A Farewell After Being Reborn

Eyes shut, Sage murmured, “I guess so. We met once before this.” lan asked calmly, "And you're calling him 'Zack'?"

She opened her eyes and shot him a puzzled look. "What's wrong with that?"

lan pursed his lips. "Why don't you call him Zachary?"

Sage replied, "Zack is his nickname. He usually goes by it."

lan argued, "Well, “lany’ is my nickname."

Sage knew what lan was getting at. How ridiculous! Last time, lan got drunk at the family gathering that they attended with Linda. There, he pestered her about why she had stopped using his nickname. Not only that, he even forced her to call him lany.

Presently, he seemed petty over how she addressed Zachary. People might mistakenly think that he cared about her.

"lan Holcomb, you're being silly.” Then, she turned to stare out of the

her for a while but said nothing. The couple sat in

near lan, she ventured into the kitchen where she found Wanda

Sage cautiously, "Mrs. Holcomb, Mr. Holcomb cares for you very much. When you were in Colville, he'd check the weather forecast in Colville every morning over breakfast.” Sage replied absentmindedly, "Is that so? He must have had nothing better to

in chatting. “Is that true? He'd stare at your photos when he got home

how did you even know that?" teased

Holcomb, I'm telling the truth. Mrs. Holcomb

when I brought some milk to the study room for him. I had to call out to him a few times to get his attention.

dismissed Wanda's words, knowing that the latter intended to help repair

hidden her Instagram stories from him. They did not even take a wedding photo together, not to mention couple wefies.

full by dinner time. She hurried toward the bedroom before lan came

put back on her bedside table. It was glowing at that moment. Beside the lamp was some cute bunny