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.”

couldn’t help but snicker inwardly seeing how Ian seemed to be calling Sage his wife more and more

recall a previous dinner appointment at a seafood restaurant not too long ago. 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 along

Ian’s indecisiveness over

he saw Sage in front of the restaurant that he

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

promptly. Otherwise, it might ulcerate,

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loving couple act had to continue. She graciously took the ointment and opened it. She

it was the effect of the ointment or the fragrance from her hair, but lan

do it,”

applying the medicine, Ian’s

said to everyone before heading to the

the toilet, Sage thought about the urgency in Ian’s tone when he pulled her into his arms and how natural he seemed when he introduced

care for her and to publicly acknowledge her identity.

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

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