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"Stop looking at me like that." Hayle applied a sterile gauze, moistened with infusion fluid, to clean the wound from the blood that had covered the open injury. A little nervous because her husband's gaze made it hard for her to focus, she tried her best to carry out her task. She applied povidone-iodine to sterilize the wound before proceeding with other steps. Hayle deliberately pressed the wound a little harder to make her husband wince in pain because Jaxter continued his behavior, staring at Hayle as if she were an object of frustration. Even after being provoked by Hayle, Jaxter persisted in what he was doing. "You're so stubborn, aren't you?" Hayle protested again while deftly performing her duties. Jaxter, once again, remained indifferent. He just stayed quiet, following ever