The More the Merrier novel Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Fussing Over The Mole

He had a puzzled look on his face, but he remained quiet.

Tch. Like father like son. Shaun thought the boy had lost his temper.

“Your daddy asked me to check your body because he was worried about the mole on your hand. He said it wasn't there before. That's why I need to take some of your blood,” Shaun explained quickly.

“A mole?” Jasper blinked and raised his arm to look for the mole. “Oh. This...” he trailed off as he frowned.

Suddenly, he realized that he might have given himself away, so he quickly changed his expression and looked at them with a pout.

“What's the big deal! It's just a mole, isn't it?” he exclaimed.

Benjamin remained silent.

Shaun couldn't help but let out a small laugh when he compared Jasper's calm expression to Benjamin's. However, he stopped smiling when Benjamin glared at him.

“Gavin, it'll be over really quickly. Dr. Bailey will only take a little of your blood and check on you for a bit. Don't you want to give your daddy peace of mind?” Edwin said gently to Jasper.

Jasper turned pale when he saw the little ball of blood on his tiny finger. He couldn't stand the sight of blood.

Benjamin furrowed at Jasper's reaction toward blood. What's the matter with him? He would endure the pain in the past, so why is he acting so timidly now?

“Hurry up and stop his bleeding already!” Benjamin shot Shaun a glare, making the latter hurry toward Jasper.

“Gavin, hang in there! Let me get a little bit blood... and you're done!” he remarked after squeezing Jasper's finger. After getting enough blood samples into the blood collection tube, Shaun quickly put a cotton swab against the wound. “Good job! You'll be fine soon!”

On the other hand, Jasper squeezed his eyes closed the entire time. Anyone would feel bad for him when one saw how mad and afraid he seemed.

Edwin quickly hugged him as he applied some pressure against the swab so that Shaun could pack his stuff more easily.

“Gavin, I'll be leaving now. I'll drop by and play with you some other time!” Shaun said and left in haste after seeing how Jasper ignored him. To be honest, he was also worried about Jasper and wanted to run the tests as soon as he could.

“Gavin, why don't you sleep for a little while longer?” Edwin continued to coax him.

Could it be that Daddy knows something is wrong? Jasper withered.

Suddenly, he felt someone's hand touching his head gently. He lifted his head and saw Benjamin's expressionless face without a second thought.

“Does it hurt?” Benjamin asked awkwardly. He wasn't good at comforting others.

Is Daddy always like this? How cold... No one would feel comforted if you acted like that, okay?

“What do you think? Do you wanna try getting pricked?” Jasper huffed, acting like he was unwilling to converse with him any longer.

Benjamin glanced at Jasper for a brief second without saying anything.

“Gavin, are you hungry? I'll make something for you, okay?” Edwin volunteered quickly out of worry after noticing the silence between them.

Jasper didn't reply, but his growling stomach did.

Edwin patted Jasper's head like a doting grandpa and removed the swab from Jasper's finger. Once he was sure that Jasper's bleeding had stopped, he brought Jasper to the bed. “Rest a bit more, Gavin! I'll make something delicious for you!”