"Did the interview end?"Jace walked toward her, it was all so natural to him, like a boyfriend visiting his girlfriend during work.His assistant brought tea, pastries, and cupcakes for the team while Jace passed the cup of frappe he bought to Sage."Cookies whipped cream, Faye said this was the best."Sage took it and before she could say anything, Jace added, "Even though I want you to put on some weight, one cup of frappe isn't going to make you fat, so don't worry."Was that really what Sage cared about at that moment?Sage looked up and glared jokingly at Jace, "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be home with grandpa and grandma?""They said I'm a bother and kicked me out."Jace crouched and took the frappe from Sage's hand as he poked a straw into the cup and gave it back to her, "I came to console you too.""I'm not angry, why do I need to be consoled?"Sage slurped the frappe, it was sweet but not overly so, delicious.Jace nodded, "Right, you have a good temper, great
"Huh?" "I'm jealous? Don't be ridiculous! Also, even if I do get jealous, it won't be for you," said Sage."Hmph? If you don't get jealous because of me, who do you get jealous for?"Sage was speechless.She stuttered helplessly, "I… I don't get jealous because of anyone! I don't get jealous in general!"She stomped back to the kitchen.Jace could not help but laugh as he watched her walking away.Whether it was jealousy or not, Jace felt a stream of warmth within him.*Primrose did not have a free day ever since she got back, she was busy shopping with her daughters-in-law every day.Sage came home to mountains of shopping bags every day.Clothes, shoes, beauty products, jewelry, bags, and more. They might as well have bought the whole mall.Primrose used to drag Sage to shop with her back in the day, but now that she had her daughters-in-law, Sage was no longer needed.Suki and Laura would spend their time with Primrose, eating and shopping almost every day. At first,
"Are you deaf? I said we've talked about it with Jace."Primrose repeated herself and continued, "We've had a discussion when we were on the island. Your dad and I decided not to go back to the scene, we've been working all our lives, and we'd like to spend our own time now. As for you, return the Yuriel Group to Jace and continue the fight with him."Sage's lips twitched as she questioned, "You're asking me to fight Jace?""Well, I guess there's no need to fight since the Yuriels' and Norahs' are technically partners now."Primrose waved her arm and continued, "Do whatever you please to do, as long as it doesn't affect my retirement life.""..."Sage was utterly frustrated, how could a parent be so irresponsible?!She wanted to express how exasperated she was when Primrose stuffed a bun inside her mouth and said to her, "Now shut up, keep nagging and I'll have your big brother punish you."Sage looked at Tim's warning glare and shut her mouth defeatedly as she munched on the b
Sage never felt so much jealousy in her life, thinking about her mother sleeping in, brushing her teeth with her husband wrapping her arms around her, eating, and exercising all while she hustled away in the office.Being born into a family where the parents were truly in love was not necessarily all good, the children suffered some degree of trauma watching their parents being overly lovey-dovey with each other, too.Sage just finished a meeting and walked back to her office when she received a video from her mother. Primrose baked cookies at home and made a mess in the kitchen.Sage saw the video and felt her head thud as she sent an audio message to Primrose saying, "Missus Norah, I'd recommend you to stop wasting food since you're inept. If you are craving cookies, I'll make some for you when I'm home."Primrose replied with another video of Sawyer being fed the cookies aggressively and forced to compliment how good they were.Sawyer had it pretty tough too, it seemed.Sage f
Sage narrowed her eyes and slapped away his hands."Are you kidding me?""I wouldn't dare to."Jace took back his hands and flashed a wide grin at her.Annoyed, Sage tossed her phone to him. "Unlock it yourself."Jace took the phone, pressed the last finger of his left hand on the screen, and unlocked the phone."..."Sage was rendered speechless. Who would use the fingerprint of their last finger to unlock their phone? Sage thought that Jace was just simply weird.Meeting her skeptical gaze, Jace explained, "My other fingers are calloused, only the last finger seems fine."Sage looked at his hands. She did feel that his hands got a little rougher than before. She guessed that her parents must have trained him hard during the past half-year.If not, Jace could not have recovered this fast.After unlocking the phone, Jace turned on the video of the interview.Sage removed her shoes, sat down on the sofa, crossed her legs together, and adjusted herself until she was in a comf
This time, Sage did not reject him as she was in a good mood. "We'll have Yoel join us then. I still owe him a meal anyway.""Oh!" Jace whined, "Am I like the free item in the buy one free one?"Sage laughed softly. "It's not that bad, is it?"Jace pursed his lips. He looked as if someone wronged him.Sage thought that it was an offense for Jace to act adorable in front of her.Hence, she ignored him and continued watching the program.She used to enjoy watching this type of interview show. As she would be able to learn some life lessons from another person's life story or their point of view.She had her legs crossed together for some time and her legs felt a little sore. Sage sucked in a breath and Jace asked, "Feeling a little numb? It's not good for your back if you stay sitting like this for a long time. Try leaning back."He grabbed a pillow and put it next to his lap, signaling for Sage to lie down, and took the phone from her hands."Lie down. I'll hold the phone."Sa
Jace was caught off guard by Sage suddenly throwing herself at him, and fell back a little but he was able to hold her in his arms tightly.He froze a little when Sage begged for him to stay.He was suddenly reminded of that fateful year when he carried her in his arms as they walked out of the woods.It was as if everything happened right in front of his eyes again.It seemed like even after so many years, neither of them forgot the time when they first met.He still remembered the young girl who stood right next to him as they fought the enemies; he also remembered how she felt soft and warm in his arms as she smiled widely at him, asking for his name.Those moments were all precious to Jace.Jace came back to his senses. Patting her on her back, Jace comforted her, "I'm right here, not going anywhere. I'm right here…"Sage held onto him tightly. Like someone who finally found water after days of stumbling across the desert; like she drowned and gripped onto her last straw of
Yoel shot a furious glare at Louis. "Why didn't you tell me that Jace is here too?!""We thought of having you go in there to test the waters as neither of us dares to bother them. But we have a few urgent documents that need Miss Sage's approval…""You guys just want to get me killed!" Yoel was furious.Louis took a step backward, checked the time on his wrist watch and said, "It's already more than an hour, they should be done by now.""An hour?!"Yoel's eyes were shot wide open but he then scoffed, "They spend so much time in there but they have only started kissing? The foreplay is too long, isn't it? Is Jace still…"Before he could finish his sentence, someone in the room grabbed Yoel by his hair and dragged him back into the room."Ahh!" Yoel shrieked in pain.Louis subconsciously felt his hair. For some reason, he felt a tingling pain in his head too.He immediately had a bad feeling that he too would be 'smothered'.With a darkened expression on her face, Sage walked