If Sage told him that she
too felt the same way about him, he would have risked everything he had to chase after her.
However, Jim knew that Sage always treated him as a younger brother,
****
Luther rushed into the ward room, acting like a middle–
aged woman. “Goodness gracious, Sage is being confessed to!” Tim and Yale turned to look at him at t
he same time.
Sage was irked. She landed a kick on his back and seethed, “Luther Bennett, can you not be this ‘nosy!
”
“It‘s not an offense to share the good news, is it?”
Luther adjusted his crumpled shirt and started telling Tim and Yale about what he overheard earlier. Sa
ge tried to stop him but failed.
Finally, she locked her arms around
his neck and warned, “Can you just please shut up!” “Sure... Ugh...”
Luther raised his hands to surrender.
Tim fumbled with a cigar between his fingers. The cigar was not lit as he placed the cigar underneath hi
s nose, taking in the smell of the cigar. He then asked faintly, “Who is this Jim Sylas?”
Sage stayed quiet. “You don‘t know him.”
Luther answered instead, “Myles Damian, you know him, don‘t you? Sage‘s apprentice. Jim Sylas is M
yles‘s apprentice and by ranks, Sage would be his great–
grandmaster...” Before he could even finish his sentence, Sage locked her arms around his neck again.
She shot a cold glare at Luther. “Are you done?” Seeing how Sage was really mad, Luther quickly zipp
ed his mouth shut. Yale looked at the duo. He was fascinated by their interaction.
It was only then Sage let go of Luther.
Tim simply chuckled at Sage‘s flustered and annoyed expression. “You got a confession, right? What is
there to be mad about?”
Sage pressed her lips tightly together, not knowing what to say. Of course, she knew that it was nice to
receive a confession but it was all too sudden and Sage was taken aback.
Besides, she received a confession from Jim, someone that she treated as a younger brother.
Sage knew that Jim had feelings for her but she did not think much about it. She assumed that lim simp
ly admired her as his elder sister. She never thought that Jim would feel that way about her.
“Sigh...” Sage let out a long exhale, leaned into the sofa, and said, “I must admit that it‘s not easy to be
attractive.”
Tim and Luther were both rendered speechless. Yale, on the other hand, could not help but slip out a ch
Tim frowned as he walked over to him to adjust the tubes on Yale.
Yale was still wearing a face full of smiles. Tim looked at him and asked, “You‘ve been smiling a lot after
Sage walked over to them. Yale
still stared at her and the more he looked at her, the more he wanted to laugh.
Sage was puzzled. She pointed at herself and asked him, “Am I that funny?” Tim and Luther looked
at her and nodded their heads at the same time.
“Yes.”
“You‘re quite funny.”
Sage responded, “Get lost!” The three of them burst into laughter.
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