Hiding Behind Her Superficiality
Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Chapter 45 Take a Bet

“Fire! Fire!” someone shouted in the office, and the entire staff panicked as they rushed toward thedoor.

The office was on the eighth floor. Due to the fire, they couldn’t take the elevator. As the crowd stormeddown the stairs, they found that the fire had spread to the fourth floor. They couldn’t see the situationahead due to the dense smoke that spread in the stairway, which was suffocating, so they were forcedto turn back.

Elspeth didn’t run down the stairs with them. Instead, she turned around and saw that Callum wasstanding beside her with two wet towels in his hand. “Cover your mouth with this. Don’t breathe insmoke.”

She took out her phone to call 911. Then, as she looked at the chaotic employees, she raised her voiceand shouted, “Guys, calm down! Panic would do you no favors and may bring you danger. If you don’twant anything bad to happen to you, calm down and listen.”

The people raised their heads and looked at her. Although they were terrified, they chose to believe inher.

“Now, grab the towel or cloth around you, wet it, and cover your mouth and nose. Next, wet yourselvesas much as possible to avoid being burned by the fire and lower your body temperature. Finally,everyone, please line up in an orderly fashion and go down slowly. Don’t rush down the stairs in agroup. If the fire is too big, we’ll stop and think of other ways.”

Thanks to Elspeth’s instructions, the originally chaotic staff began to move in an orderly manner.

They were about to evacuate safely when the timid young girl in the last row panicked and lost herhandkerchief when she saw the fire was burning. In an instant, she breathed in the dense smoke, rolledher eyes, and coughed violently.

Elspeth frowned and handed her towel to the girl.

“Thank you, Miss Lynwood. What about you?” The young girl gratefully covered her mouth and nosewith Elspeth’s towel, but she was worried as she looked at Elspeth while covering her face with herhand.

“Don’t worry. I’m in better shape. I can pull it through.” Despite that, Elspeth obviously felt a greatdiscomfort tickling her throat and had the urge to cough.

Callum shoved his towel into her hand and said dispassionately, “Use mine.”

She shook her head and pushed the towel back to him. “No, I don’t want the one you used.”

“I don’t want to repeat my words.” His voice was mixed with a hint of irrefutable insistence.

She pursed her lips in resignation and took his towel.

As she covered her mouth with the towel, a faint scent of mint filled her nose. It smelled like the scentof the toothpaste he often used. Oh my, I’m using his towel. Is this considered an indirect kiss?

At the thought of this, she shook her head lightly. What the hell am I thinking about at a moment likethis?! Focus, Elspeth, focus!

As they walked down the stairs, she could clearly feel that Callum was walking unsteadily and couldn’tkeep up with the pace.

“Hey, are you okay?”

He couldn’t speak, so he reached out and squeezed her hand, indicating that he was conscious. Beforehe could retract his hand, she grabbed his hand and held it tightly. Her hand was small yet slender. Asher warm fingers tightly clasped his big hand, he felt inexplicably relieved.

“Come on,” Elspeth said softly. “Don’t be left behind.”

She held his hand and walked down the stairs step by step.

Under Elspeth’s practical and logical guidance, everyone successfully evacuated the building.

As soon as he walked out, Callum felt highly dizzy and slid directly onto the stone bench beside theroad.

“Are you alright? Hold on. The ambulance will be here soon.”

He nodded. “I’m fine.” His voice remained steady, although a little weak.

“This fire happened so suddenly. I bet that Houston was behind this.” Elspeth’s glare turned cold andvicious when she mentioned Houston.

Callum lowered his eyes to converge the coldness on his face. “Don’t worry. When we replace out thesource, we will—”

Before he could finish, he felt an abrupt burst of pain in his body. The pain was so intense that healmost fainted.

When she noticed his abnormality, she looked at his back and found that there was a large burn on hisshoulders. The burn wound and flesh were bloody. The clothes melted and stuck to the flesh. It was avery horrible sight.

Elspeth’s expression suddenly became serious, and she chided him in agitation, “Callum! Why didn’tyou tell me that you were scalded?!”

He was so severely injured, yet he didn’t even say a peep and forced himself to walk out of thebuilding.

As she looked at the wound and thought about the towel he gave her, she felt distressed and guilty.

“What’s there to say?”

“What the hell?! Have you ever taken your body seriously? Do you really think you’re invincible?”

Callum didn’t know what to say when he saw her going berserk.

Fortunately, the ambulance came just in time to defuse the intensified atmosphere between them, andhe was rushed to the nearest hospital.

After the doctor examined his wound, he frowned tightly. “This is a severe burn. There is no way to fullyrecover, and you may have a permanent scar here. However, it will fade if you apply some ointment toit.”

Callum nodded indifferently. It wasn’t a big deal to have one more scar on his body anyway.

Elspeth looked at Callum, who was sitting on the bed, and commented seriously, “I can completely healyour scars.”

He hesitated for a moment and blurted, “You can?”

She observed the degree and size of the burns and automatically generated a treatment plan in hermind.

When the doctor heard this, the doctor couldn’t help bursting out in laughter. “Miss, I know andunderstand that you are eager to save your sweetheart, but you can’t bluff.”

Callum’s heart skipped a beat when he heard the word “sweetheart”.

“I’m not bluffing.” Elspeth insisted.

The doctor was taken aback and said with a hint of mockery, “No offense, but I don’t think you’ve everpracticed medicine. Even if you did, you should know that it is impossible to fix his skin according tocurrent medical technology.”

“Doctor, just because you can’t do it doesn’t mean others can’t. You’re too narrow-minded.”

Her remarks instantly provoked the doctor’s desire to win. Thus, he sneered, “You know, you can’t takeback what you’ve said.”

“Yes, I know.”

The doctor was enraged by her calm and relaxed appearance. “What an ignorant and cocky brat! Howcan you be so confident?!”

“If you don’t believe me, why don’t we make a bet?” Elspeth smiled politely at the doctor. “If I can’t curehim, I’ll apologize to you, but if I can cure the burn on his body…”

“If you can cure him, I’ll retire immediately,” the doctor interjected.