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 into the room and allowed him to

became

what’s

before letting out a sigh. “His wound isn’t an ordinary cut. There was poison on the

through her heart, and she asked,

tell. This type of poison is rather strange. I’ve been practicing medicine for so long, yet I’ve never encountered such a poison before… Maybe it’s because I don’t know much about poisons, so I can’t tell

could the doctor hired

nothing about the poison meant that such poison was rare,

looked at the wound on Callum’s chest and felt it was familiar. She thought for a while but couldn’t remember who had

Dr. Hyde. Please think of a way to prescribe a medication to suppress

nodded. “I will. Don’t

saw him off and went back to Callum. He looked up at her worried expression

now, he still looked pale

what about when something happens? What should I do if

are you talking about?

I’ve

curiosity. “Where have you seen

was…” Elspeth narrowed her eyes and suddenly remembered something. She quickly took out her phone to call

“What’s going on, Elspeth?”

sounded chaotic on Harper’s end. He seemed to be in

injury that you had last

bitten by a poisonous snake. If it weren’t

at his words. “Yes, a

that, she hung up the phone and

from the wound. The tissues around it were damaged. These were the symptoms of a wound after being

is caused by a cut from a knife dipped in a snake’s

to her conclusion and asked in a serious tone, “Then, what

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