A Farewell After Being Reborn

Sage smiled and remained silent yet again.

"He deserves to be left hanging. How could he leave his injured wife and accompany someone else?" The doctor dressed her wounds and bandaged her palm with gauze. "Be sure not to get it wet and apply the ointment on time. Otherwise, it'll scar.”

"Thanks, doctor.” Her phone rang again when she was paying the bill. This time, lan had initiated a video call. Sage declined it and blocked his number.

In the past, she would never have had the heart to block lan. Sage would have found the thought unbearable. But now, she did it without a second thought. It seemed hard, but in reality, it only took her a couple of seconds to do it.

Sage walked out of the clinic and hailed a cab back to Solaris Estate. She didn't want lan to bother Tiana, so she sent her a message while she was on her way home.

"My shoulder's acting up, and I didn't bring my medications. Enjoy the hot springs with Wilson, Tiana. I'll be heading back first."

again after she sent the message. Annoyed, she turned off her phone. There was less traffic at night, so the drive was faster than it had been during the day. Sage made it back to Solaris Estate in about an hour and a

Holcomb, weren't you and Mr. Holcomb out for a team-building event? Why are you back

Wanda. "I couldn't sleep at the resort, so I decided to come home early. I'm going to bed, Wanda.

bedroom and tossed the rabbit-shaped crystal night light into the trash can. Then,

soft voice. "Mr. Holcomb, Mrs. Holcomb said she's tired and wants to get some rest. She probably locked the door to avoid being

she alright when she got home? Did you notice any injuries on her legs or anywhere else?" lan asked

notice anything. Mrs. Holcomb just seemed very tired and didn't want to talk. She was walking fine, and

outside her bedroom door died down. It seemed as if lan had stood there for a moment before he

and fell back asleep. She must've been exhausted from soaking in the hot spring all

were messages from Tiana that

between you and lan?