A Farewell After Being Reborn

"Stay if you want. Just don't make too much noise. If you feel bored, read a book," said lan.

Only a fool would want to stay here, Sage thought to herself. Then, she glanced at him and asked, "Can I borrow your phone for a moment?"

"Is your phone dead?"

"No, but I just want to go on Instagram. Don't worry, I have no intention of invading your privacy. I can't see Layla's account, so I want to take a look using your account,” Sage replied truthfully.

lan pursed his lips and unlocked his phone, handing it over to her.

"Thanks." Sage took the phone and opened Instagram, where she immediately looked up Layla's profile. To her surprise, Layla had sent lan some messages, though he seemed to have ignored every one of them.

to him. Sage couldn't help

her anger, Sage quickly scrolled through Layla's account. Layla loved posting daily updates, from what she had for breakfast to her

a post from two days ago caught Sage's attention. The caption read, "The meteor shower was beautiful. Things got really dicey. But luckily everything turned out fine in the end. Some people actually remember the little things you say offhand (how

by several photos of the night sky. In one of them, a faint silhouette of a

was Henry. So Henry had accompanied Layla stargazing the other night. What else

that the "dicey" situation Layla mentioned in her post was orchestrated by

that after his previous scheme went awry, Henry had devised yet another plan?

earlier that day would help Layla come to her senses. She could simply have someone investigate

of whether Layla would believe her, based on Henry's previous actions, he might resort to desperate measures

Ivy's orders, so she wanted to use Henry against