Chapter 791

Sage kicked everyone out of her office and turned off her phone.

She sat on the bay window with a thin cigarette between her fingers. She smoked in silence and made one puff after another.

She had long sealed that horrible past of her in the deepest part of her memory. There were times when she was reminded of it. She did not dare to recall the memories and always pretended that she had already gotten over it. However, she had not completely healed from the traumatizing experience.

She had to admit that her experience at fourteen years old was still traumatizing. It was a wound she dared not to touch easily.

Sometimes, she wondered. If Jace had not saved her, she might not have lived past that year. Her physical wounds gradually healed after her parents took her home, but the wounds in her heart never healed.

Whenever she closed her eyes, the image of the cramped cage, the horrible face, and the sharp syringe would flash past her eyes. She also remembered the chains that tied her