Though Jace already knew Sage couldn't promise him a remarriage, it stil hurt. Jace felt his pride get hurt. His lips pursed into a slit.He let out a bitter smile and said, “I’m not an idiot. How could I force you to remarry me with this? I can’t bulldoze you to such arrangements. I know.” At least Jace was smart enough.Sage asked patiently, “So, what do you want me to promise you about?”“I want you to trust me one more time,” said Jace as he looked her in the eyes firmly. “I did not meet with a lady in my room. Suki West flirted with me at the bar and I thought she was you. I was pretty drunk at that point. I apologized and told the bartender to bill it to Room 77, I guess she must’ve gotten my room number from there.“After that, I didn't expect her to come to my room with wine. I told her to leave after telling her I’m not interested in her. You can also ask Yoel if you don’t trust me, or check the surveillance cameras.” Sage felt a little lost while listening to him. After

“I’ve missed this face.” Jace replied as he asked out of curiosity, “I’ve always wanted to ask, did you have anything injected into your face?”“What injection?” Sage suddenly understood what he meant, “You mean Hyaluronic Acid?”Jace nodded, it sounded something like that.Sage scoffed and said, “I don’t need that. I’m not a celebrity. I don’t care about that at all.”Jace complimented her as he smiled, “You’re prettier than the celebrities.” Sage didn’t even look back and replied, “Au-naturel.”Sage was everything but humble.Jace happily watched as she applied moisturizer in front of him. She didn’t take him as an outsider. And he couldn’t help but keep smiling.As Sage applied layers and layers of skincare and patted it into her face with slapping motions, Jace’s smile disappeared, and he asked, “Doesn’t it hurt?”Sage looked at him and asked, “You want some?”“No thanks,” said Jace.Turning off the lights, Sage went up to bed and covered herself fully in sheets, revealin

Jace thought​​, 'I can’t make her angry again now that she’s opened up a little to me.'He had to practice self-restraint and lie back on the bed.Her biological clock woke her up and as she opened her eyes and turned over. She realized the bed next to her was empty. Jace was not there.She furrowed her brows and got up. A sizzling sound came from the kitchen corner. Sage walked towards the kitchen and saw Jace dressed in his hospital gown frying an egg in the kitchen. He felt her at the door and he turned around immediately. "Awake already?” he asked.Jace gently smiled at her as a drop of oil splattered on him and he jumped. He quickly checked on his fried egg. Jace was not like his usual CEO persona at all. He looked clumsy.Sage sighed and signaled him to step away. It was a wonder he didn’t start a fire. She rolled up her sleeves and took the spatula over from Jace, “I’ll do it.”Jace was ordered to stay aside. He quietly observed as Sage flipped the egg. A perfect sunny-s

Braxton’s trip to Yusemite wasn’t fruitful. He only bought a few pieces of worthless pebbles. He almost spent all his savings, too, and he fought with Zane all the way home about stuff that happened in the past. Yeva fell into her father’s embrace and cried hysterically as she saw him. She scolded about how Sage bullied and traumatized her while he wasn’t around.Braxton was not interested in their squabble. He comforted his daughter half-heartedly and said, “Your sister did that for your good. I’ll have less to worry about if you are half as smart as her.”Yeva was not pleased with how her father reacted. She felt a great deal of disappointment. She was longing for her father to teach Sage a lesson. In the end, that was all she got from him. ‘Might as well be unhappy together,’ Yeva thought. Then, she told her father about his land being turned into a turf club.Immediately, Braxton was pissed at what happened to his precious land. He almost had a heart attack, and he questione

When Sage first returned, she was courteous towards them and compromised to benefit both sides. That time round, she was prepared to turn against Braxton and Zane. Moreover, she was fearless because situation was extremely unfavorable for them.Zane had a guilty conscience. He was a man with no substance; he only knew how to spend money and never learned how to make it. He was never interested in running a business, and all his life he was obsessed with antiquing and nothing else. During the trip to Yusemite, he unintentionally got involved in gambling all his money away. He hadn’t recovered from it financially.Zane was still hoping to sell some Norah group shares to cover his loss. He needed the share price to inflate just a bit more. If Sage were to kick him out now, he would have lost everything.It was not worth it for him.He thought of that, shrunk back to his seat, and kept quiet. Braxton on the other hand felt extremely uneasy.Braxton opened his mouth after two long br