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.”

his ears went red and rejected

with admiration as she suggested,

in front of him who was so eager yet shy, he

“Call Spencer now!”

pressed her lips together, afraid she would laugh and

would definitely cancel out

he wanted coffee from a particular place. She knew that this was payback for being mean

also knew that he wanted her to leave since he was shy and didn’t want a

his timely appearance. To his immense amusement, Frank only needed him because Frank couldn’t spread the paste himself. So, he gave

nurse earlier. So, he wasn’t in a good mood and coldly ordered, “Stop fooling around

lifted his shirt and lightly spread the paste onto his

there, he was a little distracted, causing his hand

It hurts! Are you doing

to his senses as he shook

to wonder, “Elspeth is such a two-faced

used some strength and once again

this time,

as his fingers turned gentle. “My hand

was Frank’s fault for prodding

hissing from the pain. That shut him up, and he stopped commenting about

saw that Spencer was done

he focused on his injury. He felt that his back was cool due to the

of that temper of yours and reduce your chances of experiencing any inflammation.” Elspeth smiled once she saw that Frank’s injury was healing just as she knew it would. “The wound on your back would be

saw that she was planning to leave and asked hesitantly. “Elspeth, we talked about

recall his request. “Oh, you’re talking

tried to make his request as discreet as possible, hoping that she would take

nodded. “Sure. No problem. We can go

of joy shone in Spencer’s eyes.

Frank goodbye, left the hospital, and got in Spencer’s car to a colonial-style home in