A Farewell After Being Reborn

"lan Holcomb, you're the one who's picking a fight with me!" Sage snarled. "If you don't want to give me anything, don't force yourself to! I'm not a recycling bin. I don't need things that have belonged to someone else!"

"Could you stop being so damn difficult, Sage?” lan was afraid that she might snap if he mentioned that Ivy was the one who had picked out the earrings. So, he gritted his teeth and said, "The earrings are brand new. It still has the tag on it. Where did you get the idea that these belonged to someone else?"

"Oh, so just because it has a tag means it's brand new?" Sage sneered. "lan, if you wanted to make things right, perhaps you should've found out what I liked first! Otherwise, just do what you always do and ignore me altogether!”

lan ran out of patience in the face of her accusations and sarcasm. "Fine! Forget I ever gave you anything then! Who gives a damn about what you want anyway?" He then stormed out of the room. Sage was so furious that she threw the box into the trash can as well. She cursed lan inwardly. She couldn't believe he would give her something he had also bought for Ivy.

Did he seriously think she was that cheap? Did he think that she would treasure anything he gave her, even if it was crap?

Her anger grew with each passing moment. Eventually, she couldn't take it anymore and kicked over the trash can. Out rolled the earrings, their diamonds gleaming in the light.

bring herself to do that when she

were expensive, after all. It would be a waste to flush them

cash," she mused. Mulling it over, she decided to sell it at

say something. I'm scared. I know I invited you out for lunch because I wanted you to help me out, and I worked hard on revising this proposal. I stayed up two nights in a row just to—" "I thought women liked to receive gifts. Why did she get so upset when she received one?" lan

thought lan was upset by his terrible proposal

"Earrings," lan answered coldly.

kind of earrings? Was she upset

if I knew why she was upset?" lan could feel his anger bubbling up as he thought about

"Okay. Calm down. Tell me what happened. I'm sure