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.

scene, she smiled like a doting aunt before quickly retreating to the

His arms were a bit sore from carrying her for so

tenderly massaged his arms for him, shyly asking if he was tired. But now, she simply pushed him away and

was finally wearing thin. He chided, “Sage, I carried you for so long.

he hadn’t earned it, he had still worked hard. Was she just going to

that?

smiled sarcastically. “Yes, you’ve.worked hard. But

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

to 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

with indifference. It was because everything

mindset, she could forget about asking him to return favors. Now, Sage was merely

bringing these trivial matters up, but at this

a bank card. Then, she handed it to him. “There’s a 100 grand in there. Go to a massage parlor

was momentarily lost for words. After a while, he stormed out of the bedroom. Meanwhile, Sage walked into the bathroom without a trace of

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