Sage fell into a deep silence, and she felt an odd sense of familiarity.It was as if she was listening to her own story; at the same time, it felt like she was an outsider listening to the story."I finally mustered enough courage to confess my feelings to him, but he rejected me and got married to someone else almost right after."Madam Meyer took two deep puffs of the cigarette, her eyes filled with pure anger and envious. "I don't understand. How is Sofia any better than me? Is it because she was a mixed-blood just like Timothy? It's unfair! Since I was born, I have gotten everything I ever wanted. Money, status, and men! Nothing was unattainable! Do you understand that?""Then you'd get anything you've ever wanted?" Sage gritted her teeth. "What makes you think you deserve that? Just because you're shameless? Or is it because you're just an evil, twisted person? There's a saying in my mother's tongue…""An empty vessel makes the loudest noise," Sage said.Madam Meyer knitted
Tim's men dragged Madam Meyer out of the scene while Sage and Tim stayed to watch the rest of the fashion show.The two of them sat in the front row. Sage turned her head to look at Tim and gripped his hand. "Tim."Tim squeezed her hand back and tapped it lightly. "I'm okay. Watch the show."After years of being involved in the military and political world, Tim had mastered the art of disguising his emotions. Sage was still overwhelmed by how Tim lashed out at Madam Meyer earlier that day.Sage knew that the deaths of Sofia and their child were Tim's biggest pain and regret in his life.Tim was able to ignore and look past whatever Madam Meyer was doing before, but the fact that she admitted to harming his loved ones had successfully awakened the sleeping demon.The consequences that came next were not something she would be able to handle by herself.Jace had just finished reading the email sent by his unrelated uncle when he received a call from Yoel.Upon answering the pho
Yoel took a moment to catch his breath from laughing too much and asked, "Have you spoken to Sage since she went to Yathein?"Jace's temper immediately disappeared upon hearing Sage's name, and he hummed yes in response."Oh yeah?" Yoel was surprised. "Sage contacted you? Really? Don't lie to me."Jace responded, "She added me on WhutsApp.""What?" Yoel was dumbfounded. "Sage added you? On WhutsApp?"Jace hummed yes in response.Yoel exclaimed, "What a miracle. Ever since that incident, I've tried calling her so many times and sending her so many texts, but she'd rarely respond to me. This is a double standard!""That's right." Jace smiled satisfyingly.Yoel scoffed lightly. "You must be ecstatic, aren't you? Finally, some progress. However, I wouldn't be too excited if I were you. You don't know if she'd really get back together with you yet.""I know that. I'm trying my best," said JaceYoel stopped joking around upon hearing how serious Jace was. They exchanged a few more
The whole of Mostal had become chaotic because of Lucas' unwelcome presence.The surrounding air had turned cold and tense.Melody, Yoel, Aunt Wendy, and Master Duncan all stood behind Freya, glaring fiercely at Lucas.Lucas came bearing gifts and health supplements as he looked deeply into Freya's eyes and uttered gently, "Freya, I'm just here to see you, nothing else.""You can leave now that you've seen me."Freya said coldly, "I don't want to see your face."Lucas pursed his lips and looked up at the four people standing behind Freya. "Can I talk to you? Just the two of us.""I have nothing to say to you." Freya spat ruthlessly, "Take your things with you and leave!"Lucas' face showed a brief moment of embarrassment, but he had come prepared for rejection. He smiled and said, "Don't be like that, Freya. Why can't we just talk like friends? I went to Salem City to see our son before coming here.""What was that for? Don't you have anything better to do?"Freya spat cold
"Present!" Melody and Yoel answered at the same time."Escort this man out of this place now so he can stop harassing our Freya!"Master Duncan said as he wheeled Freya away, "Let's go, Freya. Who cares about his trash? I have so much turmeric powder in my room. You can take as much as you want."Lucas' face sank as he watched the man wheeled Freya away.He could not help but wonder who that man was. Was that Freya's new potential partner?Seth stayed back in Lundon after the show because of his upcoming advertisement gig.Sage and Tim went back to Birmingham by themselves.On the way back, Tim received an email and said to Sage, "Yale had just arrived at Salem.""Hm?" Sage paused and asked, "What is he doing in Salem?""Jekyll will be sent back to Tovres soon, and Yale will need to be there to sort some things out."Sage understood immediately what Tim was referring to and asked, "Will he be able to find out things about dad and mom?""We've been through and have done worse
Back in Birmingham, Tim sent Sage back to Meadow Castle and headed to Humming Hills.There were things that had to be settled between him and Madam Meyers.It was late at night in Birmingham, whilst Salem was just before dawn.Sage did not call as she assumed that certain someone must have been sleeping. She took a shower and got ready for bed.Jace, on the other hand, had been checking his phone an ungodly amount of times. Yet, there were no messages from Sage.When he closed his eyes, he swore he could hear his phone ring, as if he was hallucinating. He then turned his phone volume to the highest.Jace tossed and turned the whole night, unable to fall asleep.Sage, over at the other side, had just lit up a rose-scented candle. She put on her sleeping eye mask and fell asleep in an instant with the aid of the sound of the rain outside.The next day, early in the morning, she woke up lazily from her sleep. She wanted to do some light stretching to wake herself up.Tim and Seth
Sage replied, as usual, and asked him to take care of himself and to reach out anytime if he needed help, like a good and caring boss she was.Jim, on the other hand, was much cuter than his older brother.His messages had filled up the whole screen. He asked about how she had been doing in Yathein, told her about winning an MVP for the competition, and showed the gold, sparkly trophy cup to her.He also asked her when she was going back to the country to fulfill her promise.'This kid…' Sage thought and smiled.Before the competition, Jim had been training and nothing else. He had only learned about Sage's plane accident shortly before the competition. He sobbed and wailed when he found out.He wanted to ditch the competition and insisted on flying to Yathein to see Sage.Jim's international team's coach could not bear to see that and managed to get in touch with Sage so she could talk him out of it.Sage used up all sorts of tricks and took a long time to convince him to stay
Jace's plan was almost the same as Sage's.From what they knew, Sienna was seemingly 'sold' to Peter by Lucas in order to save Luna.However, these were all part of Jekyll's game.Lucas, Sienna, and Peter were all Jekyll's pawns.Lucas and Sienna were easily manipulated, but Peter, on the other hand, was not just any other pawn. He agreed to Jekyll's plan only because he had his own plan to execute.From what they had learned about Peter, he was a through and through opportunist. He did everything with benefits in mind. He was a scheming, ambitious man.From an outside perspective, it might seem like the reason he had a successful career was because of his wives, but his fathers-in-law always seemed to be more successful than his previous ones.Those wealthy and successful old men all wanted Peter as their son-in-law. They did not care about his background or his marital history because of his capabilities.With that, Jace and Sage knew not to do anything reckless before they t