Kane sneered at Jace's proposition."Do you seriously think I can't win Laura over by myself?" asked Kane."You might stand a chance if she was an ordinary woman, but Laura is no ordinary woman," replied Jace.Jace continued, "You love Laura. That's why you must also know her very well. You would know that Laura fought alongside me for a long time. We lived together, ate together. I know what she likes and what she doesn't."Kane felt his blood boil when he heard Jace say that they lived together.Sage, on the other hand, got off the phone with Zach and could not help but frown when she saw Henry looking relieved.'What is he scared of?' thought Sage to herself.Henry patted his chest and said, "Thank god you didn't tell Zach I was here. If you told him, he would probably let the entire family know. I just came back, and I don't want my carefree days to end so soon."Sage finally relaxed after hearing Henry's explanation.Sage knew that Henry's mom would nag on and on. It was
After washing off the sweat and grime from their body, Laura and Sage got into their bathing robes and walked into the spring.The attendant led them into a beautiful private hot spring with a meticulously carved stone sculpture in the middle that would spurt out hot water into the bathing area.Laura and Sage could not help but sigh with relief when they dipped into the warm water.The water was around 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and both of them quickly became flushed in the bath.It was not long before they started talking. Their conversation was boundless and seemed unending. The attendant even brought in fruits and coffee so they could eat, talk and relax.After a long relaxing bath, both of them got out and changed into robes for the sauna room."Who would have thought that they would even sell clothes for the sauna room? They really are trying to milk every last penny from the customer," toasted Laura.Sage could not help but laugh at the cartoon robe Laura had on."I thin
Sage and Laura had left their personal belongings in the locker as they were about to enter the sauna room. All that had on were their pajamas, and they brought nothing with them.They wore pajamas with nothing underneath.As they could not call for help, they could only rely on themselves.Laura warily looked at the men in black, squinted her eyes, and secretly figured out how many of them they were against. She asked Sage, "Can you fight?"Sage answered, "I don't think I have a choice." She asked Laura, "How's your waist? Can you fight?"Laura repeated, "I don't think I have a choice. Let's go!" As she said it, both of them made their moves.Sage raised her legs high at the attacker who came forward, pressing down his shoulders, and made him kneel in front of her. She gave him a heavy punch and stepped on his shoulders to kick two other men swiftly.Laura slammed one of the attackers over the shoulder and looked up at Sage fighting. She realized that she had underestimated Sag
"Fire! There's a fire!"Jace and Kane looked at each other with their facial expressions changed, and they ran in opposite directions as the crowd.Henry called the police and organized for everyone to leave the premises."Guys, there's a fire in there. Get out of here as soon as possible!" Henry rushed into the chaotic crowd and grabbed both of them.Jace pushed his arm away and looked at him coldly. "My wife is still in there!" They couldn't be bothered with their safety.Kane was anxious as well. Both of them squeezed through the narrowed crowd.The alarm was heard ringing from the spring for couples. Many couples were seen running out of that place. The women were seen running with a towel wrapped around their bodies with wet hair with no shoes on. The men? They were almost nowhere to be seen. This was the time their true colors were exposed… Some of the men ran away immediately, leaving their wives behind, and some of them hurriedly carried their wives away from danger, fo
No wonder they were unreachable. Both Sage and Laura kept their phones in the locker. Henry made a wild guess, "Did they leave upon knowing your arrivals as they didn't want to see both of you?" Jace and Kane said simultaneously, "Impossible!"Henry was dumbfounded.Jace held Sage's phone in one hand and her clothes in the other. His face looked darkened with his brows furrowed hard.Even if they did not want to see them, they would not just leave their belongings behind. They might be easily angered, but they were not reckless and would not act so irresponsible. Jace and Kane stared at the surveillance monitors and tried to track them down, and they were last seen walking in the hallway laughing at each other, wearing cute cartoon pajamas.Sage had a white lounge set on with yellow ducks, and Laura wore a pink pajama set with bears on it. They dressed just like a couple of elementary school girls.If it were any other time, both Kane and Jace would spend a great deal of time
Would history repeat itself?Her kidnappers were murdered by her father and brothers long ago. Even if they were not dead, they were exiled from the nation. Could there be anyone they missed out on? And who was the bearded man?Sage felt the man looked strange yet familiar. And how was Sienna with all these people? Sage had so many questions in her mind.Laura opened her mouth hazily, “Hey, you guys, we were just on our way to the spring waters, and we weren’t peeking on purpose. Why are you making such a big deal out of this?”“Shut the hell up!” One of the men yelled, “Did we permit you to speak? I’ll cut your tongue off if you say anything more!” “Fine, I’ll keep my mouth shut then.” Laura leaned over to Sage’s side and said, “My waist, it hurts…”Laura stuffed a small stick into Sage's palm.Sage thought of something but remained calm, “Lean on me.”“Sit upright! Did I ask you to move? Are you trying to get yourselves killed?” He scowled at them and dragged Laura to sit up
Sage finally woke up after a long time. She felt a bitter taste in her mouth. It was the aftertaste of medicine pills. Fuzzily, Sage thought she was back in Mostal.“She’s awake! She’s awake!” Sage heard screaming from the side. Opening her eyes, she saw a bunch of people by her side, and Jace’s face was right in front of her eyes.Laura, Kane, Ross, Luther, Yoel, Melody, and Henry were all present. Sage frowned and asked with a hoarse voice, “Why are you all here?”Jace looked worried and asked, “Sage, how are you feeling?”“Bitter.” Sage licked her lips and said one word, “Water.”“Water, water! Quickly, get Sage some water!” Melody poured a cup, and it passed a few people and finally landed in Jace’s hands. Being held up, Sage took the cup from Jace and finished half of it. She looked up and saw the room was crowded with people she knew. Freya and the entire Yuriel family were there.“Pfft—” Sage choked on the water and coughed violently. They all looked at Jace frowning
“What were you thinking? Why didn’t you carry any of the important belongings, and why didn’t you scream for help when in danger?” Kane reprimanded Sage immediately while taking a glance at Laura.Laura sat on the couch and bit her nails, thinking Kane sounded just like her father.Luther acted like a big brother and said to Sage, “You have to always be extra careful when you’re out. Look what you’ve gotten yourself into, you scared us to death!” Luther’s eyes were getting red.While they all rushed to the scene and saw the explosion and the burnt car, the brothers were terrified to death. As they already lost their mother, they could not afford to lose their precious sister as well.Ross looked at Sage’s pale and lightly wounded face, announcing, “You are to stay here for two weeks. You’re grounded and not allowed to go anywhere else!”Initially, Sage lowered her head obediently and listened to the scolding without refuting, but when she heard that, she raised her head abruptly.