Jace's funeral was on a rainy day. It started to rain in the morning and did not stop.Grandpa Yuriel lived a low-profile life for most of his life, but he made an exception and held a grand funeral for his only grandson.The funeral took place in Nadeem City. More than thirty thousand employees of the Yuriel Group, business partners, family, and friends came to pay their respect with wreaths and tributes.The Yuriel Group cemetery was filled with black umbrellas and black cars.Many media under the umbrella held a camera to record all this. They looked at all the familiar big names in the business world who attended the funeral in suits and sighed. The event was exceptionally grand."The funeral is just a formality, but it's so grand. His life is worth it."A photographer could not help but say, "I feel that when I die, I might not even be able to gather a fleet of cars to attend my funeral. If I really die of overwork one day, you must come to my funeral.""Hey, hey, hey! Why
However, she always felt that something was missing.Later, when she was with Jeykll and Peter, she suddenly realized that Jace did not have any desire for her.He had never had any intimate interaction with her. The only time he did was when he took her to the hospital after she pretended to cough up blood at the Yuriel Mansion. When she took the initiative to get on it with him, he did not do it with her.If he really liked her, would he not have desires for her? Why would he not want to be one with her? Jekyll and Peter might not love her, but she was certain that Jace did not love her for sure. He was only nice to her because she was nice to him as a child. At one point in time, she really did want to stop her affairs and marry him!If Freya had not gotten in the way, if Sage had not intervened, she would have been with Jace. Even if he died, she would have gotten a big inheritance.Jace was dead, so she had to come to pay her respects.Sienna sobbed sadly yet beautifully
Sage came.She initially did not want to come. She thought she could pretend none of these happened if she did not see the burial. However, it was pointless to run away.Tim said to her, "You have had a love and a marriage. Sending him away will be a fulfillment to you and him."Sage took off the sunglasses. With red and dry eyes, she quietly stared at the photo on the tombstone—what a familiar face.She quickly recognized that this photo was taken when Jace had just returned home to inherit the family business after his transfer from the army. His skin was still a little tanned, but he was glowing with a soldier's energy and vigor of youth.When she first met him, his handsome face had blown her away.She had dreamed of this face many times in her dreams. She fantasized about him smiling at her and speaking to her seriously and earnestly.After marrying him, she could finally stare at him openly. What a perfect and beautiful face. She would never get tired of staring at his fac
Luna stepped forward and comforted Freya with tears in her eyes. "From now on, my child will be yours too. In the future, our child can take care of you too."Lucas shot a sharp glare at Luna. "What are you talking about? What child?""Our child."Luna blinked her big, watery eyes at Lucas. She touched her belly and said to Lucas, "Lucas, I'm pregnant. It's yours."Lucas froze. His eyes widened in shock. He looked down at her belly and asked incredulously, "You're pregnant?!""Yup!" Luna nodded and could not hide her triumphant smile. However, she thought it was inappropriate to smile on such an occasion and hurriedly held it back. Lucas was dumbfounded. He did not think Luna would get pregnant. Especially when he thought he was going to die childless… Freya was freed from her grief earlier. She avoided Lucas's hand and embrace.She warned in a calm and cold voice, "Leave with your woman and child now."Lucas panicked, seeing Freya's cold face still stained with tears."F
Sage's words struck a chord in the hearts of Luna and Sienna. Her words also struck the Yuriel family.The world was always full of people who were nice and kind. However, it was hardest to find a kindred heart at a hard time. An occasion like this was the best time to see who was sincere and fake. Everything was clear and visible. Grandpa Yuriel stood up and warned Lucas with a stern face, "Lucas, I allowed you to come today only because you're Jace's father. You have the right to see him off. However, I didn't give you the right to show off with your lover!""My grandson is no more, but I'm still here. As long as I'm still alive, you'll never enter the Yuriel family again! Now, get your people out of here. Otherwise, you'll have to pay the consequences!"Lucas felt like his former father-in-law's words were a hard slap to her face. He loved his pride, but this was a hit to him. He could not help but begin to hate Luna. Luna was the one who shamelessly seduced him back then. He
Did something happen out of their knowledge?The cemetery finally quieted down after the annoying people left.The funeral soon ended. The people who came to pay their respects left one after another. Sage stood with the Yuriel family and bowed in respect to the leaving guests. Sage blended in with them.She stood here not as the Yuriel family’s daughter-in-law but as their daughter. Grandpa Yuriel and Grandma Yuriel were old and exhausted after a long day standing. The members of the Yuriel family had sent them home first.The rain stopped as the cemetery became empty. Silence suddenly loomed over the place.There were several bunches of white flowers in front of Jace's grave. Sage gave him a bunch of white roses. She squatted in front of the tomb and looked at Jace's picture on the tombstone. She raised her hand and stroked his photo gently.Tim, Kane, and the rest came silently and brought Wayne along too."Sage, don't be so sad."The elder was dressed in a black suit with
In the evening, Yoel came to the cemetery wearing sunglasses.It was raining lightly and breezy, but he did not hold an umbrella and let the rain drench his body. A depressing air loomed around the prude man.Yoel took off the sunglasses, revealing his beautiful eyes that were still a little red. He lit a cigarette and took a long, hard drag. Then, he coughed from the cigarette.Yoel and Cole had been busy lately.They were both Jace's best buddies and comrades. They gave him a final send-off and took care of his affairs.At least Cole watched Jace die in front of his eyes. Yoel did not even get to see him for the last time. When he saw Jace again, Jace's body was already in the cold morgue.Jace was dead."We were in the army and have experienced so many difficult missions and countless times escaping from death. There were so many close encounters with death, but we survived them all."Yoel puffed out a cloud of white smoke and coughed again. He said in a raspy voice, "I didn
Sage did not think he would die.Death was too powerful. It made a man completely disappear from other people's lives. He left so willfully, regardless of the consequences.When a man died, everything about him seemed to fade away.People no longer remembered his bad, but only his good. He had hurt her so much before, but everything did not seem to matter anymore. It just went with the wind and the light.The music stopped for a moment. Someone requested a song. It was a classic old song called Ten Years.The familiar melody played."If my words didn't tremble, I wouldn't notice my pain. How do I say it? It's just a break up, after all.I don't want anything for tomorrow, so we can just travel holding hands.There are thousands of doors, but one of us will have to go…"One of us would have to go.Sage held the cigarette between her hands. When she shook it lightly, it burned her fingers and also her heart.The song was a classic and well known. When the chorus came, many patr
Sage heard of the saying, 'Marriage is for happiness, and so does divorce.'Based on Wikipedia, the definition of marriage was, 'Marriage is a long-term contractual relationship between a man and a woman based on equal consent.'Someone once said, 'Marriage is like a siege. Those outside wanted to break in, while people inside wanted to break out of the siege.'Sage and Jace had been through marriage once. In their first marriage, they were both losers. This time, they were both determined to win. They wanted to live their lives well. Even if their passion were to fade in the future, they would never leave each other. There were eight couples in line ahead of them. Sage and Jace were the ninth.Jace was eager for their turn. He counted carefully and then said with a smile, "It's nine again. It's a good day for this number."Jace suddenly came up with a good idea, "Let's have a daughter and call her Little Nine, okay?"'Did he just come up with that? How brave,' Sage thought and
The ninth of September arrived quickly.Sage was worried that Jace would not be able to get up on time, but Sage turned out to be the one who overslept. Sage had not slept all night because of a certain someone. She was so sleepy, while Jace was full of energy.Jace carried Sage to the bathroom to wash up and brush her teeth. "Open your mouth. Ah…"Sage squinted as she saw the terrible dark circles under her eyes. She turned around in anger and bumped Jace's head.Jace was caught off guard and felt dizzy from the impact. He rubbed his head. "Dear, aren't you hurting yourself by doing this…""Look at my dark circles. They're so ugly. How am I supposed to take pictures? Sage complained in anger.Jace squinted and rubbed his eyes. "Let me see. What's ugly?"He held Sage's face and observed it. "What's ugly? It's not ugly. My wife is the prettiest in the world!"Jace did not care about the toothpaste foam all over Sage's mouth and kissed her anyway.Primrose opened the door and
Jace made Sage stay up all night. Sage was so sleepy that her eyes were closing."Sleep. I'll wake you up later."Jace leaned down and kissed her forehead. As he closed his eyes, he remembered something and sat up sharply."By the way, we have to wear white shirts for tomorrow's photo session. We haven't prepared the shirt…"Jace rolled over and jumped off the bed right after saying that. Sage could not stop him in time, so she turned on the lamp helplessly. She leaned over the bed and waited for Jace in silence.Shortly after, Jace came back with two shirts. His eyes were shining. "Dear, you've prepared for us?""Yeah." Sage nodded weakly. "I've got them ready. I've had Zamora iron them for me."Jace could finally put his mind at ease. "What about the documents and identifications…"Sage pulled open the drawer of the bedside table and took out the papers and documents she had prepared ahead. "It's all here."Sage looked at Jace. "Everything is ready. You've checked three time
Sage spread out the notebook and looked at the blurred handwriting. She slowly read it out loud, "Step one, conquer her with sweet talking. Use sweeter and flirtatious words that would make people blush. Forget about modesty and shame in bed. It's best to whisper them into her ears…"Sage read the notes with a straight face, making Jace so embarrassed that he could hardly keep his feet on the ground.Jace strode forward with a stiff face and tried to snatch the notebook away. Sage was quick to dodge and continued reading with her head down."Step two, be aggressive at your offense. Focus and remember this, being rough yet gentle. You can use props such as blindfolds, ties, handcuffs, and so on…"Sage's face turned red while reading it. As the images popped into her mind, she had to stop reading.Jace was about to go crazy. He buried his face in his hands, unable to look up at Sage."Where did you learn all these?" Sage threw the notebook at Jace. "Rough yet gentle? Are you seriou
'Electric drill? Seriously?!' Jace thought and got a headache.Seeing that Sage was about to open her mouth again, he panicked and kissed her directly to shut her up.Dean was stunned by Jace's quick action. When he saw the couple kissing in the light, he suddenly raised his hand and hit his head.'I must be on the set… Who else would be so shameless as to kiss in public like that?' Dean thought.Sage finally calmed down after a long kiss. Jace breathed a sigh of relief and picked her up. He told Logan, "I'll leave the other guy to you!""Oh," Logan responded. Then he picked Dean up like a kid and walked out the door.Jace was tired and sweaty by the time he arrived at the hotel. Sage was already soundly asleep. Jace put her to bed and took off her shoes, socks, pants, and clothes. He stripped her clean.Sage drank a lot and was reeking of alcohol. Jace did not want to wake her up, so he did not carry her to the bathroom and bathe her. Instead, he wet the towel with hot water to
In the words of the commentators, the basketball game was very smooth. The national team played well! At last, the national team defeated the opponent team by a score of 106-73.The crowd was thrilled that the national team had won the game. The internet was buzzing with excitement too. There were several hot searches about the national team's victory. The topic #RisingStarJim made the headlines too.Sage had lost her usual composure. She was following the fans and shouting wildly, cheering for the victory.Perhaps this was the power of sports. It made the audience exhilarated and trembling with excitement. Jace looked calm on the outside, but he was actually quite excited on the inside.Sage was cheering in excitement. She jumped up and down like a child while hugging Jace. Jace followed and laughed with her too.They were planning to leave after the game, but Sage was really happy and stayed for the team's celebration party. Sage even asked Jim for his teammates' shoe sizes and
"Is that so?" A trace of interest flashed in Jace's eyes.Sage did not understand, so she asked, "What does a small forward do?"Jace explained, "The small forwards are typically the tallest and most athletic of all players. They are responsible for scoring points and defending. The main goal of strong shooters is to score and create opportunities for teammates. In other cases, they would operate as off-ball specialists. They would wait for teammates to pass the ball, catch the ball, and shoot to score."Seeing Sage's confused look, Jace added, "James and Durant, for example, are playing as small forwards.""Oh!" Sage immediately understood after hearing the name of these famous basketball stars. Her eyes lit up. "Isn't that amazing?"Jace saw the sparkle in her eyes and found her really adorable. He said, smiling, "It is. Basketball is all about teamwork. Small forward is probably the most versatile of the five main basketball positions and carries multiple functions in the game.
The next morning, Sage, Jace, and Dean went to the basketball arena for the World Championships after breakfast.It was the men's basketball world championship, where their country's basketball team was up against another country. By the time they got to the arena, many people were in the audience.The staff guided Sage and the group to their designated seat in the family section.As soon as Dean sat down, someone next to him called out his name. Dean seemed unsurprised by this. He even smiled and waved at them. After that, he gestured for them to be polite and silent. It was not Dean's first time watching his younger brother's basketball game live. Many of his fans knew that Dean's younger brother was playing on the national team. They especially came over to get closer to him. Some were Jim's fans too. They knew Dean was Jim's brother, so they would greet him.After listening to Dean's explanation, Sage's businessman side as the owner of Norah Entertainment appeared again."If
Jace muffled his laughs and relaxed in the night light. He said, "I have to work harder, or someone will call me old.""Hey." Sage knew he would get back at her.She rolled over and lay on top of Jace. She played with his chest and said in a muffled voice, "I have a new nickname for you."Jace responded, "Hm?"Sage looked up at him. "Vengeance."Jace was stunned and soon broke into a peal of laughter. Sage leaned on him and felt the rise and fall of his breathing. As his chest resonated with his laughter, Sage followed along with his laughter. Both of them were laughing like fools. Sage and Jace lay flat on the bed after laughing nonstop. They opened up and improved their intimacy so much. As a result, their whole body and mind were very relaxed tonight. "Hey..." The two spoke in unison, exchanged a glance, and smiled again.Sage said, "Go ahead."Jace looked at Sage and muttered, "I'll say something, but don't get mad at it.""Just say it." Sage looked at him.Jace though