Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Chapter 296

Ding.

The elevator arrived on the eighth floor, where all of VIP wards were.

Ivan stepped out of the elevator, followed by Rachel, and headed for Victor's room. Just as they were about to open the door, they heard someone shouting from inside the room.

"Fuck off!"

All of a sudden, the door to Victor's room opened. A distraught nurse ran out in a hurry and accidentally bumped into Ivan and Rachel.

Rachel stumbled to the floor, tweaking her ankle on her way down.

Horrified by what she had done, the nurse immediately got on her knees and started apologizing, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you. Please, forgive me!"

With a look of concern, Ivan got on one knee and grabbed Rachel's hand before asking, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Rachel replied while rubbing her ankle to ease the pain. Once she started feeling a little better, she stood up and addressed the frantic nurse crying like a little girl. "It's okay. I know you didn't mean to do that. There's no need to cry."

However, despite Rachel's reassurance, the nurse still wouldn't stop bawling her eyes out. "I'm so sorry! I truly am! Please, forgive me!"

With a lighthearted smile, Rachel stared at the nurse's pitiful face before saying, "Stop blaming yourself. Accidents happen all the time. There's no need to make such a big deal out of it."

"I..." The guilt-ridden nurse choked up while wiping her tears. Rachel grabbed the nurse's hand and helped her stand up. While doing so, she noticed that the back of her hand had a bright red tinge, resembling a recent burn injury.

Apprehensively, Rachel asked, "What happened to your hand?"

"Oh, it's nothing!" The nurse immediately hid her hand behind her back and looked away. A few seconds later, she scurried away as fast as she could, seemingly trying to avoid further questioning.

While watching the pitiful nurse walk away, Rachel remembered a sad memory buried deep in her mind. 'I probably looked exactly like her when I ran away from Victor four years ago.'

Suddenly, Rachel clenched her fists, and a wry smile appeared on her face.

'He still hasn't changed.'

Even though the nurse didn't say anything, Rachel knew that Victor had something to do with her injured hand.

"Miss Bennet?" Ivan called her attention after sensing that something was wrong. Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

With a blank stare, Rachel looked him in the eye and said, "I'm going to the bathroom. You should go in first."

"But..."

Before Ivan could finish speaking, Rachel turned around and headed in the direction the n

urse went. Dumbfounded by what just happened, Ivan stood still and watched her walk away in silence. When she was finally out of sight, he took a deep breath before heading inside Victor's ward.

Because she promised to meet Victor that day, Ivan wasn't too worried about letting her go.

He knew he could trust her on this occasion.

A few seconds after Ivan entered Victor's ward, Rachel caught up with the nurse.

She didn't really need to go to the bathroom. She just wanted to talk with the nurse again.

On a bench, a few meters away, Rachel saw the nurse treating the wound on the back of her hand. Seeing the nurse getting teary-eyed from the pain made her subconsciously put her hand into her coat pocket and grab on to something important.

It was the pendant Abby made for her.

In the past four years, she never went anywhere without it.

She treated it like treasure. After all, it was the only thing Abby left her.

After dealing with her wound, the nurse stood up to continue her work. But when she noticed that Rachel was watching her, her body froze from shock.

"Why are you..." the nurse mumbled.

Rachel casually took out a tube of ointment from her pocket and handed it to her. "Here, take this. It's an ointment to prevent scars. Make sure you use plenty of it."

Shocked, the nurse spoke under her breath, "No, no...I can't take that."

"It's fine. I don't need it anymore. It's better that I give it to you instead of throwing it away in the trash. And besides, it's not that expensive." Rachel reassured her with a smile.

'She was just planning to throw it away? How rich is she?' the nurse thought.

After countless years of working in a hospital, the nurse was well aware of how much the ointment cost.

The nurse bit her lip, thinking it was such a waste to throw away something so precious.

"If you insist, then I'll take it. Thank you so much." The nurse bowed down to show her gratitude. A few seconds later, tears started running down her cheeks again.

Rachel placed her hands back into her coat pockets before looking at the nurse from head to toe. With pursed lips, she clenched the pendant and thought, 'She looks just like you, Abby. She even cries like you.'

"Alright, I'm heading back now. Don't forget to use it." After letting out a deep sigh, Rachel turned around and started walking away.

A few steps in, she realized that she really needed to go to the bathroom.

"Where do you think you're going, Rachel?" Out of nowhere, a menacing voice came from behind her.