In a determined tone, he interjected, “Let me have a look.”

His hand inched out again, and this time, Millie withheld her evasion, her breath suspended.

As Marcus peeled away the mask, his gaze deepened in response.

Before him lay Millie’s countenance, adorned with an array of crimson pimples. The mask, it seemed, had concealed her unsightly face.

“What’s the matter? You didn’t bear these this afternoon.” Puzzled, Marcus inquired, a hint of a furrow forming on his brow.

Millie reclothed herself in the mask; her reflection in the mirror was unbearable, prompting her to bow her head.

fine earlier, but then an allergic reaction surfaced.

out his phone, offering, “I’ll dial the

asserting, “No need. I already swung by the hospital and got some

allergy? What might have triggered it?” Marcus

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surmised, “Possibly, I inhaled something provoking

puzzled her—an allergy manifesting even in

conjectures soared. Could he not bear the sight

the staircase to her

the sight of Millie clutching a quilt en route to

spotting Marcus,

bunk in the adjacent room for a few days. You, on the other hand, should turn

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