Chapter 770 When Melody came out of the bathroom, her eyes were still as red as a little bunny‘s. What a sad and tragic first love. At first, Sage was quite disappointed with her niece and thought she could find a better one, but now, all she felt for her was pity. Chapter 769 After that, Melody just went into the bathroom and shut the door behind her. Sage wanted to follow her, but Yale stopped her. “It‘s okay. Give her some space.”
On the island, Jace was still undergoing treatment from Primrose. He tried hard to fight and endure the dizziness from the treatment. He was not about to tarnish his image in front of his mother–in–law.
“Your skill is very good,” Jace complimented, but his eyes focused on somewhere else. He did not even dare to take a peek.
Primrose was amused and could not help laughing out loud. “You and Sawyer are quite similar. Nothing actually scared the both of you, except the treatment.” As the conversation went on, Yoel felt less frightened. “Oh, so Uncle Sawyer is the same with
me.”
“Hey, who are you calling your uncle?” Sawyer had good hearing and shouted at the door from outside, “We are not closed at all!” Jace pursed his lips like an obedient student. Primrose chucked. She had never understood why her daughter would actually fall in love with Jace. Despite the outstanding appearance, Jace was not soulful, he practically was just a bimbo in male form. However, after spending time with him for three months, Primrose discovered some of Jace‘s strengths. He was not a blabbermouth, and no one could guess what he thought as he always had a straight face. Nevertheless, there were still times that he was quite amusing. From the time Jace woke up, with the exception during the beginning that his mood was a little low, he quickly adjusted his state later, especially when he received news about Sage. His mood was improving visibly day by day as if there was some blessing of faith. He cooperated during the process of rehab and did not require anyone to supervise him.
Since he had an accident before, he knew the rehabilitation process more than Primrose. He kept on saying how Sage helped him and how Sage encouraged him. Sage‘s name had become his mantra, and Primrose was so annoyed by it. Whenever he told Primrose about it, she would refute him directly, “I never knew you love my daughter so much.” Then Jace would admit it sincerely, “I was too late when I fell in love with her and also missed the best years in which she loved me dearly.”
After that, he would space out looking at the East for a long time. Not even God would be able to call his soul back.
Primrose once told Sawyer as she mocked Jace, “Isn‘t there a rock called Amah Rock that resembles a wife waiting for her husband to return? I think this guy here is about to turn into rock too. I am going to call him Sage Rock.” Sawyer glared at Jace with a meaningful look. At first, he despised Jace, and he said nothing.
In order to keep their location a secret, this island was nowhere to be found on the map. There were people who would send food and necessities over routinely. Other than a few of them, there was no one else on this large island.
Tack was a weak scholar. He only knew how to paint and had zero experience in life. So weak that he could not lift a thing with his hand. Although Primrose was once a secret agent, she was diligent when it came to fighting. Other than that, she was often a lazy person that would rather do nothing every day. All of the hard work and tiring jobs belonged to Sawyer. Ever since Jace could slowly walk, he started to help with whatever he could do. Sometimes, he would follow Sawyer out hunting or fishing. He used to be a special force police, so he had experience surviving out in the wild. Sometimes, he was able to find something rare. At least he was not useless.
When he was free, he would follow them out to sketch nature. He had laid a very good foundation in his painting skill. He was also full of knowledge in terms of antiques. Once, he even told them how he won the bidding of the colorful enamel bowl in an auction from Sage.
Primrose was so thrilled to hear the story. “You are definitely quite the man to be able to snatch the colorful enamel bowl away from my sneaky and sly daughter.” Sawyer got attracted by the colorful enamel bowl so much that he kept dreaming of it. There was nothing much to do on the island except talk with each other. Gradually, Sawyer and Jace talked more often, and the time lasted longer and longer. Sometimes they would spend the whole morning or night talking to each other. Primrose sighed as she saw how fond both of them were talking to each other. She thought,‘ Oh no, oh no. He‘s into it. What about our poor daughter?‘
They all said that first love was the best and purest in the world. Nevertheless, getting hurt badly during the first love might leave a bad influence and affect the rest of the person‘s life.
“Aunt Sage,” Melody called Sage with her sniffy voice.
“Look at you.” Sage waved her hand at Melody and pulled Melody to her side. Then she lightly scratched Melody‘s nose. “I thought you didn‘t like him anymore. Then why are you crying?” “I cried because I am mad.” Melody‘s nose turned red like Rudolf the red–nosed deer. “I always heard people saying that you should not fall in love with a playboy, and I disagreed with them. Besides, those handsome guys often attract many girls to like them, and it‘s normal. But...but...”
She stomped her feet angrily. “But he was too much. His ex–girlfriends were like the weed in the garden. No matter how you pick them, they just keep coming!” Sage said, “I told you before, but you refuse to listen. How do you expect a guy to look after his heart when he can‘t even look after his own bird?”
As someone who had experience, Sage knew Melody would not listen to her. Melody needed to experience it herself to understand.
Melody was stunned with a puzzled face. “Bird? What bird?”
Sage pursed her lips. For a minute, she was thinking seriously about how to answer Melody‘s question. Yale was trying hard not to laugh. In the end, he pretended to cough to cover his laughter. Melody got distracted and looked at Yale with her big and innocent eyes.
Yale tried to change the subject, “Did anyone look for your trouble?”
It was very easy to sidetrack a child‘s mind. When Yale asked about it, Melody became angry again. “Oh my goodness! His ex–girlfriends actually formed a club and called themself, The Ex –Girlfriend Squad or something like that. They came running at me and trapped me in an alley. They kept calling me their younger sister. I don‘t understand them at all. I never had so many sisters in my life. One of them even wanted to punch me. Luckily I know a little about fighting and barely escaped.”
Sage took the opportunity to teach her a lesson. “Who was the one who refused to learn a martial art? If you learned it, then you won‘t have to be chased by them for thirteen streets. What an embarrassment.”
“Thirteen streets?” Yale was quite impressed. “You can really run.”
‘What a weird thing to focus on.‘ Sage and Melody could not help and laugh.
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