Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Elspeth ran out of the room with her heart pounding wildly against her chest. She only calmed down after taking a few deep breaths.

Then, she held the other bottle of ginkgo medicine as she strode to the garage and got into the car toward the hospital.

In the hospital, Frank was sitting on the bed watching an esports competition. He seemed to be in good spirits.

“Frank, the medicine is ready.” She threw the small bottle of medicine at him without a single hint of warning.

“It’s such a tiny bottle. Is that enough?”

Looking at the silver ceramic bottle, Frank was filled with doubt as he looked at the teeny silver ceramic bottle.

It’s only the length of my finger. I can probably use it once.

“Open it, and you’ll see.”

Elspeth didn’t bother to explain and only told him to see for himself.

Frank opened up the bottle as a pleasant fragrance swept over his face. It was light but fragrant with the unique smell of ginkgo.

Inside the bottle was some sort of paste, and he tried pressing on it with his fingers. It felt warm to the touch as if it was freshly made.

Frank was a little curious and asked uncertainly, “Do I spread this on my back?”

Elspeth replied in a deadpan tone, “You can swallow it too. I’ll prepare the equipment for a gastric lavage for you.”

He realized that she was mocking him when he heard that and was a little annoyed as he huffed in reply, “Then, who’s going to help me put it on?”

“Why are you looking at me? It won’t be me.”

They were of a different gender. So, it would be weird. Besides, he had a temper on him, and she wasn’t foolish enough to be a willing subject to his ‘tender’ mercies.

Suddenly, a thought popped into her mind as she smiled. “You could ask Spencer to help you. It could help you both to become closer.”

was so mad that his ears went red and rejected her hotly, “Over my

nurse by the side couldn’t hold it back any longer. Her eyes were sparkling with admiration as she suggested, “Mr. Joneson, I could help you. I love

chubby lady in front of him who was so eager

“Call Spencer now!”

pressed her lips together, afraid she would laugh and hurt the nurse’s

would definitely cancel out all the good deeds she

told her that he was thirsty and specified he wanted coffee from a particular place. She knew that this was payback for being mean to him earlier, so she didn’t refuse him

he was shy and didn’t want a girl watching him as someone slathered the paste over his

needed him because Frank couldn’t spread the paste himself. So, he gave Frank a light punch as he chortled, “What? Am I the Joneson Family’s nanny now,

the nurse earlier. So, he wasn’t in a good

lightly spread the paste onto

a little distracted, causing his hand

Are

as he shook his head apologetically. “I’m sorry. I

continued to wonder, “Elspeth is such a two-faced woman. Why would anyone still want someone like

strength and once again pressed on Frank’s

out a howl this time, “What are

Spencer was emotionless as his fingers turned gentle.

prodding right

That shut him up, and he stopped

a while, she returned with coffee and saw that Spencer was done applying

that his back was cool due to the paste, but his wound still stung and itched too. “The pain is still there, but it’s

is working. I added a medicinal herb for you. Even though it would hurt a little, it could get rid of that temper of yours and reduce your chances of experiencing any inflammation.” Elspeth smiled once she saw that Frank’s

leave and asked hesitantly. “Elspeth, we talked about the sickness of that friend

“Oh,

to help treat her. She was delighted.” Spencer tried to make his request as discreet as possible, hoping that

nodded. “Sure. No problem. We can go

shone in Spencer’s eyes. “Great. I’ll send

and got in Spencer’s car to a colonial-style