Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Captivation Want Nothing But You Chapter 114 by Adolf Dunne

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Rachel stared at Clara after what she’d said. After a while, she lowered her eyes and said softly, “Dr. Jimenez, I’m fine. I really am. Please. don’t worry.” Clara was silent at first as she relived the memory. Then slowly, her mind resurfaced to the present. She looked up at Rachel and noticed how she kept habitually resting her hand on her stomach as she spoke and gestured around. “You’re about three months along now, right?” she asked, changing the subject. “Have you made an appointment for the prenatal check-up yet?” Prenatal checkup?

At first Rachel was confused, but then she remembered what the doctor had said when he’d told her she was pregnant. She was supposed to come in for a thorough check-up at the 12 weeks mark so they could get a sense of how the baby was developing, and if it was in good health.

But with everything going on recently, Rachel had totally forgotten. Clara noticed her lost, vacant expression. “I mean, you’re in a hospital,” she said gently. “No better time to get a check-up than now. I can make the appointment for you, if you like?” “I would like that. Thank you, Dr. Jimenez.”

“Oh, it’s really nothing,” Clara said with a shake of her head. “I’m just relieved that you don’t blame me…” ‘What?’ Rachel thought, caught totally off-guard by what she said. “Blame you?” she said with a frown. “Why would I blame you?”I lied to you about Roger… And when it came to your pregnancy… Miss Bennet, I’m so sorry was wrong of her to lie about her identity, but she hadn’t wanted Rachel to have anything to do with her brother. She’d just been trying to protect him. But since then, she’d come to view herself as a selfish woman.

families, he probably wasn’t going to be forced into an arranged marriage. He was fortunate enough to be able to choose who to love and who to marry. But Clara hadn’t wanted that woman to be Rachel. Especially not with all the absurd things Rachel had done in the last two years.

was. And she knew that once he fell in love with someone, his heart would be set on that person. She had been afraid that Rachel would use her to get close to Roger if

lie. But the one thing she hadn’t counted on was how important Rachel was to Roger, and how much he loved her. No one could have expected him to secretly resign from his position abroad and come back home once he heard that Rachel and Victor were divorced. “So that’s what you came to tell me then,” Rachel said with a chuckle. Her

Clara said gently, fluttering her eyelashes like delicate butterfly wings. Rachel leaned forward as if to listen carefully. She rested her elbow on the armrest, cradled her intense gaze made

“Miss Bennet…”

curved into a slight smile, and, mercifully, she looked away. “I don’t blame you, Dr. Jimenez. Rest assured, you have nothing to be worried about.” Clara had the vaguest feeling that Rachel had known who she

little surprised. I never thought a daughter from the Jimenez family would choose to be a doctor in the first place.” Rachel had tipped her head back now and was looking up at the sky. Her eyes followed a

just stared at her as if she were caught in a trance. She had never known Rachel very well. But after only meeting her a few times,

did you think I’d follow?” Clara looked up as well, following Rachel’s line of sight to where the plane had been. It was gone, leaving

she reached forward, picked up a tangerine from the table and peeled it thoughtfully. “I don’t know. I just thought being a lady from an affluent family, you would have gone for an easier career.” She tore off a piece and popped

the first time someone had said this to her since she’d become a doctor. Rachel handed her a tangerine then stretched her arms up. Once she felt the muscles in her back pull pleasantly, she crossed her hands behind her head and relaxed. “It must be nice to be a doctor. I suppose