Chapter: 1008

“Thank you," he responded with respect.

"You're doing a good job."

The nurse shook her head, catching a glimpse of Rachel behind Ivan.

“Miss, are you okay?" she asked upon seeing Rachel's pale face.

Rachel's face was pale and ashen at the nurse's words. Her eyes were dull and lifeless and she looked as if she was about to faint the next minute.

"I..." Rachel felt a wave of pain flow through her. The kind of pain that hit her like a flood and as much as she tried, she couldn't block it out. It died down and left her hollow before surging up in her heart once more making her unable to breathe smoothly.

Rachel moved her lips as she tried to say something, but the words were stuck in her throat.

“I'm fine." Her voice was hoarse and trembling when she finally got control of it. She tried to calm herself down but it didn't work.

"But you don't look good, miss. How about I help you sit down?" The nurse was worried about Rachel and was afraid that she was about to faint, so she reached out and held on to her.

Rachel moved away from the nurse's reach quietly, but then accidentally she saw the clipboard in her hand. The paper on the top was printed with the two words "Death Notice." And just like that the unbearable pain was back.

Rachel opened her mouth slightly. Her eyes never left the two words and her mouth was dry once more. After a long pause, she asked with difficulty, "Did he die in pain?"

"What?" The nurse only heard Rachel's voice but her words were incomprehensible. Following her gaze, she looked at the death notice in her hands. Seeing how devastated Rachel was, the nurse assumed that she was a family member of the dead and comforted her.

"Miss, please don't let your grief control you. The dead are already gone.

You must cheer up and move on with your life. He would have wanted that."

Rachel gripped her phone tightly and pinched the edges of the phone cover with her nails. She didn't reply. She didn't know how to.

She didn't even have an idea of what was wrong with her. She felt like bawling her eyes out, but at the same time, no tears came from them. Her mind had frozen over, and only the pain in her heart told her that everything was real.

"Miss Bennet, do you..."

Ivan didn't know that Rachel thought the man lying in the operating room was Victor. After catching some parts of the conversation between her and the nurse, Ivan thought Rachel knew the dead. Why else would she look so pale herself? As he was about to ask her more about how she knew the man, the elevator doors opened.

Before Ivan could open his mouth and ask, he saw the person coming out of the elevator from the corner of his eye.

"Mr. Sullivan."

At the same time, a child's voice came from the elevator.

"Mommy!"

Rachel suddenly turned around and saw Joey in a man's arms. Joey waved at Rachel with a smile, struggled trying to free himself from the man. The man had to put Joey down probably because he was afraid that the kid would fall down in his excitement.

As soon as his feet hit the floor, Joey couldn't wait to rush to

Rachel. He threw himself into Rachel's arms and then placed his tiny hands on her thighs.