A Farewell After Being Reborn

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.

she smiled like a doting aunt before quickly retreating to the kitchen. All the

back in the room, Ian finally set Sage down. His arms were a bit sore from carrying her

was tired. But now, she simply pushed him away and

“Sage, I carried you for so long. Don’t you understand the concept of reciprocity?”

it, he had still worked hard. Was she just going to ignore

that?

hard. But I didn’t force you

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put me down, you insisted on carrying me. So if your arms are sore, that’s your problem. I’m

serve him tea, run errands for him, and inquire about his well–being, Ian had never forced her to do so. She did it because she believed that it would move

was why Ian had always treated her efforts with indifference. It was because everything she did for him, and every sacrifice she made, was of her own

asking him to return

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

his contribution. She walked to the bedside table, opened the drawer, and picked out a bank card. Then, she handed it to him. “There’s a 100 grand in there. Go to a massage parlor and get a monthly subscription for arm massages.”

the bedroom. Meanwhile, Sage walked into the bathroom without a