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.

The door of the ward swung open, and Calvin walked in. He had a bandage on his forehead, but apart from his slightly pale lips, he seemed to be in better spirits than lan.

Calvin could sense the tension between the couple, so he asked with a smile, "Mrs. Holcomb, you're awake! Are you okay?"

Initially, 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 you up and bolted outside.”

Sage eyed Calvin skeptically. “Didn't you faint at the sight of your own blood?"

He corrected her solemnly, "I didn't faint! I just hit my forehead and felt a little dizzy. Ms. Ford fixed me up, and I was back in action."

He did faint again later on because someone else's blood splattered on him, but there was no need to dwell on that.

“I saw with my own eyes that lan bruised his waist on the corner of a table!" Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Sage glanced at lan's waist when she heard that. Despite her haze, she had vaguely felt that lan had been bumped by something. But he didn't miss a beat and just bolted out of the bar. No wonder his brows were knitted, and 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 his best friend, he felt like it was his duty to help him out, so he suggested, “lan, I'l accompany you to see the doctor."

lan didn't budge, so Calvin walked over and helped him up. “Let's go. Mrs. Holcomb needs her rest. We can come back and check on her later. Mrs. Holcomb, I'll take lan for his check-up now!" Calvin waved to Sage and dragged lan out of the ward.

lan yanked his hand away as soon as they were outside. "Take it easy, lan. Your back injury could be serious. If something goes wrong, you'll be the one bearing the brunt of the consequences!"

lan shot him a cold look but remained silent.

“lan, did you and Mrs. Holcomb have another argument? What was it about?" Calvin asked out of curiosity. "Mrs. Holcomb risked herself to save you, and you spent most of the night accompanying her. This should have been a good time for you two to talk things out. So why do you look so upset?"