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.”

how Ian seemed to be calling Sage his wife more and

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

couldn’t understand Ian’s indecisiveness over such an

Sage in front of

don’t you help Mr. Holcomb apply

the ointment promptly. Otherwise, it might ulcerate,

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

if it was the effect of the ointment or the fragrance from her hair, but lan felt the pain in his

do it,”

done applying the medicine, Ian’s heart fell

my hands,” she said to everyone before heading to the washroom.

in Ian’s tone when he pulled her into his arms

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

how she felt now, she could no longer hold any expectations for Ian. She had tasted the bitterness of love once, and that was enough for her. When the dinner ended, Terry escorted Colin and the rest back. Meanwhile, Sage and Ian walked to the courtyard to wait for the driver to bring the car over.