Chapter 918

"No, I'm fine." Marshall forced a smile and put down the roses. He pressed his fingers against his temples and said, "Maybe it's a side effect of my new medication. Sometimes, I'd feel a little dizzy.’

Stella was about to speak when she saw blood on Marshall's temples. She was startled. "Why is there blood on your face?’ She asked.

"Huh?’ Marshall was stunned for a moment. He reached out to touch his face, but Stella tugged on his sleeve and said, "Your hand is bleeding."

Marshall looked down and saw that the palm of his right hand was stained red. The several small cuts on it were oozing out with blood. There were also blood stains on the roses he had put down on the side. It was clear that he had pricked himself on the rose thorns.

"One, two, three..." Stella squatted next to him, cleaning his wound. While doing so, she counted the puncture wounds on his hand and finally said in shock, "Six! There are six cuts, and you didn't feel any of them?!’

shook his head. "I'm naturally rather

closed her mouth cautiously and did not answer. She recalled the time she asked about Marshall about his pain tolerance during Cordelia's last birthday party. Marshall had to explain to her that his nerves were damaged and parts of his skin that were burned became unresponsive.

one who said that he was insensitive to pain, Stella would have thought that he was faking it and touched his wound until he broke character. However, Keegan was not one to say such things. Instead, he would act like it was the end of the world. When ignored, he would feel aggrieved and sulk; when given attention, he would act like a baby and complain about how the band aid was not

were not deep but the blood kept flowing out of his hand. When Stella cleaned off the blood with a cotton swab, more blood came out. Stella

and said slowly, "Is it that obvious? I

quiet. 'Why

I wasn't trying to make

okay. I'm not that fragile. I have a very mild case of hemophilia.’ He took out a tiny bottle of medication from his pocket and handed it to Stella. "Open that for me and sprinkle some of it in my

the dry powder on Marshall's palm. Marshall took a cotton ball and pressed the substance on the

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