Chapter 75


    The bodyguards didn’t seem surprised by this. After escorting Sage over to Shane, they left the office.


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    “Have a seat, Ms. Joyner.” Shane had his legs propped up on his desk while he swiveled a wine ss


    in hand. He said in a yful tone, “Do you know why I asked you toe here?”


    “Not really.” Sage replied calmly. “I also want to apologize for what happened with Priscist time. I


    misunderstood you.”


    Shane scoffed. “At least you know to apologize first. Don’t you thinkn should also apologize to me for


    wrecking my bar?”


    Sage knew Shane was looking for a bone to pick. She said begrudgingly. “I’m sorry. I didn’t known


    would bring his men over or cause such a bigmotion.”


    Sage only apologized, not mentioning the fact that Shane had wanted to abduct her prior.


    Sure enough, Shane’s mood lightened up. He pointed at arge bottle of XO on the bar’s countertop


    and shot Sage an amused look. “If you know you’re in the wrong, you should behave ordingly, too.


    “Finish that entire bottle of wine, and we can start talking about my mentalpensation afterward.”


    Even someone who had strong alcohol tolerance wouldn’t be able to stay upright after downing such a


    large bottle of wine, not to mention Sage and her so–so tolerance.


    Sage said, “I can’t drink this wine, Mr. Morrison. What happened at the barst time was purely an


    ident. I’m sure you’ve done your investigation as well. I had nothing to do with the fact thatn knew


    about Prisci, so there’s no such thing as me purposely trying to mess with you.”


    there is such a thing asn wrecking my bar for your sake.”


    Shane swiveled his wine ss and continued, “You act as ifn has no feelings for you and as if you’re


    determined to oppose him. Yet he cares about you in everything he does. Aren’t you just using me to


    spice up your rtionship, then?”


    It made sense that Shane saw things this way.


    When Sage got into the car ident and got trapped in the bar,n showed up just in time to save the


    day. But little did Shane know thatn only helped Sage because of her identity as “Mrs. Hob“, not


    because he cared for her.


    “Why don’t we make a bet, Mr. Morrison?” Sage suggested.


    Amusement surfaced on Shane’s handsome features. “What are you betting on?”


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    Sage said, “If I can revive Mimosa’s reputation and make it meet its investors‘ standards, you’ll forget


    about the unpleasant things that happened before and continue working together with me as agreed.”


    Actually, even if Shane hadn’t “invited” her over, she would still want to chat with him.


    After all, Farsight Investment was the most likely to oppose Hob Corporation. Sage wouldn’t even


    want to miss out on this opportunity, even if it was for herself.


    Sage used to think Shane would help Prisci unceasingly. But after Prisci’s exnation, Sage’s


    perspective of Shane had changed again.


    “If you can sessfully make Mimosa go public, you’ll win your bet withn from before. It’d be a win-


    win situation,” Sage said.


    Shane looked at Sage sarcastically, neither confirming whether he believed her or not. “What if you


    lose?”


    Sage pointed at the wine on the bar countertop. ‘I’ll drink from that until you’re satisfied.”


    Shane snorted. “What good would you be to me if you die from over–drinking? I’d be wasting my own


    wine, too.”


    Sage stayed quiet.


    Then, why did Shane suggest she drink the whole bottle of wine earlier?


    “What punishment do you think is most suitable, Mr. Morrison,” Sage asked.


    Shane replied, “If you lose, I want you to maken apologize to me in public and say that he’s no


    match.


    for me.”


    Sage refused without hesitation. “I can’t do that.”