A Farewell After Being Reborn

Chapter 139

Sage’s cheeks were slightly red. She glared at Ian and sat down, saying, “I’ll just comply then.”

“Mr. Holcomb, your wife is so lovely. You shouldn’t make her angry. You must apologize properly when you go back later,” said Colin.

Ian, as if he were truly a man who had angered his wife, readily agreed, “Okay.”

Just as they were talking, the restaurant manager knocked on the door and handed a bottle of ointment to lan before apologizing on behalf of the waiter for what happened earlier. Only then did the people in the room notice the redness.

on his hand.

“Mr. Holcomb, why didn’t you speak up earlier? This burn could be serious,”

someone said.

Remaining calm, Ian replied, “My wife helped me to rinse it with cold water earlier. I’m fine.”

inwardly seeing how Ian seemed to

go and instead had asked him to go as a representative. But just as he was about to arrive, Ian called to say

couldn’t understand Ian’s indecisiveness over such an insignificant

It wasn’t until he saw Sage in front of the restaurant

in Ian’s hand, Terry quickly suggested, “Mrs. Holcomb, why don’t you help Mr. Holcomb apply the ointment? It’ll be inconvenient for him to

ointment promptly. Otherwise, it might

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encouragement from the two of them, Sage knew that their loving couple act had to continue. She graciously took the ointment and opened it. She dipped a

the effect of the ointment or the fragrance from her hair,

do it,”

applying the medicine, Ian’s

said to everyone before

Ian’s tone when he pulled her into his arms and how natural he

a hint of inexplicable bitterness in her heart. There was a time when she had longed for him to care for her and to publicly acknowledge her identity. But he always avoided her and treated her with disgust. Now, however, she had everything she always wanted. She found the situation rather ironic..

could no longer hold any expectations for Ian. She had tasted the bitterness of love once, and that was