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.

until he saw Sage in front of the restaurant that

Mr. Holcomb

Amid the encouragement from the two of them, Sage knew that their loving couple act

or the fragrance from her hair, but lan felt the pain in his hand easing almost

do

was done applying the medicine,

she said to

he pulled her into his arms

publicly acknowledge her identity. But he always avoided her and treated her with disgust. Now, however, she had everything she always wanted. She found