Sage and Jace initially spoke in a hushed tone, but Jacob's booming voice was like a loudspeaker. His gasp immediately made them the focus of attention during dinner.Sage and Jace wanted to join forces and beat up that kid Jacob!Jacob was dumbfounded. He froze when Jace and Sage's eyes turned to him in unison. Why did he suddenly feel a chill?Riley sat by the bonfire. His face looked red from the fire. He spoke clearly, "Jacob, is the lamb ready yet?""Just a minute!"Jacob felt pressured by Jace and Sage's stare. The moment Riley summoned him, he immediately ran over at once, put on his gloves, and started working on the lamb. He tore a lamb leg for Riley first."Riley, here!" Jacob said with a toothy smile and thanked Riley for saving his life.Riley sat on a small bench with his legs together and gently tore a small piece of lamb meat with his hands. He gulped once before he ate.His cute little expression and action successfully attracted the crowd's attention.Primrose
"You guys are amazing. Why don't you go and bully your big brother Jace? What's the point of bullying Riley?"Henry and Zachary rubbed their sore backs from the slaps. "Who would dare to…"They only knew how to bully the weak! That was why they picked on Riley, the weaker one!"It's fine. It's fine." Riley was tipsy and drunk. "I only drank a little. It tasted good too. Hehe."Jace held him up with a helpless face. He said sternly, "Don't drink that much anymore. Good kids don't drink, okay?""Oh." Riley nodded after Jace scolded him. "But Sage drank too. Does that make her a bad kid too?" retorted Riley.He even pointed at Sage and retracted his hand. He was acting just like a kid, ratting others out as well.Sage was speechless. Jace glanced at Sage and pointed at his head, making a spinning gesture as if she was saying, 'Don't mind the silly kid.'Then, he told Riley, "I must've said the wrong thing earlier. Good kids can drink too, but they won't get drunk. Your sister-in-l
The courtyard fell into a dead silence after Riley's performance.There was only the sound of cracking wood and awkward silence. Even Flynn and Gloria were dumbfounded. It was their first time seeing their son so lively as if he had let himself go.The wine drinking opened a whole new world for Riley. Flynn and Gloria saw a different side of him for the first time. They suddenly felt like if Riley was not a chess player, he could be an actor. He was good at acting and lively. Jace was so embarrassed that he wanted to disappear at once. At that moment, he almost wanted to disown Riley, but he could not. After all, he was still the nice Riley.If it were Henry and Zachary, he would have thrown them out effective immediately!He looked over at Sage in trepidation. Sage was speechless and remained silent. At first, she thought Riley was just drunk and talking nonsense, but after his vivid performance, the scene brought back her memories of when she was drunk. Everything she forgot
"Argh… Jace… It hurts! Ouch!"Jace put Riley on the bed and tucked him in gently. As soon as he turned around, he gave both Henry and Zachary a merciless flying kick.They were all his cousins, but the differential treatment was obvious. Clearly, he favored Riley more. This was a normal occurrence in the Yuriel family. After all, Riley was the most obedient and nice kid. Everyone doted on him.Henry and Zachary were ranked at the bottom of the food chain. They loved Riley too, but they always worked together to prank him.Henry and Zachary both covered their asses and jumped up and down as they grimaced in pain.Jace looked at the two brats with a stern face. He nudged the two perpetrators and asked, "Was it fun to see me embarrassed like that?" Base on pure reflex, Henry and Zachary nodded. Then, they quickly shook their head when they met Jace's warning gaze."No, no. It wasn't fun at all!" Henry said and shook his head like a rattlesnakes tail. Zachary added, "Jace, we'l
When Jace returned to the courtyard with Henry and Zachary, Sage had drunk more than she could handle. The bottle beside her was half empty.The courtyard still had a light atmospehere. The men had not finished their drinking and chatting yet. Flynn tapped Sawyer on the shoulder and kept calling him a little brother in a very intimate manner.The women started playing card games on the table. Faye watched them and helped her mom as a strategist.Sage was sitting along by the fire. She drank in silence and looked lonely.Under the moonlight, she looked like a lonely shadow in the darkness of the night. Jace's heart ached to look at this scene."Sage, why are you drinking alone here? Come one. I'll join you for a drink."Zachary walked over with a big grin and took a glass with him. Henry came with a glass as well and both of them surrounded Sage with more drinks.Their plan was to get Sage drunk again to recreate what happened back then. They wanted to give Jace a chance to carry
Then, Jace used the same action and threw Henry to the ground when he picked him up. "This one stinks too!"Sage remained silent. Jace was their dearest eldest brother. Did he think he was anywhere better than them? He reeked of alcohol too."You're no better than them!" Sage glared at him. Jace stood there with a straight posture and looked at her innocently. He pursed his lips and apologized, "I'm sorry, Miss."Sage gave up. If she could, she wanted to let these two brats lie on the ground and sleep the night away. However, she could not bear to leave them here like that. She needed to find someone to help them up.She glanced around the yard but found no one who could help. The men were all too drunk and could not even take care of themself. The women were too into the card game to even offer a glance in their direction. No one was free except for the two of them.Sage surrendered to fate. She told Jace, "What are you waiting for? Get them up.""Yes, Miss." Jace had always b
Moonlight shone amidst the dark blue night. Sage turned her head and looked at the man beside her with slightly narrowed eyes."Jace," she called out to him.Jace responded immediately, "Yes Sir!""Are you really drunk?"Jace looked straight at her with his dark eyes. "I'm not drunk, Miss. I'm a good drinker. I can drink a lot."Sage heard the same reply again. She sighed helplessly. If Jace said he was drunk, Sage could be sure that he was faking it. However, when he said he was not drunk in such a manner, it made others think that he was probably drunk.She could not tell at all. Was he tricking her? Was he trying to muster his courage by acting drunk and asking her some questions that he would not usually ask?Earlier, he asked her what did she thought about it. He was asking about his confession to her in the office the other day."I want to date you.""I want to be with you and get married to you. I want to grow old together and stay with you forever. I'm serious!"At th
Sage listened to her mother's tone which reminded her of Jace. She could not help but feel like sighing again."Why do you keep sighing for someone your age?"Primrose noticed Sage's sigh before she even let out her own sigh. She turned on the light at once. "Hey, if something is on your mind, tell me. I'll listen."Primrose leaned over and propped her head up. She looked like she was ready to listen. However, Sage did not really want to share with her. "What's on my mind? I don't have anything to say?""Why not? Are you feeling shy?" Primrose grunted softly."I wonder… Who was the one who kept telling me about her crush. She kept talking about Jace all the time until I was so bored of it. I couldn't stop you from talking about him at all. Now that you're all grown up, you finally feel shy? Alright. If you don't want to share, it's fine. Did you actually think I wanted to know?"Primrose's words made Sage blush. "W-when did I… I didn't do that.""Oh? Are you denying it now? Are