Captivation: Want Nothing But You

For a moment, the maid was silent.Then she blurted out, "It was Miss Bennet!"

The maid pressed her face into her hands and forced herself to sob even harder.Then she turned her tear-stained face up to Victor and whimpered, "Recently, whenever I go up to Miss Bennet's room, I always hear a man's voice.She so rarely comes out that I started to get worried… I just asked her if there was something wrong, but she started shouting at me.She didn't even give me a chance to speak or explain.She accused me of being nosy and then…"

Rachel cocked an eyebrow as she listened to the maid's nonsense story.But she had to give her credit where it was due; the maid did give a very convincing performance.If she hadn't known that the maid was lying, she would have been inclined to believe her.

Not to mention that the maid had somehow willed herself to be able to sob the way she was.

It made her look even more pathetic.

The maid rubbed her palm across her cheek to try and dry off some of the fake tears, then clasped her hands in front of her body.

"When Miss Bennet came home just now, I asked her if she'd had any dinner.I knew she'd been out the entire day and I just wanted to make sure she'd had something to eat.I even offered to make her some food.I think Miss Bennet misunderstood what I saying, because she slapped me out of the blue.She… She also said…"

Victor's gloomy face pinched in irritation.

"What did she say?" he asked coldly.

"She also said that she is the mother of the Sullivan Group's successor.She told me that if she so wanted, she could have me thrown out the Sue Garden, and ensure that I would never be able to find a job or even a place to stay in Apliaria again."

The maid turned to Rachel and pathetically kowtowed to her.

"Miss Bennet," she started in a trembling voice, "please forgive me! I know I was wrong.I promise I won't interfere again.Forgive me, please…"

Victor's expression had been getting angrier and angrier the longer the maid had been speaking.

By now he was gritting his jaw so tightly that the veins in his neck and forehead were bulging.

His dark eyes were glinting with malice, and he barely seemed to be holding onto his temper.

"The mother of the Sullivan Group's future successor?"

Slowly, he turned his head and sneered at Rachel.

The maid immediately stopped crying once Victor was no longer looking at her.

A sly smile curled the corners of her lips.

Lukas could see that the situation was rapidly becoming sour.

He couldn't let Victor lose his temper with Rachel because of some story the maid had spun, Rachel was pregnant with Victor's child after all.

Lukas felt he had to speak in her defense.

"Mr.Sullivan, there has been a great misunderstanding. Miss Bennet was just-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Victor strode forward and grabbed Rachel by the chin.

but

not even bothering to try

Victor wouldn't have believed her

about you from the very start, Rachel.You are such a greedy woman!

jerked away from Rachel like she was carrying some type

steps back, trying to put some distance between herself and him.She shook her head to relieve the

"From now on,"

said coldly, "Rachel is a servant of the Sue Garden.Her duties are now

his words as he said, "Mr.Sullivan, please consider this carefully.Miss Bennet is pregnant.If she works like a servant,

doctor to prioritize the baby," Victor said coldly, staring straight at Rachel's pale face as he said

guest bedroom and into the storage room where

middle of the room, taking in the familiar sights, sounds and smells, a bitter smile curled over

belly, "I'm sorry, little one.You're having to go through so

at the door silenced any further words she might have

Lukas called from the

passage to get to the door.She pulled

"Lukas, what's wrong?"

brought you a

very cold at night

out to her.It was very old.He'd been using it

old, but it

help

have.This isn't necessary.You keep

Bennet-" Lukas

a look inside," Rachel cut

and a heater? Anyway, I'm sure I won't get cold.A pregnant woman's body temperature is higher than normal.I think I'll be alright if I wrap myself in blankets for the night.Don't worry about me.Thank

push her

it would be fruitless; she'd already made

this… I'm going to speak to Mr.Sullivan later this evening and see if I can't get him to change

speak to Victor anyway, even if she did get him to promise her he wouldn't.She

leave you now.Rest well, Miss Bennet,"

the corridor.She remained standing at the door

Victor was sitting contemplatively at his

at the wall, and he was leaning back in his

taking him back to what Carson had said to

bet would be to start investigating the people around you, instead of trying to figure out the hacker's identity.For example, have you offended anyone recently? I personally don't think the hacker is one of your opponents in the business world.If he was, I'm sure he'd be more interested in the group's commercial secrets, rather

woman with a grudge against him

flashed through his mind.His eyes flew

could have been

be the first time she'd hacked into the Sullivan Group's surveillance

done it,

then because the phone had access to the

after that incident, Victor had demanded that the monitoring systems be upgraded as