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
Jace looked at Sage's possessiveness over the fan and laughed."Alright, alright. It's yours. It's all yours."His dark eyes dazzled in the daylight. It reminded her of the black pebbles in a clear river. He smiled softly. "I'm yours too."Sage's face flushed red in silence. What was wrong with Jace? How could he casually say such shameless and flirtatious words without even thinking?!The cell phone rang at the right time. It was Zachary who called. He said he found a good restaurant and the food was on the table, so they should hurry over.""Okay. We'll be right there," Jace ended the call and told Sage, "let's go and eat. Aren't you hungry? Have more food later."Sage was a little distracted. "I'd rather see the treasures I just bought than eat."Jace's eyes flickered. "Shall we…"Sage urged, "Let's go! Quick!" She ran impatiently. Jace looked at her excitement and let out a muffled laugh. He smiled again.Sage turned her head to him and urged, "Hurry up! First come, firs
Mendoza's soul almost flew out. His hand trembled and placed the chess piece in the wrong place. Sawyer caught the chance and shouted, "Checkmate!"As a result, Mendoza lost the game. He was so angry he glared at Jace and Sage. "What’s with the big fuss?!"Jace realized they disturbed the elder's resting time, so he quickly apologized on Sage's behalf. He went over to smooth Mendoza's back and let him catch his breath.Primrose woke up from her dream too. She looked upset and narrowed her eyes at Sage. "Are you high on drugs?""Something like that." Sage said to Wayne happily, "Grandpa, we found a few things today. Can you see if you can fix them?"Wayne lay in his seat lazily and did not move. "Show them to me." Sage told Henry and Zachary to bring out a table. She placed all the things they bought on the table, including the big fan with the jade handle.After she displayed everything, the looks on Wayne, Mendoza, and Sawyer's faces changed. They all got up and walked over
Jace listened to the call with a grim face. He received the same news as well.Sage went online and saw that someone indeed called her out as a divorcee. It was not very popular yet, but it was on the top search list. It was clear that someone bought the hot search.However, the article on the hot search's content was directed at something else. They talked about Norah Jewel's new diamond ring series—Unwavering. The article discredited the product value and positioning.Jace ordered Zayne in a stern voice, "Have someone take down the hot search and find out who's behind it."Sawyer and Primrose noticed something was wrong and asked, "What’s wrong? What happened?"Sage did not look up and continued browsing those marketing posts. She said, "Someone posted about my divorce on the internet."Jace looked at her with a concerned look. She sounded indifferent. It was like she did not take it too seriously.Primrose said, "Hey, what's the big deal? Is divorce such a big deal these days
Sage clicked into the article and saw the post about Golding Shiny Jewelry's newly launched products. The more she looked at it, the familiar it was. Her eyes turned cold. "Look. Don't these look familiar?"Primrose went over to take a look. "Isn't this the new diamond ring Leah designed?""Yeah. It looks almost the same."Sage sneered. "He deliberated smeared my reputation and dared to copy our products! He's asking for trouble! I'll teach him a lesson!"'Who doesn't know how to buy the hot search?' Sage thought. After that, she used the power of money and got the tag line, Golding Shiny Jewelry plagiarism, trending quickly, along with a letter from Norah Jewel's lawyer.Norah Jewel was not the only one who issued a statement. Several other jewelry companies also sued Golding Shiny Jewelry for not paying its debts and lacking business cooperation. Dave had a messy private life and kept a mistress outside. The news came one after another, putting Golding Shiny Jewelry and Dave in
Jace held the phone and casually listened to Sienna's nonsense. During the whole time, his eyes remained fixated on Sage, who was on the porch.Sage furrowed her brows hard and was still furious at Dave's disgusting actions.Jace realized that he could not stand to see Sage angry or sad. He wanted her to be always happy. He loved her smile particularly. Whenever she smiled, she looked like a beautiful flower. However, there were always those annoying people out there who wanted to make his girl unhappy.Sienna talked about the deal."Dave wants me to post your story with Sage and expose you as her mysterious ex-husband. He wants to bring the Yuriel Group and Norah Group down and suppress you both. It's the only way for him to get his company out there. Anyway, what he said is the truth. You were both married and divorced later, didn't you? He wants me to say that Sage was the third party who interfered between us when we were in love. That's true, but it's been so long. I don't wan
Sage was the only one in Jace's following. As soon as he released the public statement, the Internet had an uproar. [Mister Jace and Miss Sage were really together! Oh my God! My head is about to explode!][That's the Yuriel family's young master and the Norah family's eldest lady! Isn't this the perfect match made in heaven?! It's like a fictional marriage that became a reality!][Was this what Dave meant by big news? Mister Jace is really strong. He announced it publicly before Dave could say anything and shut him up. This is really amazing. Thumbs up.][D*mn! I have mixed feelings! I liked them as a pair, but to know they were once together and divorced… I really want to ask why?][Yeah. Why divorce?][Why did they divorce?][Why divorce?]Many people in the comment section asked the same question. They wondered what caused their divorce.Some even dragged Sienna into the topic. They brought up her long post about Jace's ex-wife and analyzed all the implied meanings in her
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