Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Chapter 152

Chapter 152 One Should Always Be Grateful 

Rachel stared down at the red wine with an ice-cold expression on her face. She did not intend to take it.

“What’s this? You don’t want to make a toast to Alicia and wish her a happy birthday. Miss

Bennet?” Rachel remained still and Lori, Alicia’s roommate, noticed that she had been quiet. With a sneer, she pushed the glass of wine towards the newcomer again. Everyone else in the room was giggling, eyeing Rachel with mockery. Alicia never thought that her roommate would do something like this out of the blue. She hesitated for a while whether or not she should intervene because she assumed Rachel was pregnant and couldn’t drink.

In the end, she just clenched her fists and averted her gaze. Her eyes fell on the bar counter. Victor had already stood up from his seat and placed his empty wine glass on the bar’s counter. He was still looking at them, but Alicia knew he had his eyes focused only on Rachel She unconsciously bit her lower lip and tightened her fists even more. Her perfectly manicured nails dug into the skin of her palm, causing a burst of pain.

she could finish, someone abruptly took the wine glass in her hand. Carson sniff the wine and said,

that sincere enough?” Lori pressed her lips tightly. She

Carson and Victor were best friends. Everybody knew that Victor despised Rachel, and after their divorce, he had driven her out of the Sue Garden. How could Carson help Victor’s ex-wife? Before the others could react, Carson released his grip on Rachel’s hand and asked the waiter to prepare the glasses. The waiter obliged and poured the drinks for him and he wasted no time chugging down six glasses of wine on

find an opportunity to leave this damned place. But she couldn’t shake off the icy glare from Victor. Suddenly, a clap echoed throughout the entire room.

out of it and felt embarrassed. It felt like she was slapped in the face multiple times. It was humiliating. “…. Um…” Her family wasn’t rich. She wouldn’t have met with these wealthy people if she had not been Alicia’s roommate. That was why she was keen on

about Victor and Rachel. Seeing her roommate holding back, Lori wanted to please her and decided to pick on

Rachel would become a laughing stock in everyone’s eyes, but she ended up humiliating herself for offending Carson. To think of she had offended Carson! Lori pursed her lips and lowered her head. 1 Rachel turned to glance at Carson and saw that he seemed to be fixed on Lori for now. She took a step back and turned around quickly, planning to sneak out. As soon as she headed to the nearest exit,

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