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.”

to be

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

Ian’s indecisiveness over such an

of the restaurant that he understood his true

you help Mr. Holcomb apply the ointment? It’ll be inconvenient for him to apply it using his

the ointment promptly. Otherwise, it might ulcerate, “Colin chimed

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two of them, Sage knew that their loving couple act had to continue. She graciously took the ointment

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

should do it,” she said.

applying the medicine, Ian’s heart

wash my hands,” she said to everyone before heading to

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

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

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