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.

nothing but frown in

stayed quiet, not even bothering to try and explain what

knew Victor wouldn't have believed her

also want the entire group for yourself.You truly are ambitious! I was right about you from the very start, Rachel.You are such a greedy woman! Who said that baby would become the successor of the Sullivan Group? The mother of the Sullivan Group's successor? Of its future

like she was carrying

between herself and him.She shook her head to relieve the pain in her chin from where Victor

"From now on,"

servant of the Sue Garden.Her duties are now those of her fellow

"Mr.Sullivan, please consider this carefully.Miss Bennet is pregnant.If she works like a servant, she is going to

the baby," Victor said coldly, staring straight at Rachel's pale

Rachel was moved out the guest bedroom and into the storage room where she used

she stood in the middle of the room, taking in the familiar sights, sounds and smells,

and whispered to her belly, "I'm sorry, little one.You're having to

at the door silenced any further words

Bennet," Lukas called

narrow passage to get to the door.She

"Lukas, what's wrong?"

brought you a heater," Lukas

properly.It gets very cold

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

little old, but it works

help but

isn't necessary.You keep it.I'll be

Lukas tried to

a look inside,"

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

didn't push her

see it would be fruitless;

I'm so sorry about this… I'm going to speak to Mr.Sullivan later this evening and see if I can't

him again.She didn't try and change his mind.She knew he'd go and speak to Victor anyway, even if she did get him to promise her he wouldn't.She also knew that he wasn't doing

now.Rest well, Miss Bennet," said

watched him leave down the corridor.She remained standing at the door until Lukas had rounded a

in his study, Victor was sitting contemplatively

narrowed at the wall, and he was leaning back in his

to what Carson had said to him

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

hacker was a woman with a grudge against him and

of Rachel's face flashed through

have

she'd hacked

time she'd done it, she'd

her back then because the

that incident, Victor had demanded that the monitoring systems be