A Relentless Pursuit for Love

Chapter 8

Yeva,still clutching the mic in her hand, was drenched from her head to her toes.

Looking at the culprit standing in front of her, Yeva’s lips trembled and she gritted her teeth before yelling at the top of her lungs, “Sage Norah!”

“Are you awake now? If not, I don’t mind getting another bucket of water.”

The music, which was still blasting in the background, was loud enough to wake the entire town. Sage threw the bucket in her hand at the music player. With a loud bang, the music player fell off the desk, startling Yeva.

The deafening music finally came to a stop.

“What happened? What’s going on?”

Braxton, who had been woken by the loud commotion, came walking into the room. Catching sight of the drenched Yeva, he surmised that his precious daughter was being bullied. “Sage, what are you trying to do?”

“Daddy, she threw a bucket of cold water all over me. I’m freezing!”

Yeva was shivering in the cold as one of the maids hurriedly wrapped her in a blanket. With tears welling up in her eyes, Yeva looked at Braxton pitifully and said, “I couldn’t sleep so I wanted to listen to some music, but Sage didn’t allow me to do even that.”

With that pitiful look on her face, she transformed Sage into the perpetrator.

daughter, “Sage has just returned, and you should let her be

obediently, but she still

display enacted by father and daughter. She crossed her arms

and Yeva turned their heads at the same

the night, I’ll assume that you are merely sleepwalking. If there is a next time, I’ll be sure to dunk you

will play by my rules. I’m a light sleeper, and I

her piece, Sage left the guest

“Dad, she—”

exiting Sage. Yeva had the urge to grab Sage by the hair

as she dried her hair and fumed. “Dad, are we supposed to let Sage push us around like a bunch of

to be disgruntled. He was still upset over the vase Sage had broken. The vase had been worth almost a hundred thousand dollars! Who did Sage think

through so much to be able to be where we are right now. Do you really want to go back to the

his wife?

“And you think I want that to happen? But Sage’s comeback was so sudden and… strange. I’m worried that she’s got

parents are dead, and she’s got no support. What are

way she treated us? I’m sure she must have caught onto something, and now, she’s back for revenge. If we don’t get rid of her now, I’m afraid that we’ll be the ones in danger! Before she gains more support and power, we

guest room reflected

Braxton’s eyes too were filled with a menacing light as he reassured his daughter. “Don’t worry, she’s not powerful enough to take us on. However, if she wishes to stir trouble with me, I shall grant her wish