A Farewell After Being Reborn

Chapter 181

lan, who had been busy in the study, walked in after she showered and finished her skincare routine. Sage didn’t want to talk to him, so she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

The sound of running water could be heard from the bathroom. Shortly after, it stopped and Ian got into the bed.

Sage lay perfectly still, attempting to make herself invisible. But the next thing she knew, the covers were being pulled off her. Before she could react, Ian got on top of her.

“What the hell are you doing?” she asked angrily, opening her eyes.

His arms were propped up on either side of Sage, and his ink–black eyes were unreadable.” Didn’t you resent me for not fulfilling my duties as a husband? I’m making it up to you now.

“Ian Holcomb, are you out of your mind?” Sage pushed him, but he wouldn’t budge.

All of a sudden, she remembered the self–defense techniques Michael had taught her. When Ian showed no signs of backing away and looked like he was going to force himself on her, Sage raised her knee and drove it into the middle of his thighs.

hissed and doubled over in pain. Sage seized the opportunity and pushed him

felt a twinge of embarrassment when she observed his tightly knitted brows, pale complexion, and the part of his body his hand

had raised her knee without much thought. Little did she know that…

okay?” she asked

anger. “Are you out of your mind?

her. He just wanted her to tone down her

was no need to resort to such drastic

sense of guilt vanished in an instant. “It was your fault for being so arrogant and presumptuous! Is that what you think I meant? I’ll kick you

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he understood what she meant perfectly.

snarled, “If something happens to me, Sage, you can forget about divorcing me in this lifetime! You will

a loss for words because that sounded like something Ian was capable of doing. She didn’t care if she had to live as a virgin for the rest of her life. After all, in her previous