Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 45 Take a Bet

“Fire! Fire!” someone shouted in the office, and the entire staff panicked as they rushed toward the door.

The office was on the eighth floor. Due to the fire, they couldn’t take the elevator. As the crowd stormed down the stairs, they found that the fire had spread to the fourth floor. They couldn’t see the situation ahead due to the dense smoke that spread in the stairway, which was suffocating, so they were forced to turn back.

Elspeth didn’t run down the stairs with them. Instead, she turned around and saw that Callum was standing beside her with two wet towels in his hand. “Cover your mouth with this. Don’t breathe in smoke.”

She took out her phone to call 911. Then, as she looked at the chaotic employees, she raised her voice and shouted, “Guys, calm down! Panic would do you no favors and may bring you danger. If you don’t want anything bad to happen to you, calm down and listen.”

The people raised their heads and looked at her. Although they were terrified, they chose to believe in her.

“Now, grab the towel or cloth around you, wet it, and cover your mouth and nose. Next, wet yourselves as much as possible to avoid being burned by the fire and lower your body temperature. Finally, everyone, please line up in an orderly fashion and go down slowly. Don’t rush down the stairs in a group. If the fire is too big, we’ll stop and think of other ways.”

Thanks to Elspeth’s instructions, the originally chaotic staff began to move in an orderly manner.

They were about to evacuate safely when the timid young girl in the last row panicked and lost her handkerchief when she saw the fire was burning. In an instant, she breathed in the dense smoke, rolled her eyes, and coughed violently.

Elspeth frowned and handed her towel to the girl.

“Thank you, Miss Lynwood. What about you?” The young girl gratefully covered her mouth and nose with Elspeth’s towel, but she was worried as she looked at Elspeth while covering her face with her hand.

“Don’t worry. I’m in better shape. I can pull it through.” Despite that, Elspeth obviously felt a great discomfort tickling her throat and had the urge to cough.

Callum shoved his towel into her hand and said dispassionately, “Use mine.”

She shook her head and pushed the towel back to him. “No, I don’t want the one you used.”

want to repeat my words.” His voice was mixed with a hint of

her lips in resignation and took his

towel, a faint scent of mint filled her nose. It smelled like the scent of the toothpaste he

lightly. What the hell

stairs, she could clearly feel that Callum was walking unsteadily

“Hey, are you okay?”

was conscious. Before he could retract his hand, she grabbed his hand

softly. “Don’t

his hand and walked down the stairs step

guidance, everyone successfully evacuated

dizzy

you alright? Hold on. The ambulance will

His voice remained steady, although

was behind this.” Elspeth’s glare turned

to converge the coldness on his face. “Don’t worry. When we find out the source,

could finish, he felt an abrupt burst of pain in his body. The pain was so intense that he

shoulders. The burn wound and

serious, and she chided him in agitation, “Callum! Why didn’t you tell me

yet he didn’t even say a peep and forced himself to

at the wound and thought about the towel he gave her,

“What’s there to say?”

ever taken your body seriously? Do you really think

know what to say when he