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
"Let's get a divorce."They had been married for three years. As a man of few words that he had always been, he was cold as he enunciated each word. Each frigid word was delivered without a hint of warmth in his voice. Sage stood behind Jace Yuriel, and her eyes were fixed on his back. Catching a glimpse of his cold, hard, expressionless face, Sage felt her heart sink.With her fists clenched tightly, Sage trembled.The day she had dreaded had finally arrived.He turned around, and Sage saw his face. It was a perfectly sculpted, distinctive face. After being together with him for three years, she was still in love with him."Can we… not get a divorce?"Sage uttered the words while being choked with emotion as she looked at Jace with a glint of hope in her eyes.Furrowing his brows, Jace glanced over to look at her face. He knitted his brows harder at the sight of her reddened eyes.Sage still looked gorgeous even without her makeup. She had clear, fair skin and was never the
Sage collected herself before turning on the laptop. Her fingers swiftly moved across the keyboard as she hacked into the surveillance system, erasing all traces of her. Like the day she arrived at Jace's place, she left without a trace. "Sir, madam is gone!"Early the next morning, Jace, who had heard the news, returned from the hospital to the mansion. The moment he entered the room, his nose was filled with the fresh scent of roses. It was Sage's scent. After three years, he had grown used to her scent.Rarely did he enter the master bedroom which Sage had decorated. The room bore a different style and atmosphere to the other rooms in the mansion. With its pale yellow bedding, the room was warm and calm. It was neat and tidy just like her. Jace did not stay to admire the room but walked straight to the bedside table.Sage had signed the divorce papers, but the ten million dollar cheque was left untouched.He noticed the refined rose engraved seal on the bedside table. Hi
Sage, who was surrounded by the group of seniors from upper management, turned to look at the vice CEO and asked, "There are a few who aren't here right now, right?""Yes."Finn Janssen, the vice CEO, approached her. He was polite in his reply, but the tone of his voice betrayed a subtle casualness. "The old guard led by Braxton Norah planned to intimidate you by not showing up to greet you today.""Oh really?"Sage looked unfazed. She exuded a cold and indifferent vibe. She then said, "Times have changed, and why is it that my dear uncles are still so clueless?"Braxton and five other directors of the board of managers were in the waiting room. They were all seated with one leg slung across the other while they sipped on cups of hot tea. At first glance, all of them looked calm and resolute, but in truth, they were all secretly panicking."Where is the new CEO?" asked Braxton who was seated in the seat reserved for the chairman of the board. There was a look of anxiousness on hi
As the new CEO, Sage was impressive from the moment she set foot into the company and had caused chaos on her first day at work.She had made tremendous personnel changes to the management department. She had more than ten senior management officers, a few founding members, and the directors— those who had taken orders from Braxton and Zane to intimidate her— resign from their positions. It was early in the morning, and Braxton's office was already filled with a group of furious people. Some were slamming the tables whilst others were kicking the chairs, and they were shouting wildly. "I don't give a d*mn about what she says! I have been working my *ss off for the Norah Group for the past few years, and I've dedicated at least half my life to this company! Who does she think she is to have me resign?! You better give me a darn good explanation. All I did was follow your orders, but now that you and your niece are back on good terms, you're willing to sacrifice me? Who do you think y
The clear skies darkened, descending into gloom in the blink of an eye. A sudden strong breeze whipped Sage's white blouse and her hair. Along with her icy voice, she looked very much like a ghastly ghost."Aaargh!" Yeva let out a terrified scream as she covered her ears, turned around, and shoved past the others. In fright, she tried to scramble away. Julian, on the other hand, was still startled, and he stared blankly at Sage before murmuring, "It's not me, it's not me who harmed you… leave me alone…"In a panic, he grabbed a pebble lying nearby him and threw it at Sage. Sage, however, caught the pebble in her hand and aimed it at Julian's head before launching the pebble at him. "Aaargh!"The two who stood by the door could hear the waves of shrieks. They were horrified to see blood streaming down Julian's head. They felt their legs weaken as they instinctively inched backward.Covering his head with his hands, Julian felt as if his head was about to explode, and then he rea
Sage had made plans to get her revenge on those who had wronged her, and she planned to start with Yeva. However, she was more than happy to change her plans if Braxton was willing to pay for what he had done now.Braxton squinted as he felt an ominous feeling.After surviving many years in the dog-eat-dog business industry, Braxton knew better than to move hastily. He knew the value of checking all the cards in his opponent's hand first. Ever since Sage had returned from the “dead”, Braxton sensed that she was different. It was as if she had transformed into another person, and there was something gloomy and sinister about her. She resembled his cruel and ruthless elder brother.Braxton forced a smile as he said, "Sage, we will move out, but you could have informed us so that we could at least have some time to move out. Look at us. There is so much stuff scattered about."Staring at her uncle putting on the pretentious face that he used to around her father, Sage scoffed.She
"Jace, what do you think of this? Does it look nice on me?"Sienna, in a wedding gown, stood in front of Jace in the bridal boutique. She was beaming. She was the perfect definition of someone who was about to get married to the love of their life.Her once pale face looked especially radiant today.For the sake of gaining favor with her future mother-in-law, Sienna had her curly long hair straightened. For a brief moment, Jace saw traces of Sage Luz in Sienna.Jace remembered that Sage was always smiling when they first got together. However, after long periods of being ignored and treated coldly, her smiles seemed to have faded away. Jace found his thoughts drifting. It was as if a vault in his mind had suddenly been opened, and all the things that he had never thought about came rushing out. For example, he suddenly recalled that he and Sage had never had a wedding. Jace had simply treated Sage as inconsequential since she was just someone he had randomly chosen to be his wi