Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Callum paused to think for a moment before he finally relented and said, “It’s nothing. I eavesdropped on some people in the hospital that wanted to harm you. I found out before they could do anything, and…”

He heard a conversation between two people that morning. They were plotting in the corridor to knock Elspeth out and take her away.

However, he didn’t notice they were carrying switchblade knives.

He immediately tried to stop them, but the two men panicked and tried to flee from the scene, and they managed to cut him in the chest.

“So, you stopped them for me? The fever is caused by the inflammation of the wound, isn’t it?”

Elspeth didn’t know why, but as she spoke, she couldn’t help but feel like crying. Every word was like a needle poking at her heart, and she teared up from the pain.

Callum knew she would be worried, so he didn’t want to tell her. However, he didn’t expect her to cry over it.

His heart ached when he saw this. He pulled her into his embrace and gently comforted her. “It’s okay. It’s a small injury. It’s not like I haven’t been hurt before. You don’t have to feel this way.”

She cried like a child for the very first time, and her nose twitched uncontrollably. “You were hurt this time because of me. Even if I didn’t get hurt, I could still feel the pain from your wounds as if they were mine.”

He pinched her nose softly. “I’d be even sadder if you were the one that had gotten hurt.”

With a solemn face, he continued, “Elspeth, I’m just glad you’re not hurt.”

He was happy that he was able to stop something bad from happening to her.

“Miss…”

Just then, someone rapped on the door.

The two of them pulled away from each other instantly. Callum let go of her hands, allowing her to open the door.

The man at the door smiled kindly when he saw her. “Hello, Miss. I’m the Jonesons’ family doctor, Dr. Leonard Hyde. Old Mr. Joneson asked me to come and take a look at Mr. Winthrop’s condition.”

As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at Callum. He could sense an icy, unfriendly aura exuding from Callum. It was somewhat intimidating.

“Okay, come in.”

him into the room and allowed

face became solemn, and he couldn’t help but

what’s wrong

cut. There was poison on the knife. The poison is now spreading throughout his

her heart, and she asked, “What kind

long, yet I’ve never encountered such a poison before… Maybe it’s because I

said, how could the doctor hired by the Jonesons be

nothing about the poison meant that such poison was rare, not to mention hard

felt it was familiar. She thought for a while but

way to

“I will. Don’t

to Callum. He looked up at her worried expression and

okay for now, he still

be okay now, but what about when something happens? What should I do if

are you talking about? Nothing

Callum, I feel like I’ve seen this kind of wound

curiosity. “Where

and suddenly remembered something. She quickly took out her phone

“What’s going on, Elspeth?”

on Harper’s end. He seemed

was the injury that you had last

that, he still answered honestly, “I was bitten by a poisonous snake. If it weren’t for the miracle doctor, I would have died a long

up at his words. “Yes,

that, she hung up the phone and began to

blood leaking from the wound. The tissues around it were damaged. These

is caused by a cut from

and asked in a serious tone, “Then, what do you think we should

simple. We just need to use ginkgo. I’ll get Sonny to get