A Farewell After Being Reborn

“Listen, this is just who I am. It has nothing to do with whether I love you or not." Her voice was calm, and her face was expressionless.

lan felt his heart get heavy. "Sage, do you even believe what you're saying?"

Sage had been revolving around him for half a decade. Everyone knew she loved him. There was no way she could stop loving him overnight. However, her patience was wearing thin. "Believe it or not, I'm telling you the truth. Regardless, we're getting divorced right after Grandma's birthday and not a day later!"

There was a knock on the door just as the couple were at each other's throats. Calvin's voice came from outside. “lan, Mrs. Holcomb, may I come in?"

"Come in," lan responded coldly.

swung open, and Calvin walked in. He had a bandage on his forehead, but apart from his

so he asked with a smile,

Sage wanted to ignore Calvin, but she nodded because he had stepped forward to confront the big-bellied man last night. “I'm okay." “That's good to hear.” He continued, "Oh, you won't believe this, Mrs. Holcomb, but lan freaked out after you were struck with the bottle. He didn't even care that he had hurt his back. He just scooped

Calvin skeptically. “Didn't you faint at the

my forehead and felt a little dizzy. Ms. Ford fixed me up, and I was back

because someone else's blood splattered on him, but there was no need to dwell on

my own eyes that lan bruised

he looked unwell. It was because of his backache. “I'm alright now. You should take him to the doctor,” she told Calvin. Calvin glanced at lan and noticed his hardened expression. He figured something must've gone down between them. As