Chapter 149

Sage wasn’t in the mood to bicker with him. If he wanted to carry her, so be it. She wasn’t the one getting tired anyway. Having waited on Ian for so many years, she shouldn’t feel bad about benefitting from him for once.

With this thought in mind, Sage fell silent and placed her hands back onto his shoulders, leaning back slightly to adopt a posture that suggested she was

making him her laborer.

Ian understood her intentions, and for a moment, he didn’t know whether to be angry or amused. The two walked back home without exchanging a word,

maintaining this intimate, yet oddly, distant posture.

When they arrived, Sage prepared to get down to change her shoes, but Ian continued to carry her.

“Are you planning to carry me upstairs?” Sage asked.

Ian replied, “It’s only a few steps away.” With that, he carried her upstairs.

the commotion and came out. Seeing the affectionate scene, she smiled like a doting aunt before quickly retreating to the

carrying her for so long, and he massaged them. It was such an obvious hint, so Sage naturally understood

would have tenderly massaged his arms for him, shyly asking if he was tired. But now, she simply pushed him away and said, “Move aside. I need

He chided, “Sage, I carried you for so long. Don’t you

he had still worked hard. Was she just

that?

you’ve.worked hard. But I didn’t

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What’s more, when I told you to put me down, you insisted on carrying me. So if your arms are sore, that’s your problem. I’m not obligated to massage them

run errands for him, and inquire about his well–being, Ian had never forced her to do so. She did it because

efforts with indifference. It was because everything she did for him, and every

mindset, she could forget about asking him to return favors.

helped you, didn’t I?” Normally, Ian wouldn’t bother bringing these trivial matters up, but at this moment, he seemed inclined. to argue. “Can’t you at least massage

handed it to him. “There’s a 100 grand in there. Go to a

stormed out of the bedroom. Meanwhile, Sage walked

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