Chapter 119


    His skin was ice cold on Sage’s lips, carrying the subtle scent of his aftershave. Her heart skipped a


    beat, and she hastily took a step back. As she did so, she realized that her red lipstick had stained his


    handsome face.


    “Sage, what are you up to? Why’d you start kissingn all of a sudden?” Susan asked.


    Sage had no idea he would suddenly turn his head! Ian rose from the couch just as she was about to


    exin herself. “Uncle Owen, Aunt Susan, please excuse me for a moment.”


    He then took a tissue and disappeared into the lounge. Sage followed suit as she couldn’t be bothered


    to waste her breath on them.


    Ian was wiping his face with a tissue when she walked in. His gaze was dark and unreadable. Sage


    closed the door and cleared her throat. “I didn’t mean to… I just-”


    “Just spit it out and get it over with,” he growled, interrupting her.


    Sage didn’t beat around the bush either. “Have you signed the divorce agreement?”


    Ian looked down at her when he heard that. Sage was much shorter than him and didn’t like being


    looked down upon by Ian. Hence, she stood on her tiptoes and red at him. “Well? Answer me! Don’t


    just stare at me!”


    Ian scoffed. “How could you ask me for the divorce agreement with a straight face after you deliberately


    called Uncle Owen and Aunt Susan here and acted all lovey–dovey in front of them? How is your skin


    so thick, Sage Joyner?”


    Sage was dumbstruck. What did he say? Sage was too furious to even argue with him. “So have you


    signed the agreement yet?”


    Ian gave her a stink eye. “It’s on the desk outside.”


    Sage rolled her eyes, but she had gotten the answer she wanted. So, she turned around to open the


    door. But as soon as she opened the door, she noticed Susan leaning against the door as if she had


    been eavesdropping.


    “Sage, what were you and Ian talking about signing just now?” Susan asked before Sage could ask


    what she was doing.


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    She couldn’t believe the boldness of Susan. How could she be so nosy?


    “Oh, it’s nothing, just some insurance paperwork,” she said perfunctorily. She didn’t want to escte


    the tension between Ian and herself.


    Just then, Ian walked over to them. Susan turned to him and asked, “Is that so,


    Ian?”


    Ian nced at Sage, who looked a little tense, and nodded. “Yeah.”


    Sage breathed a silent sigh of relief. It seemed like Tiana had been overthinking. As she had


    suspected, Ian had no intention of dragging things out.


    Sage walked over to his desk and retrieved a folder while Susan and Ian were conversing.


    she immediately saw the divorce agreement.


    Flipping it open,


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    Sage was overjoyed. Her hands were shaking with excitement. It hadn’t been easy, but she finally had


    the divorce agreement in her hands!”


    Sage hugged it tightly. “Uncle Owen, Aunt Susan, please excuse me. I’ll be taking my leave now.


    “I’m afraid I must decline your invitation too, Uncle Owen and Aunt Susan. I have a meeting this


    morning and a lunch appointment that I can’t cancel,” Ian added as she was about to leave. It was


    obvious that Ian wanted them to leave. He’d already signed the divorce agreement, so he had no


    obligation to help the Joyner family’s business anymore.


    Hence, Sage chimed in, “Sincen is tied up, let’s not disturb him.”


    The couple didn’t seem pleased, but they had no reason to stick around sincen had turned them


    down. So, the three of them left the office together.


    “What’s wrong with you, Sage? You knew damn well why we wanted to invite Ian out for lunch. Not only


    did you not help us, but you kepting up with excuses for Ian. Are you deliberately trying to piss


    your Uncle Owen off?”