"I'm sorry."Before Jace even realized it, the words had slipped out of his mouth, but he did not find them inappropriate.Sage had taken care of him for three years, but there was not a day when he had actually cared for her. He had even hurt her for another woman. Hence, he did owe her an apology.Those two words startled Sage. Sage knew Jace like the back of her hand. She knew that he was short-tempered and stubborn. It was definitely strange for him to suddenly apologize to her.All this while, she had been waiting for him to tell her he loved her, and instead, he had offered her an apology. Sage mocked herself silently. With a straight face, she replied, "Apology accepted."She then turned around and got into the car.Her nonchalant attitude seemed to hint that she no longer had any lingering feelings toward him.'Has she really stop having feelings for me?'Sage's assistants had filed into the car after her, and they were ready to leave.Just when the car started, Ja
Under the umbrella, two men stared at each other, studying each other's expressions.They were once good partners in the business industry, but now, they were each other's rivals."You guys are not suited to be together," Jace replied definitively.Yoel simply shrugged and replied, "How can you be sure if I don't try? Besides, you don't even know her. What makes you think that we're not suited for each other? Mind you, I was the one who informed you about her real identity."Yoel cut Jace to the quick. Every sentence was like a knife that pierced Jace's heart. Jace squinted and said, "She's not the type that you could play around with.""I know, and this is exactly why I'm going to sincerely pursue her."Yoel adjusted his stance, looked where Sage had been, and said, "At first, I was worried that she'd still have feelings for you, but by the looks of it, I must be overthinking it. Sage seems the type who would be able to move on quickly once she has made up her mind. She's more
'To be my friend?'Sage tugged at the corner of her lips, supported her head with her hands, and replied, "Hmm…let's see. You're twenty-seven this year, and you're of Romani descent. Your father trained all your siblings harshly except for you. He adored and pampered you. He'd keep you by his side and educate you. You were kidnapped at nine, and you almost lost your life. Your father mobilized his entire clan to save you, and you were able to return home unscathed. But, your seven brothers were not so lucky. Some were hurt, and some had even died during that mission. All to save you." Unfazed, Yoel broke into a grin. "You looked me up online? It seems to me Miss Sage, you are rather interested in me."He was about to move closer to Sage when she continued, "You first had sex when you were sixteen. You did it with a French woman who was five years older than you. Since then, you have only dated older women. At eighteen, you were known as a notorious philanderer— changing partners li
After leaving his grandfather's house, Jace returned to the Yuriel Mansion.The mansion was filled with wedding decorations, and Jace found them to be a pain to look at. He quickly ordered his butler to remove the decorations.There were tons of missed calls from Sienna, but Jace had no intentions of dealing with her and turned off his phone instead.Taking off his coat and draping it over his arm, he was making his way toward his study when he came to a sudden stop. Pushing open the door to the master bedroom, Jace realized that the rose-scented smell of Sage was almost gone. It was as if she was never here.The rose seal was still on the bedside table. Picking it up, Jace traced his fingers across the seal and realized that the red ink had seeped into his name carved on the stamp pad.Reading the card that Sage had left him, he realized that the handwriting on the card was similar to the carved-out name on the seal. Could it be that Sage had personally carved his name onto the s
Jace had not used his hacking skills for a long time; therefore, he was slightly slow and a bit awkward.After a while, he finally got a hang of it and he sped up gradually.All these years, he never had to look into anyone on his own as Zayne would have everything settled for him. However, Jace was still annoyed by the fact that Zayne had allowed Sage Norah to hide her identity and marry him as Sage Luz. Jace desperately wanted to knock some sense into Zayne.This time it was Sage Norah, but what if next time it was an industrial spy? However, Jace quickly realized that Zayne was right. Everything on Sage Norah: her information and her profile, were all heavily secured, and there was no way that an average hacker would be able to get their hands on her information.Jace had been trained in the military, but his specialty was targeting, not tracking. Yoel was the tracking expert, but he was unwilling to help Jace any longer, and instead, he was trying to pursue Jace's ex-wife.
She took a sip from the bottle of water that Hunter passed her. Turning to Yoel with a look of disgust she said, "You just really don't know when to stop, do you? You are really starting to look greasy and cringy now."Yoel's face fell. He was in his prime and here he was being described as greasy and cringy. Today, he had been the recipient of too many insulting "daggers" from Sage and being the vindictive person he was, Yoel had to return the favor. "At this very moment, I bet my dear friend Jace is sitting in front of his laptop feeling defeated. I feel so sorry for him."Furrowing her brows tightly together, Sage asked, "Who?""Jace. Jace Yuriel. Your ex-husband."Yoel enunciated the words carefully, and every word that he said was like a dagger thrusting into Sage's heart. "He asked me to dig up some information on you, but I didn't agree to his request. I'm guessing that he had decided to take matters into his own hands.""You're telling me that the person with such lame
The drive from Nadeem City to Salem City takes about two hours. The sky was overcast, and the sound of rain was hypnotic. Sage did not feel like conversing with Yoel anymore. Putting a blanket over her shoulders, she planned to take a nap. Before she closed her eyes, she warned Yoel, "Keep quiet."To Hunter, she said, "Throw him out of the car if he's causing trouble.""Don't worry. I'll be good," Yoel replied, "I can lend you my shoulder if you like.""No thanks. I might have a nightmare."Yawning, Sage closed her eyes and said nothing more. Yoel chuckled softly. Looking at the woman who was curled up like an adorable small pet, Yoel had the urge to pull her closer into his arms.He reached for his phone and proceeded to take a photo of Sage.Realizing what Yoel was up to, Hunter glared at him and wanted to snatch away his phone.Yoel swiftly avoided Hunter. Winking, Yoel hushed Hunter. He planned to carry out his actions proudly. Hunter tried to force Yoel to delete the
The partnership needed a few last details to be hashed out before it was finalized. Yoel got out of the car when it came to a stop in front of the Norah Group's building. Sage had ordered the upper management to gather for a meeting so that she might tell them that the piece of land near the outskirts of Salem would no longer be turned into a golf course, but instead, would be transformed into a horse racing track. She stayed after work to speed through some documents. After going through several documents, she received a call from home.Miss Zamora, her house butler, had called to report that Yeva could not hold on any longer.Sage's eyes flickered. She had almost forgotten about Yeva.Yeva felt like she was going to die soon.She could feel her soul leaving her body. She had never expected that she would die from starvation.Yeva had never been this hungry all her life. The first day was not too bad as Yeva had told herself that she had been fasting or that she had been on