Jacey, drenched in soup from head to toe, attracted the stares of nearby medical staff and patients.

She had never been so humiliated in public before.

Despite always claiming she preferred a bare face around Barrett, she was indeed wearing makeup. Now, with hot soup cascading down her face, her eyeliner, mascara, and foundation smeared into a messy blur of black and white, making her look more terrifying than a ghost if it weren't broad daylight.

Utterly mortified and thinking her makeup still intact, Jacey didn't dare to wipe her face, instead crying as she approached Barrett, seeking refuge behind him.

"Barrett, my face hurts, it feels like it's burnt."...