Nicole stood at the railing at the center of the hospital and looked down, waiting for Floyd and the others to come over.
She wondered whether she should get someone to search through the entire hospital for that man, but she was not sure.
Floyd and the others would certainly find out if there was a commotion, and they would worry about her.
Nicole took a deep breath.
Just when she was about to take out her phone to ask the driver why Floyd had not arrived yet, she inadvertently saw a familiar person.
It was the woman she met during lunch, Kira.
Kira limped toward the seating area downstairs and looked as if she had sprained her foot.
Nicole frowned slightly.
What a coincidence.
The next second, Nicole’s face instantly paled.
A man in black clothes also limped over with a payment receipt.
Kira raised her head and smiled at him shyly.
That man looked like Clayton, not Jeff or someone else.
It was Clayton!
Nicole did not know how he reconstructed his face back to its original look.
She had seen, thought, and dreamed about this face countless times.
It felt like someone was squeezing her heart until it was about to burst.
The pain was dense and deep.
It messed up her calmness.
She wanted to scream and call out to him. She wanted to run down and hug him immediately.
Tears unconsciously streamed down her face.
She felt elated and blessed.
The dishes from the French restaurant and that silhouette earlier were not her illusion. He was right in front of her.
He was back!
Nicole was so excited that she clenched the railing until her nails started to turn white.
There were a lot of people waiting to see the doctor downstairs, and many who were waiting to pay the bill, but Nicole only noticed him.
She stretched out her hand and was just about to shout when she saw Clayton reaching out to support Kira’s arm. The two smiled tacitly and limped away to the hospital door.
Nicole froze instantly.
It was like having ice water poured over her head.
Nicole looked at the backs of the two people holding each other and felt uncomfortable as if a thorn had pierced her heart and eyes.
The two of them seemed to sense her gaze and turned to look in her direction.
Nicole was shocked and suddenly squatted down.
She hunched over and hid behind a wall as she did not want to be discovered by them.
At this moment, she suddenly realized something. After the initial surprise faded away, she felt that she was momentarily blinded. In fact, this was not a surprise.
It was a fright.
He started a new life.
Was it really him?
If he still remembered her, how could he be with another woman?
Was Kira merely a manager of the restaurant?
Or did they have some other relationship?
Nicole was not sure.
Was Nicole in his plan to start over?
The two of them looked so close. Were they already together?
Nicole only felt suffocated and uncomfortable.
She felt like everything around her was spinning, and her face gradually turned pale.
Grant, who just came out of the ward, was terrified when he saw Nicole like this. He quickly picked her up.
“What’s the matter? Doctor!”
Grant was so frightened that he quickly carried Nicole into Aida’s ward.
The doctor surrounded him. “Ms. Stanton...”
Nicole sat for a while. After she calmed down, her face was still a little pale.
She smiled and said, “It’s nothing. I didn’t eat anything for lunch. When I squatted down and stood up suddenly, I just felt a little dizzy. Maybe it’s just low blood sugar.”
Grant’s expression eased. “You scared the hell out of me!”
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