“Mr. Reed, your medicine has been prepared.”

Mrs. Cox served the medicine just in time to see the young couple hugging each other. She said, “Yikes, have I come at the wrong time? I’m sorry for bothering you. I’ll knock the next time.”

Deirdre could not help feeling embarrassed while Kyran loosened his grip over her. “No, you came at just the right time. It is time for my medicine and rest, indeed.”

Mrs. Cox served the medicine, and Kyran downed it in one gulp.

Deirdre was surprised because she remembered her tongue going numb from the bitter medicine when she took it. Kyran took it well by finishing it in one gulp without stopping before he declared he was done.

“Isn’t it bitter?”

“It’s fine. It tastes much better than the one I had previously.”

When he took it so lightly, his reaction made Deirdre’s chest tighten with anxiety. She realized that he must have endured hardships when he was previously severely ill.

She said, “I had to suck on a candy when I took it in the afte