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.

smiled like a doting aunt before

sore from carrying her

was tired. But now, she simply

patience was finally wearing thin. He chided, “Sage, I carried you for so long. Don’t you understand the concept of reciprocity?”

had still worked hard. Was she

that?

sarcastically. “Yes, you’ve.worked hard. But I didn’t force

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down, you insisted on carrying me. So if your arms are sore, that’s your problem. I’m not obligated to

him tea, run errands for him, and inquire about his well–being, Ian had never forced her to

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

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

frowned at her words. “I just helped you, didn’t I?” Normally, Ian wouldn’t bother bringing these trivial matters up, but at

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

he stormed out of the bedroom. Meanwhile, Sage

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