Chapter 554

It was almost afternoon when Sage helped Jace up. She pulled out the table and set the
dishes she had brought on the table.

Jace smiled upon seeing the variety of dishes before him.

Sage was utterly confused when Jace started smiling and laughing, thinking it was odd and awkward.

Sage did hit his head, but she did not remember breaking his brain. Why was he laughing so much?

“What’s so funny?” Jace looked up at her and asked, “Don’t you think this is familiar?”

Huh?

Sage paused for a brief moment and eventually understood what he meant.

Touche.

Just a few days ago, Jace was the one who brought food and visited her in the hospital. Now, it was the
complete opposite. Sage chuckled bitterly and said, “What a curse, us and hospitals.” Jace’s heart
skipped a beat upon hearing the word ‘us’. His inky iris stared straight into Sage’s eyes; his gaze was
like the night sky filled with stars glowing with sparkles. “Why are you staring at me? Is there something
on my face?” Sage was oblivious to the flirting. She passed a pair of utensils to Jace and said, “Eat.”
“Okay,” Jace answered, like an obedient child. With utensils in his hands, he asked, “Have you eaten?”

“Yes. These are yours,” Sage answered. Sage cleaned up the table and was about to throw the trash
when Jace stopped her, “You don’t have to do this. Leave it to the care workers…”

“It’s alright. It’s not like I’ve never done this before.” Even though Sage was spoiled growing up, she still
had plenty of experience with chores and knew what she was doing. Jace’s heart sank as he watched
Sage cleaning up the room with agility. Sage was right. What had she not done when she took care of



him in the past. Aside from taking out the trash and sweeping, she even used to clean out his urinal.
On top of that, she gave him massages… How much love did she have for him back then to be able to
do all of those things for him?



However, back then, Jace was in too much pain and did nothing other than drown in his own

sorrow to notice Sage’s kindness. Anyone who got too close to him would get themselves hurt. He took
everything for granted.

Guilt crept up on Jace when he thought about the past.

How disappointed and done with Jace did Sage have to be in order to sign the divorce papers without
hesitation?

Tace should have known that love was never unconditional.

“Sage.” Jace held Sage’s hand as she was sweeping the floor and stared longingly at her. “Stop doing
these. The reason I wanted you here was for a companion, not for you to be my servant.” Sage looked
at him and asked, “What do you want me to do then?” “You don’t have to do anything. Just do your own
stuff. I just want to look at you, that’s all.” Sage was speechless. She felt defeated, and she found
Jace’s affection and meek temperament to be unbearable.

Others would have thought that he really was in love with her.

Since Jace had stopped her from doing chores, she had plenty of free time to do her own work. The
reason she had Hunter set up an office corner for her was so that she could work even when she was
outside of Salem City.



Jace, too, had his own tasks that he had to work on during his recovery in the hospital.

Two CEOs worked on their own tasks in a spacious hospital room, one of them working on documents
whilst the other having a phone meeting.

Jace got tired and leaned back on his pillow to take a break, at the same time observing Sage as she
worked.


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