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
"Okay! Okay! Stop spinning! I surrender!"Sage was so overwhelmed and felt like she was a spinning wheel. The world around her turned blurry and spun like a kaleidoscope. Jace then put her firmly in a chair and sat down. He took care of her like she was a child. He set up all the dishes and cutleries for her. He treated her with great care.Sage's ears were slightly hot. Primrose quietly looked at them and could not help but utter, "Tsk." When she looked at Sawyer, who was ready to eat, she felt a little upset."Sawyer, what are you doing?"Sawyer was about to put food in his mouth when he heard his wife calling his name. He almost choked on the food. He understood her intention immediately, so he stood up and set up the dishes for her.It was scary how women compared themselves to each other. She wanted to win against her own daughter. How childish! Even so, what could he do? He could only spoil her more.Halfway through the meal, Sage received a call from Kyle Yash, the gener
Sage was stunned. When she looked up, she met Jace's dark eyes. He wrapped his large palms around her little hands and explained, "You won't be so cold now."Sage went speechless.Jace's palms were warm. When he held her hand, it felt like a small stove warming her hand. She was not cold anymore, but her hands were not the only ones that felt warm. Even her cheeks felt like it was burning.When they arrived at the neighborhood's entrance, Jace quietly observed the area. He made sure there was no danger or ambush around before taking Sage into the cafe.Laura's cousin owned the cafe, so it was a safe and familiar place. There were not many guests at night. Only a few guests occupied a few tables by the window in the cafe.When Sage and Jace walked in, a woman sitting in the corner by the window stood up. There was a little girl with braided hair beside her too.They went over to her. Sage asked, "Are you Missus Golding?" Jenny Shine held out her hand and greeted them. "Miss Sage
The little girl chose the cake she wanted. After that, Jace wanted to take the girl back to the seat, but the girl gently tugged his hand."Uncle, let's eat at the other table. My mom wants to talk to Auntie. We shouldn't disturb them."The young girl was surprisingly mature."Sure." Jace then led her to another table and sat her on the sofa. He sat down in the chair across from her and glanced in Sage's direction. He wondered what they were talking about with a stern expression."Uncle, eat too." The little girl gave Jace a small spoon. Jace rejected softly. "I'm not eating. You can have it.""Are you afraid of gaining weight?" The little girl took a small bite of the cake with the spoon and got some cream on her upper lip. She looked cute. "My dad is quite fat. He loves sweets too. My mom always stopped him from eating sweets, so they kept fighting. Dad says Mom is abusing him, but I know Mom is doing that for his health."The little girl was very talkative and was quite know
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