No one was more loyal than Finn Jansen. This was why Sage’s father took him under his wings, and why Sage transferred him back to her side three years ago. Hunter and Finn, both were her most capable and trustable assistants.However, both of them treated her in different ways.Hunter looked up to her as a boss. They were compatible as working partners, and Hunter was full of potential and capability. He would not stay an assistant forever, and she had plans to promote him in the future.As for Finn, he took her as a sister, or even like a master. He was definitely loyal, no doubt about that. But it could be blind loyalty, and he was often emotional. That was what caused him to leak her secret to Jace.Sage could understand, but she couldn’t forgive him. Therefore, Finn must serve his punishment. “You have not settled your mission and completed your project. I don’t need you here,” said Sage with a cold tone. “I need you to complete the task I gave you, and do your job. Underst

Sage remembered just this morning he had to be observed in the hospital for a few more days.“No,” said Jace as he turned off his screen and smirked, “I ran out from the hospital secretly.”‘Why does he sound so smug?’Sage was speechless. She gave Zayne the side-eye and asked, “Is this how you take care of your boss?”Zayne let out a dry laugh and said, “I can’t tell him what to do.”That was right. How could an employed staff discipline his stubborn boss?Sage signaled for the rest of her staff to go home and looked Jace in the eye. “Follow me.”“Where to?” Jace asked as he stood up.“You wanted my fish stew, yes?”Jace never would’ve thought he would be in the seafood bazaar with Sage.This was Salem City’s largest seafood bazaar, and it was bustling with crowds even in the evening. Sage hadn’t been here for a long time, but it was no strange place to her. She had changed into sneakers as the seafood bazaar could be quite muddy.This was Jace’s first time coming to such a

"Alright," both Jace and Yoel said in unison as they went over to help set the table.In an hour, Sage managed to make mac and cheese, braised ribs, grilled steaks, mashed potatoes, and crab cakes. Everything looked scrumptious."The fish stew will take a while longer. Let's just start now," Sage spoke as sweat dripped from her forehead. When Jace saw this, he took his handkerchief out and wanted to wipe it off for her. Her body froze, and she wanted to escape. Shaking the feeling off, Sage acted quickly, "I'll do it myself.""Allow me," Jace held on her wrist with one hand and wiped her forehead with another. He was not happy about not being able to have her homecooked meal as dinner, but at the same time, he felt guilty because he witnessed her working so hard on this meal. He felt that he should not trouble her so much."Thank you for your hard work," said Jace. Sage felt a little astounded and waved his hand away saying, "It's just a meal. Not a big deal."Yoel looked at them

When Sage looked up, she saw a beautiful woman dressed haughtily with long silky hair. She had sunglasses on and intentionally looked down to hide her face. Yet, she was still easily recognizable.She had always been the hottest celebrity and talk of the town, Suki West. She was everywhere; anyone could spot her in the theatres and even at the airport. It was hard not to know who Suki West was.Suki was slightly taken aback when she realized it was Jace, but she quickly greeted him with a smile, "Hi, Mister Yuriel."Jace looked nervously at Sage, not intending to reply to Suki. He could not have Sage misunderstand the relationship between Suki and him again.Suki looked at Jace and followed in his eyesight's direction at Sage. Her face froze as she realized it was Sage. "It's you!" Her expression changed really fast. On top of that, she sounded offensive, it was a tone one could hardly miss.Sage calmly asked with a slight frown, "Do we know each other?"Women could sense the off

Salem City's Annual Rose Festival was a famous event because there were many kinds of flowers that could not be seen elsewhere. The florists and rose farmers worked relentlessly on inventing new species for the competition.Every year, there would be a competition for the Best Rose Species Award. A few hundred rose species would participate in the competition and only dozens of them would be nominated. In the end, the winner would be the rose species with the highest sales. The competition was separated into online and offline events, and it all depended on the total sale amount of that very day. The florist owners worked for almost a year just for this competition. Once their premium rose was elected to be the Best Rose, there would be many derivatives that would follow after. Advertising companies would be knocking on their doors, bringing them ample amount of profit.Sage came to the festival with the purpose of selecting a rose to be used as the main branding for the Norah Grou