Chapter 5

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. From afar, 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 his 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 dark 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 realized that his hands were covered in blood. Meanwhile, the woman in black high heels closed in on him.

He frantically looked up and met Sage’s cold eyes. That was when he finally came back to his senses. “You… you’re not dead… you’re still alive…” he stuttered.

when he used to relentlessly pursue her. However, his feelings soon turned to resentment, and in the end, he was even willing to

Jefferson.” This was the first time in three years that she had said his name. “I’m sorry, but I’m

ago. They had tricked her into going for a hike in the mountains. They had wanted to make it look as if she had

hits

swore that she would make them pay

chaos reigned in

since her return home. She had hired a team of cleaners to clean out all of Brexton and Yeva’s belongings from the rooms that belonged to her parents

jewelry, my dresses, and my bags! What do you think you’re

was devastated when she saw all her precious belongings being tossed out as if they were trash. She pointed her finger at Sage and

 

going through the list of staff members that were currently working at her family’s residence. She could not even be

I got my answer now. A wretch has been living in my room for the

to ensure that you have removed all the trash. Don’t worry about damaging anything. I

from Sage, the cleaners started working harder. Yeva’s branded bags were treated no differently than grocery store

“Oh gosh! Get your dirty hands off my

ripped off the curtains and wrapped Yeva in them before tying her to her chair. Sage even stuffed Yeva’s mouth with a sock. Only once

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