SWNOVELS Chapter 125
Linda tried to snap her ankle back into position, but a sharp pain instantly shot up
her leg as soon as she tried to move her ankle. She raised her head and looked
into the sky. It was already afternoon, and the fog had started to rise in the
mountain. Due to her experience in hiking, she had chosen a track that no one
had ever taken before.
It occurred to her that she was going to get stuck in the mountain!
She quickly pulled her phone out of her backpack, but there was no signal there.
She tried to stand up, but she could barely stand up, even if she tried to grab the
tree beside her.
Linda panicked. There was no one else on this mountain, and as the sky got
darker, she could hear the cries of the animals.
Her scalp tingled, and tears began to gush out of her eyes uncontrollably. She
turned the phone on and off to find a signal, but the battery of the only phone that
could save her life was running out.
She dragged herself forward on the ground and tried her best not to make any
sound that might attract the wild animals.
However, she could not even differentiate the direction, so how was she going to
get out of this mountain by herself?
Just when Linda felt hopeless, she heard a series of hurried footsteps.
She held her breath, and her hair all stood up.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer until they stopped right before her.
She was stunned, and then a hand appeared out of thin air.
The fingers were long and slender, the bones were well-defined, and the skin
was fair. It was a very beautiful hand.
Linda was stunned, and then she met glance with a pair of gentle eyes.
“It's you?” She was shocked. “Dr. Stafford?”
“What's the matter? You look surprised,” asked Seth, a smile dancing on his lips.
He squatted next to her and tried to lift her injured right leg.
“Argh!” Linda yelped out in pain. “Dr. Stafford, it hurts!”
“Relax,” said Seth. He touched her ankle a few times, and after ascertaining her
condition, he said, “Your joint just dislocated. You didn't hurt your bone. Don’t
worry. I'll help you put it back in place. You'll be fine soon!”
“Huh? You—"
Before Linda could say anything, Seth grabbed her ankle and twisted it.
She felt that there was a fire burning her ankle. She bit her lips tightly, and her
face turned pale. Droplets of cold sweat were oozing out of her forehead. Seth
grabbed her ankle and twisted it a few times again, and she could only put it up
with the pain.
The way she endured the pain aroused Seth's curiosity about this woman.
“You really are a tough woman.” Seth chuckled. “When I was treating my patients
in the past, and if they were young girls, the entire emergency room would be
filled with their screams.”
Linda's lips were turning purple because she was biting them so tightly. She
released them slowly, took a deep breath to calm herself down, and said, “It's
getting darker. There are a lot of wild animals here, so do you expect me to
scream and attract those wolves?”
Seth looked at her and smiled.
She tried to move her ankle. Although it was still very painful, it was a lot better
than earlier. Seth helped her to her feet.
She grabbed her hiking stick with one hand while holding his arm with another.
Then, both of them slowly limped down the mountain.
“I don't have my instruments with me, so I can only give you some basic
treatment,” said Seth. “Your ankle is swollen, so remember to put some ice on it
when you get home. Also, don’t do any strenuous exercise for a few days so that
the joint doesn’t get dislocated again.”
“Okay.”
Seth thoughtfully helped her to move the tree branches out of her way and
encircled her in his arms.
Since he was a doctor, he carried a faint disinfectant smell on his body. Linda
chuckled secretly. When she was a child, she was most afraid of this smell, but
now...
“What are you laughing at?”
Linda was stunned. She raised her eyes and looked at the handsome face. It
seemed like there were stars in his gentle eyes.