"Good. Be mentally prepared," Sage said and pulled a ruler out of her canvas bag. Then, she placed it in the drawer. Henry and Zachary looked at her action in horror. What was that? Was that a torture device?After seeing the “gift” that Sage brought to them, the brothers finally realized that Sage was not here to have fun with them. She was here to give them stern and harsh training.When they realized this, they immediately halted their playful mindset and behaved themselves. They did whatever Sage asked them to do.The leaders and staff of the company watched the two young masters running upstairs and downstairs busily. They were usually the most boisterous, but after working with Sage, they did not even have time to joke with them anymore.The two were so busy that they even ignored their fathers when they arrived.Flynn and Felipe tried to say hello to their sons, but they were ignored."Why are you running so fast? Are you hungry?""Get out of the way!" Zachary carried a
Sage heard something about Uncle Roy and Aunt Freya. However, she never thought he would come down from the mountain! Roy Duncan watered the flowers in the yard with Freya. They discussed when to return to Mostal.It would be more convenient to treat Freya's legs in Mostal. Besides, the environment there was conducive to her recovery. However, Freya was still worried about Sage and wanted to see how things would go.When Roy saw Sage, he greeted her with a smile. "Sage. I've been waiting for you to come.""Master Duncan, I'm not the rare guest here. I'm surprised to see you here." Sage greeted Freya and took her hand. Then, Sage looked at Roy and asked, "Didn't you say you'd never come down from the mountain? Didn't you say you'd die there? So you've come down for love?""Yeah," Roy was very thick-skinned and answered boldly, "how is it? Am I great?""Well, you've finally returned to a normal life. Of course, you're great," Sage teased.She stretched out her fist and gave Roy
"Yale's too," Sage said. Wayne wrinkled his brow slightly. "This hairpin is broken into two pieces. The two men held a piece in his hand with their blood on it. Why does it sound so mysterious?"Sage did not feel it at first. However, she had goosebumps after hearing what her grandfather said."Don't talk about spirits. It sounds scary." Wayne shrugged. "Everything in the world as a spirit, including plants and trees. A thousand-year-old wood like this has long been spiritual. Don't you see the eyes on it?""Eyes?"Sage's head tingled with fear. She mustered her courage and leaned over to ask, "Where?"Wayne pointed to the rose Sage carved on the hairpin. "Look here. This is the head, and this is the eye… Say, why did you carve your name right on the wood's eye? You made it blind.""I also saw its legs.""Where?""It's jumping in your hands. Don't you feel it?""Ah! I feel it! I can feel it!"Mendoza leaned on the door and was shocked and speechless as he listened to the
Sage felt relaxed after taking a hot shower. It washed away all her fatigues and opened up her pores.Sage wiped her hair and came out of the bathroom. She still hummed along with the song and was completely out of tune. However, she thought she sang it well and was lost in her voice."There's a group of elves on the other side of the mountain. They're lively and clever, they're naughty and agile…"While she sang, Tim called.She answered the call and heard Tim's helpless and powerless voice coming from the other end. "People sing for money, but your singing sucks.""What? Did you watch a skit or something?"Tim was speechless. What skit? Tim massaged his temple and glanced at Yale. He was blunt and not afraid to hurt his sister. "Your singing almost sent Yale to death.""Huh? Is it so terrible?" Sage stopped drying her hair for a moment and asked hesitantly, "Then, is he… still alive?""He is for now." Tim was not good with words, but he liked to speak sophisticatedly. "His
Tim said, "It's getting late. You should rest early.""Okay," Sage muttered softly, "Tim, good night."When she was about to hang up, there was a burst of noise from the other side of the phone. Sage was stunned. Was that the… sound of the monitor?"Tim, what's wrong?" She stopped in her track.Tim's slightly low and raspy voice came from the other end of the call. "He's awake."…Yale woke up from the coma. His recovery was better than expected, but he still needed to stay in the intensive care unit for further observation. Many broken bones in his body were fixed with steel plates and steel pins. It would certainly hurt.Even so, it was a blessing to be able to be awake and alive. Sage could not leave immediately, so Ross and Nigel rushed over for the first time.Sage finally finished her morning meeting. When she returned to her office, she saw Luther was on a video call with Nigel. Luther immediately waved to Sage and called her over. "Come here, come! We're talking about
Sage froze a little. She stared at Luther for a moment and finally managed to say something.""You're so annoying." Then, she lowered her head and went to work. She refused to continue the topic."I know I shouldn't have brought it up," Luther put his phone away and walked to Sage. He leaned over her desk and looked at Sage with a sidelong glance. "I just hope to see you move on some day. I'll bring him up more until the day you stop responding. When you stop reacting to his name, it means you've moved on."Moved on. She thought she had let go of him, but it was easier said than done."Whether you can accept it or not or let go, it's a fact that he's gone." Sage said indifferently, "I just don't think he'll die like that. It's too rash and irresponsible.""Who says it's not? But there's no use saying anything anymore. You can only say that life is short and enjoy your life while you can."Luther breathed a soft sigh. "Anyway, you can continue with your work. I'll go check on He
There was immediately a commotion.The security rushed upstairs to contain the situation but they did not know what to do as the commotion involved both Zachary Yuriel and the director of the company.Sage walked into the crowd with a straight face. She spotted Zachary right away, reached out her hands, and grabbed him by his collar, causing Zachary yelping in pain.The crowd, however, turned silent."Ma'am." Louis was the first to regain his composure. Fixing his crumpled suit, he greeted Sage politely.Sage shot a cold glare at him. Louis immediately lowered his head, walked over to where she was, and stood behind her.Mister Holmes covered his nose with a napkin and his hand was covered in blood."Sage, it's painful…"Sage still grabbed onto Zachary's collar from behind and he was nearly out of breath.Sage though had no intentions of letting him go. With a cold tone, she asked, "What's going on?"Zachary shot a glare at Mister Holmes and seethed, "I didn't like the way he
The first thing that Sage did when she came to Yuriel Group was to install CCTVs and audio pickup devices.The company was enormous so Sage was not able to cover every single area. Unfortunately, she was able to pick up the audio where Mister Holmes was seen bad-mouthing her.Mister Holmes's voice was heard loud and clear in the video.Henry was immediately enraged by how Mister Holmes was bad-mouthing Sage. He stood up abruptly and said, "How dare he badmouth Sage like this?!"Zachary was still irked by Mister Holmes' attitude. Anger thrummed in his veins as he heard Mister Holmes's voice again through the video."If it wasn't for Sage who stopped me, I would've ripped off that stinky mouth of his!"The siblings were about to rush out the door."Stay there."Sage stopped them."Sage," with a straight face, Zachary said, "you might not be bothered by this but we are!""I'm the one being bad-mouthed but why are the both of you so enraged?"Sage looked nonchalant on the outsid
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