Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 632 Provocation

Elspeth just realized that she might have been infected as well, seeing that she met and chatted with him, and she looked solemn.

Noticing her response, Callum asked, “Feeling unwell? Or feverish?”

Elspeth shook her head. “I’m fine.” I should have noticed it if there were symptoms. Hank’s been infected for three days, but I feel fine.

“I heard there’s an incubation period for this.”

She gave him a smile of reassurance. “Don’t worry. It might not happen.”

“But if you do get infected, you might suffer a lot, seeing that there’s no cure for this.” Pain is one thing. If this thing can’t be cured, then she might… Callum didn’t finish that thought as it would make him worry even more.

Elspeth was a little nervous as well, but she had no choice. She must forge ahead. “I have an idea. It’s about the company.”

Callum couldn’t believe she was talking about work, and he sighed. “You might be infected. This isn’t something you should worry about.”

“No. I want to research the

her health. “No. Researching this means you’ll have to be on-site, and I will worry.” If Elspeth did get infected, this research would hurt her even more. If she wasn’t infected,

I can take care of myself. Besides, if you stay with me,

probably meant he would die if he didn’t get cured. Yelena would cry her heart out, and not

later, Callum said, “I have one request. I want

forte. You don’t even

stay with you.” Callum couldn’t let her go alone. “If you refuse,

her, and she couldn’t say no to

her into his embrace, smiling.

were safe at the moment. Elspeth set up a lab and started gathering

into the lab lugging his stuff, he looked a little purple. “I was in a good game of chess, girl. Why did you call me back?” The old man

with a lab coat and handed it to him. “Just in time. I have a

When he came back out, he saw Elspeth staring at a test tube. “Honestly, can we cure

medicine can cure anything. Including stuff that modern medicine

her his student, but Elspeth was not interested in alternative medicine, so she kept hiding from him. One day, she fell unconscious because of her heart disease. No one in the hospital could save her, but Sonny showed up and cured her symptoms. When she woke up, the first thing she saw was Sonny

wanna learn

Elspeth actually said yes. She would never forget what he told her. “Alternative medicine is the greatest healing art

nothing?” Elspeth swirled the test tube around. It was filled