Nicole calmed down, thanked Jeff, and took the water from him. She rinsed her mouth and spat the water back out.

Jeff sat there and looked up at her with a warm and calm smile. He comforted her gently, “Ms. Stanton, are you alright? Just hold on a little longer. You can leave soon.”

Nicole closed her eyes and nodded.

She was not that fragile, but when she heard what Jeff said, she still felt a kind of familiar warmth.

However, when she saw that unfamiliar face, that familiarity disappeared a