Chapter 98

Sage chuckled lightly. “I won’t waste my breath providing you with answers that can be easily searched on Google. You can continue bickering with each other if you want. I’ll be taking my

leave first.”

“You must be feeling awkward now, right? After all, you’re nothing but a useless bitch without any academic achievements under your belt.

“I can’t believe you still have the gall to maintain your elegant and composed façade!” a woman, who clearly had gone under the knife before, exclaimed snarkily.

Upon hearing her insults, Sage’s smile faded away instantly. She shot a cool glance in the woman’s direction afterward.

“It’s fine if you’re mocking me, but going so far as to insult me? That’s not something you should do. Take this for example. It’s perfectly okay for someone to comment about your artificial beauty. But they can’t mock you for going through plastic surgery just to conceal your ugly nature.”

“Are you calling me ugly?” the woman screeched while shooting up to her feet in an instant. She looked like she was ready to tear into Sage at any given moment.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Ian’s icy voice boomed at that moment.

Sage turned around to see him and Ivy heading toward her.

“Are you alright, Mrs. Holcomb?” Ivy asked in concern.

Before Sage could respond, the woman started crying about her woes.

“So what if you’re Mrs. Holcomb? I was just asking you questions about balance sheets and the capital flow meant for investments. Even if you can’t answer any of them, that doesn’t mean you can just humiliate me by claiming that I’ve gotten work done on my face!”

mouth out of rage.

instigated a heated argument between

you lay a finger on my wife over such a petty matter!”

defend herself, she felt lan wrap a strong arm around

performances to you? Also, it’s clear to all that you’ve gone

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one thing, but actively stopping others from bringing it up

at her for using her status as Mrs. Holcomb

keep up the pretense of being a good husband.

hearing lan’s derogatory remarks. On

Holcomb, we heard that Mrs. Holcomb has obtained a CFA license. That’s why we wanted to discuss finance–related matters with her.”

intend to put her on the

to doubt Mrs. Holcomb’s capabilities,” Ivy said gently in an attempt to ease the tension. “She’s the one who came

the least. Although they didn’t work at Bolton Investment, they had the honor of reading the business proposal that had won the bid. The capital flow was just the basic

Holcomb was that capable! It’s our fault

skills.”

“I’m sorry

for my

remarks, Mrs. Holcomb.”

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