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.”

seemed to be calling Sage his wife more and more naturally now.

go and instead had asked him to go as a representative. But just as

understand Ian’s indecisiveness over such an insignificant

in front of the

ointment 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 apply

important to apply the ointment promptly. Otherwise, it might ulcerate,

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two 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 applied it

or the fragrance from her hair, but lan felt the

should do it,”

Sage was done applying the medicine, Ian’s heart fell

go wash my hands,” she said to everyone

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

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

washing her face with some cold water, she put on a firm expression. Regardless of 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