth, or get down from the car."Jace finally stopped talking.Shortly after, they arrived at the airport. There were two private jets on a huge empty space, and Jace planned to board the same jet as Sage. However, Sage did not give him the chance. Bringing Jim along with him, Sage quickly boarded the plane and closed the door behind them.Staring at the door that was closed as he stood still, Jace was dumbfounded.Zayne took a glimpse at Jace and felt sorry for him."Mister Jace, there's something that I don't know if I should tell you."With a hardened expression, Jace replied, "Forget about it then."Jace thought that if Zayne hesitated whether he should tell, it was probably some bad news.Scratching the tip of his nose, Zayne felt fortunate that he bit his tongue and stopped himself from saying anything, otherwise he would end up being sent transferred to th
Salem City's airport was crowded with reporters and fans.Some confused passersby asked in confusion, "What's with the big crowd? Is it a top star? Are they shooting a movie here? But I don't see anyone from the production team."After asking around, they got to know that the fans were here to demand an answer and explanation from Sage, the CEO of Norah Entertainment, who changed Dean's role in a movie. A passerby shook his head and murmured, "These people really have got nothing else better to do."Dean's fans were able to get their hands on Sage's schedule. They found that her private jet would arrive at Salem City today, hence they waited at the airport the first thing in the morning. They looked as if they were determined to get an explanation from Sage today.Some of the fans got frustrated and impatient. "She should be here any time now, but where is she? Could it be that she got away?""Impossible! We have people blocking all of the exits. There’s no way that she could ge
Yoel gloated, "I heard that you were attacked by fans at Ark Town? What the hell did you do to be treated like this?"He then started laughing uncontrollably.Sage felt a surge of irritation and hissed, "Shut your goddamn mouth if you don't want to die!"Sensing that Sage was angered, Yoel quickly cracked a flattering smile on his face and coaxed, "Don't be mad. I was just messing around with you."Sage didn’t bother to talk further with him. She glanced coldly at the man sitting next to her. "Why did you ask him to come?""It isn't that I asked him to come."Jace added, "He begged me."Yoel nodded shamelessly and uttered, "Yeah, I did. It's a rare sight of you being in such a weak and embarrassing situation. I wouldn't have let someone else have this chance of saving you, would I? So here I am. Touched?"Gritting her teeth, Sage seethed, "Yeah. But this doesn't stop me from wanting to punch you."When the car pulled over at a red light, Sage grabbed Yoel by his neck. Gasping
It was a rare opportunity that Yoel got to drive Sage, hence he insisted to send Sage back to her place but was rejected by Sage.When they arrived in town, Sage's men had been there waiting for her.Sage got out of the car and walked away without saying anything else.Yoel said to her, "Hey, you're leaving just like that?"With her phone in her hand, Sage turned around with a look of annoyance on her face and asked, "What do you want?""Nothing big. But we helped you a big time, didn't we? You should buy us a meal, right Jace?" Yoel tried to get support from Jace."Sounds good." It was rare that Jace took Yoel’s side.Sage thought that those two were feathers of a bird.Sage answered, "It isn't very decent of you to be expecting something in return after helping."Yoel retorted, "Well, it's inhuman to be ungrateful."Yoel studied Sage's expression carefully.Sage did not bother to keep it up with Yoel. "Tonight, it is then. 7 pm at Tasteful Restaurant. I'll buy dinner."Yo
"Yeah."Sage guessed that Seth purposely showed up at the airport to divert the crowds' attention. She then asked, "You and Suki…"Seth, who was on the other end of the call, chuckled softly, "You'll have to greet her as your sister-in-law the next time we meet."Sage cracked a smile and uttered, "Congratulations, Seth. It's all finally paying off, isn't it?""Indeed."Seth then added, "We didn't plan on announcing it to the public so soon. I know that you have your reasons regarding the arrangements for Dean, but I really couldn't stand people criticizing you."Sage felt warm in her heart but then guilty."Sorry for the trouble."Suki replied instead, "Not at all! It's always a tricky situation whenever it involves fans, but it will all be over soon. Don't be too worried about it."Sage replied, "Mm, thank you, my sister-in-law to be."Seth chuckled again. "There, now, my girlfriend’s embarrassed."After a few more exchanges, Sage ended the call.The fans and reporters who