A Farewell After Being Reborn

Sage's cheeks were slightly red. She glared at lan and sat down, saying, "I'll just comply then."

"Mr. Holcomb, your wife is so lovely. You shouldn't make her angry. You must apologize properly when you go back later," said Colin.

lan, as if he were truly a man who had angered his wife, readily agreed, "Okay."

Just as they were talking, the restaurant manager knocked on the door and handed a bottle of ointment to lan before apologizing on behalf of the waiter for what happened earlier. Only then did the people in the room notice the redness on his hand.

"Mr. Holcomb, why didn't you speak up earlier? This burn could be serious,” someone said. Remaining calm, lan replied, "My wife helped me to rinse it with cold water earlier. I'm fine."

Terry couldn't help but snicker inwardly seeing how lan seemed to be calling Sage his wife more and more naturally now.

Then, he began to recall a previous dinner appointment at a seafood restaurant not too long ago. lan had refused to go and instead had asked him to go as a representative. But just as he was about to arrive, lan called to say that he wanted to go along too.

over such an insignificant occasion. It wasn't until he saw Sage in front of the restaurant that he understood his

the ointment in lan's hand, Terry quickly suggested, "Mrs. Holcomb, why don't you help Mr. Holcomb apply the ointment? It'll be

apply the ointment promptly. Otherwise, it might ulcerate,” Colin chimed in. Amid the encouragement from the two of them, Sage knew that their loving couple act had to continue. She graciously took the ointment and opened it. She dipped a

didn't know if it was the effect of the ointment or the fragrance from her hair, but lan felt

do it,"

done applying the medicine,

my hands," she said to everyone before

in lan's tone when he pulled her into his arms and how natural he seemed when he introduced her

time when she had longed for him to care for her and to publicly acknowledge her identity. But he always avoided her and treated her with disgust. Now, however, she had everything she always