A Farewell After Being Reborn

Chapter 13

“Where are you going? Treat these wounds for me!” Ian said.

“Sorry, but I’m not a doctor, nor am I obligated to do anything for you,” Sage said coldly.

Ian’s irritation grew. Hadn’t she been worried about him earlier? How could she change her mind in the next second? She was so fickle–minded!

“You’re not obligated to do anything for me? Think about who I took these injuries for!”

Sage wanted to say that he wouldn’t have gotten injured if he hadn’t raced Shane like that, but Ian looked like he wanted to settle the score with her. She genuinely wasn’t in the mood to argue with him.

She would just give in and treat his wounds. It wouldn’t take long. Wanda had already brought the first–aid kit over. Sage took out the Q–tips and rubbing alcohol with a frown.

“I’ll go attend to my chores now, Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb. Call me if anything,” said Wanda. She left.

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Sage started tending Ian’s wounds. They weren’t serious, but some of them were flesh–deep. He’d also bled quite a lot. Ian winced silently–the alcohol stung as it was applied to the wounds.

Sage softened her touch. “There we go.”

She started putting away the things when she was done applying the iodine. Ian wasn’t too happy with how perfunctory she’d been, though. He said, ” You forgot about my forehead.”

having a chipped nail. Yet today, she hadn’t even noticed

at his forehead. Indeed, there was a wound

had been formed when a glass shard had flown at him. It was already starting to scab. She didn’t say anything as

it

stood beside him so that it was easier for her to tend to his wounds. She was very close to him and bent

Ian’s nostrils.

felt a little stuffy. He undid the buttons at

head still. The sensation of her soft hand touching his forehead made his throat

up, wanting to distract himself with something. But all he saw was Sage’s focused face. Her skin was bright and glowing.

told him to and reached up to loop an arm over Sage’s

her head away.

the softness and suppleness of her skin. Her unique scent

hurriedly straightened up and glared at

to his senses. He said coldly, “You’re supposed to

angry that she flung the Q–tip at him and

he couldn’t stop himself from recalling how it had felt to hold her slender waist

fingers together, suddenly feeling thirsty. He

a glass of

to love Ian, yet she’d panicked when learning he was injured. She bet it only reinforced Ian’s belief that

to the company the next day. Sage avoided him

decided to keep her distance from Ian in this lifetime, but her feelings weren’t going to disappear with

of the habit in such