Chapter 22

Sage was unfazed by Julian's confession. Instead, when he grabbed her hands, she frowned and quickly pulled them back. Trying her best not to be overwhelmed by her disgust for Julian, Sage said expressionlessly, "If you knew that Yeva had been up to no good, why had you not reported her to the police?" Looking flustered, Julian quickly defended himself. "She tricked me with her acting. I had really thought that you had fallen off a cliff accidentally. You don't know how devastated I was when I heard of your "death". I had even been diagnosed with depression and had to go for therapy. It was then that Yeva had taken advantage of the situation. She had come to me when I was miserable and lonely. She had even tricked me into sleeping with her—" Before he could finish his sentence, the timer rang, startling him. Sage reached for her phone and turned off the alarm before saying, "Time's up, you can go now." Julian was stupefied. He did not expect Sage to be unaffected by his explan