Chapter 154


    “You!” La’s face flushed with anger. “I heard from Henry that you reached out to him in private. Are


    you interested in him or something?”


    Henry had simply mentioned it casually. But even if he hadn’t, La had seen their chat history with her


    own eyes.


    In retrospect, La realized that things were a little fishy when Sage readily agreed to Henry’s


    invitation in the parking lot despite holding a grudge against La. Sage had even offered to foot the


    bill.


    Sage was also present at the sportsplex Henry routinely attended. The increasing amount of


    coincidences made La suspicious.


    “Won’t you listen to yourself?” Sage jeered. “Use your brain for once. Don’t listen blindly to what others


    say. What would I gain from talking to him in private?”


    Then, Sage handed her phone to La and urged her, “Take a good look at my chat history with


    Henry.”


    La’s eyes multiple times. Although he acted courteously, anyone with some experience in dating


    would know that he was deliberating chatting her up. His reason for doing so was obvious–Sage was


    wealthier and more gullible than La.


    swept past the pen and noticed that Henry had initiated contact


    Still, La couldn’t get over Sage’s haughty tone. She snapped, “Well, Ian doesn’t like you that much


    either. You’re the one who pursued him, and you even threatened him with a divorce. It’s not far–


    fetched to suspect you of flirting with


    another man just to make him jealous.”


    Sageughed at the absurdity of the idea. “Even if I wanted to date someone else, I would find a man


    richer than Ian. Can Henry even match up to Ian?”


    As if that was


    enough, Sage added, “One more thing: if you believe in yourself, you can go after Ian in the hopes of


    marrying him. Why don’t you confess to


    Uncle Owen and Aunt Susan that you want to marry Ian? Get them to support my divorce.”


    La was undoubtedly interested inn, but only out of pure adtion. Ian, a good–looking rich man,


    was the Mr. McDreamy of the Haldon City socialites.


    La was happy enough to be around him, but she had never thought of recing Sage as Mrs.


    Hob. After all, nobody could endure Ian’s aloof treatment. She would need an unusual amount of


    courage and persistence to convincen to marry her.


    La knew her limits. She put away her makeup bag and prepared to leave. As she did so,


    she hissed, “You’d better not smear my name. I’ll never go after a man you’ve dumped!”


    “La Joyner, you should fight for what you want. If Aunt Susan won’t support you, you can always try


    to convince Uncle Owen and Grandpa. If you have their support, you stand a greater chance of


    sess,” Sage analyzed mindlessly while staring at her reflection in the mirror.


    Hearing that, La halted in her tracks. After a moment, she continued out of the restroom. Right after


    she left the restroom, she ran into Ian.


    “Ian-” She thought of chatting with him like before, but she realized that Ian might have overheard her


    conversation with Sage. So, she immediately ran away


    out of embarrassment.


    Sage, who was still in the restroom, heard La calling out to Ian. She emerged from the restroom and


    found Ian by the entrance, as she expected.


    She wondered if he was waiting for her or just passing by. She couldn’t read his emotions, so she


    inquired, “Are you here for me? For what?”


    “Did the money in your card yesterdaye from selling the earrings?” he questioned calmly.


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    So he was curious about that incident after all. She thought that he couldn’t care less about it. She was


    curious about how he felt after he unknowingly used the money from the sale of his gift.


    She deliberately beamed at him. “Yeah. Isn’t that a surprise?”