Since the public already saw him, Jace no longer needed to hide his existence.There were already many rumors about the CEO of the Yuriel Group or Young Master Yuriel pretending to die appearing in the ears of many people. Many reporters and paparazzi went to station their positions around the Yuriel Group and the old residence. It progressing to be a supernatural event. Thus, Jace issued an official statement to clarify that he did not die and now returned to the city.Once the supernatural event was out of the question, many people started to care if Sage would remain to be the CEO of Yuriel Group or if Jace would take back the position.Soon, the Yuriel Group issued a statement stating that Yuriel Group progressed very well under the management of Sage. The statement continued with many compliments and praises. Finally, it ended by mentioning that Sage needed to continue to be the main person in charge in the second phase of the Forget Me Not project. Thus, Sage would continue to
After seeing the news, Yoel called Jace to scold him. "Are you out of your mind? You don't want either the shares or be the CEO? Aren't you Sage's little assistant when you prefer to be the executive CEO?"Jace replied remotely, "I want to be her assistant, but Zayne stopped me. He said I stole his job away from him."Yoel was out of words."Sage has too many assistants now. Even Henry and Zachary are her assistant." Jace said seriously, "I was too late to get in the line. So I can only be the executive CEO. It sounds better too."Yoel scoffed in his heart, "You look quite disappointed."Jace replied, "I am."Yoel's mind blew and refused to give any response.Jace said seriously, "Isn't that all girls want to feel secure? I failed to provide it to her previously. So in the future, I hope that I'll be the security she needs."Yoel did not know how to continue with the topic anymore. He hung up as soon as Jace finished talking. There was only the busy dial tone on Jace's end. He
As Sienna was done with her shower. she switched off the water. She looked at her body with multiple bruises and could not help but feel pity for herself. Then she touched the corner of her lips which was broken and sighed in pain.Dave was a temperamental man. She saw how gentle and caring he treated his wife. However, she did not understand why Dace was so violent at her. There was hardly a time when he show his soft side to her. During the intercourse, she struggled a bit because he hurt her but Dave slapped her in return and pinched her jaws, and humiliated her."What's wrong? Can't stand it? How many men did you get before me? How can you be a mistress when you can't even tolerate such little pain?" Dave stretched his hand and slapped her while smiling evilly. "You deserve to be bullied by man for being a greedy and vain woman. I'm the one giving you money now so do your job properly. You need to serve me well. Let me do whatever I want with you; let me hit and scold you. I don'
Dave told her to explain in detail.Sienna pursed her lips and told the story about her past with Jace. Naturally, she spoke from her point her view.In her story, she was a good girlfriend who broke up with Jace because she did not want to drag him into her troubles. After that, she bravely returned to her home country to pursue her love.She was Jace's childhood sweetheart, but the Norah family daughter snatched him away from her and went by the alias Sage Luz. After that, she even used her power to destroy her wedding with Jace.In short, Jace and Sage both hurt her. She suffered a lot and ended up in her current situation.Dave remained indifferent to Sienna's exaggerating narration and showed no empathy. After hearing the story from her side, he vaguely understood the real story.That explained why the Norah family's Miss Sage disappeared for three years. She ran to Nadeem City to marry Jace and became his good little wife for three years.The story was surprising and compl
Nadeem City had an antique market. During the past year, the Yuriel Group's antique restoration project was so hot and sparked nationwide interest in antique search. The elderly with nothing to do would come to the antique market and shop. If they found any treasure, they would bring it to the Yuriel Group's specially set-up appraisal office. They could earn some money for retirement if they struck gold. Previously, an elderly man bought a broken jade pendant for fifty dollars and sent it to the appraisal office. The Yuriel Group accepted it. As a result, he earned half a million!This was much more exciting than buying a lottery ticket!After the news came out, the antique market became more popular. Coupled with the elderly's word-of-mouth marketing, more and more people crowded the antique market. There were more buyers, so the number of stalls increased as well.The middle-aged ladies had a new hobby other than gathering together to dance. Now, they gathered together to identi
Sage deliberately brought Henry and Zachary to shop at the antique market for a reason. She wanted to teach them a few tricks and how to deal with people. They worked with jewelry and jade all day. How could they not know how to work on this? Unfortunately, these two brats were completely uninterested and almost ruined her bargains. She was so angry and chased them half a street.Jace smiled softly. "Don't mind them. They're still kids.""They're already in their twenties. How are they still kids?"Sage said, "When you're their age, you're already working in the Yuriel Group as a marketing manager. Besides, you've worked your way up from the bottom."Jace did not become the president of Yuriel Group right away. Instead, he worked his way up from the bottom and dealt with every department.Sage learned this after joining the Yuriel Group. Jace was better than her on this. After all, you would need real experience from the ground up to understand the difficulties of roles or departm
Jace's temperament was not the only thing stopping him from keeping a low profile. He was well-known in Nadeem City. It did not take long for someone to recognize him."You must be Mister Jace from the Yuriel family, right?"A stall recognized him and said happily, "Come and look at my side! I have all the good stuff here!""It's Mister Jace! Hey! I didn't expect to meet him in person."One man greeted Jace enthusiastically and acted exaggeratingly. "Look at my stall! If you see anything you like, just take it with no charge!"Someone next to him called him out."Howl Crawford, your stall is full of fakes. How dare you show them to Mister Jace? Don't dirty the important guest's eyes.""Get lost! What fakes? I got all these from all around the world! They're treasures! I don't know if they're fake or real, but they're certainly good things!"The stall vendor was a young man in an ordinary plaid shirt and scruffy jeans. He looked like he did not wash his clothes in a long time.
"Howl, do you know why your business is so bad now? Your asking price is too high."The owner of the next stall that mocked him earlier continued to belittle him. "I've told you to set your prices lower. Aren't you embarrassing yourself in front of Mister Jace now?"The young stall owner Howl refuted, "I've told you before. Everything in my stall is a treasure. They aren't cheap. I'd feel bad if I sell them too low." Jace wore a soft smile and turned his head to look at Sage. "Is there anything else you want?"Sage said, "I want them all." Her tone was light.Jace nodded and turned to Howl, "Mr. Howl, please wrap them all up for me at the price you quoted earlier."Howl was stunned in silence, and so was everyone else. Everyone around was dumbfounded.Someone quickly calculated mentally, "All these combined are almost half a million dollars, right?""Four hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars. Let's round it up to four hundred and eighty thousand dollars. The remainder will
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