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.”

looked kind and friendly, so Elspeth didn’t refuse him. She let him

became solemn, and he couldn’t help

Hyde, what’s wrong

stared off for a while thoughtfully before letting out a sigh. “His wound isn’t an ordinary cut. There was poison

through her heart, and she asked,

practicing medicine for so long, yet I’ve never encountered such a

the doctor hired by the Jonesons be

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

Callum’s chest and felt it was familiar. She thought for a

of a way to prescribe a medication to suppress the

nodded. “I will.

and went back to Callum. He looked up at her worried expression and smiled comfortingly. “It’s okay. Don’t worry. Aren’t I fine for

was okay for now, he

but what about when something

talking about? Nothing

I feel like I’ve seen this

his curiosity.

it was…” Elspeth narrowed her eyes and suddenly remembered something. She quickly

“What’s going on, Elspeth?”

sounded chaotic on Harper’s end. He

was the injury that you had last

why she would suddenly ask 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 time

up at his words. “Yes, a poisonous

she hung up the phone and began

flesh was turned out, and there was dark blood leaking from the wound. The tissues around it were damaged. These were the symptoms of a wound after being bitten by

a cut from a knife

serious tone, “Then, what do you think

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