Captivation: Want Nothing But You

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.

do you…" Ivan didn’t know that Rachel thought the man lying in the operating room

her and the nurse, Ivan thought Rachel

As he was about to

person

"Mr.Sullivan."

child’s voice

"Mommy!"

in a man’s arms.Joey waved at Rachel with a smile, struggled trying to

probably because he was afraid that the kid

the floor, Joey couldn’t wait to rush to Rachel.He threw himself into

if she had seen a ghost. Her night hand was clenched into a fist, and her nails pressed against the palm of her hand almost hard enough

her palm told her that it wasn’t

front of her

Before Rachel could fully regain

feet, Victor

couldn’t find you when

mouth, but couldn’t get any words out.She wanted to look away from Victor, but just like

it still wasn’t enough to get her

 "Is the operation over?" when Victor looked down, he saw

he mistook it for a sign that Rachel didn’t want to see him, so he looked away and kept reminding himself not to

doctors failed

a moment’s silence, Ivan handed the death notice to

to her bed by sickness all year round.I’m afraid his grandmother can’t handle this

down at the death notice, Victor reached out his hand and said, "Cancel everything on tomorrow’s schedule.I’ll go to his home and pay a visit to his

on Rachel’s thighs as he listened in on the conversation.He asked in confusion, "Who are you

driver."

fire, I had asked him to get some documents on a project from Mr.Sullivan’s apartment.He said he was on his way back to the company, but later he called to say that he had left something there,

the driver went back, Gentlefolk had