A Farewell After Being Reborn

Calvin realized that he had gone too far when he noticed the look in Ian's eyes. He cleared his throat and joked, "What I mean is, I get where you're coming from, but your delivery needs work. Why don’t you put yourself in her shoes for a second?

"Would you be thrilled if she dashed off to the hospital in the middle of the night to see some guy and returned the next morning with a present that was meant for someone else?"

lan frowned and said impatiently, "Look, she used to pester me for gifts. I figured bringing it back for her would get her off my back.”

"But you can't be so perfunctory,” Calvin responded. "Wouldn't you be upset as well if she gave you a gift that was bought by another guy?”

"Shut your trap.” lan snapped. "What other guy? Where the hell would she find another guy?"

He accidentally let his tongue slip again. Calvin smacked his forehead. "I was just giving you an example, lan. Look, even the example makes you uncomfortable. Don't you think it would make her uncomfortable as well?"

nothing went on between Ivy and me. Ivy fainted. Did she expect me to just sit back and watch?" lan fumed. "If she didn’t constantly have it out for Ivy and pick fights with her, Ivy

lan's demeanor. Instead, he obsequiously chimed in, "lan, Mrs. Holcomb does seem a little unreasonable. You

unreasonable?" lan tossed his

if he was about to burst into tears. What exactly did he do wrong this time? Why did

devilish grin appeared on his face. "If you don't,

end, lan glared at him.

"Roger that!"

call from Priscilla, urging her to go to Mimosa. When she arrived, she realized that not

other employees at Mimosa, he seemed calm and unconcerned. However, the fact that Shane, their investor, was here showed that the issue was

on,