Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Rachel didn’t stay on the balcony for too long. Once the maid came out of the bathroom, she went to take a shower, As she soaked herself in the bathtub, she closed her eyes and rested. All of a sudden, her phone buzzed.

She raised her head, glancing at her phone. She noticed that a message had popped up on the screen. It was from Roger. “I heard that you’re on the cruise. Is it true?” Rachel clicked on the dialog box and saw that he had been sending her message almost every day for the past few days. However, she hadn’t checked the app lately, so she hadn’t noticed it.

She then scrolled up and saw every message that Roger had sent her. The first one he sent was after she got hospitalized. But before that one, there were several removed messages. He wrote, “Rachel, are you okay?” Rachel could feel just how concerned he was for her.

The second to last of his messages was sent to her just yesterday. “Rachel, I went back to our school this morning and saw our teacher. She’s about to retire in less than two months. She told me that she’s been thinking about you. Do you want to grab lunch with her together some time?”

In another room, Roger’s eyes were locked on his chat box with Rachel. Meanwhile, Clara had just finished washing the fruit and placed it on the table. Seeing that Roger was lost in thought, she wanted to speak to him and convince him to give up, but she couldn’t. It was hard to see her brother disappointed. “Roger, stop staring at your phone and have some fruit,” Clara said. “I’ll eat later.” Roger still locked his eyes on his phone.

Unable to withstand it any longer, Clara glowered and snatched his phone away. “Staring at your phone won’t make her text you back! You’ve been texting Rachel for days. If she really wanted to reply, she would’ve done that a long time ago. Roger, you haven’t been acting like yourself these days.

concerned for your well-being.” “Clara, give me back my phone.” Seeing that he

“You’re not a kid anymore. You haven’t been paying attention to our family these

on badgering her?” Roger was stunned by her remark. He pursed his lips, unable to come up with a rebuttal. Clara felt so bad to see her brother losing his

give up.” As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes welled up with tears, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes. “Clara, what was the first thing you thought of when you were pregnant with Riley?” Roger asked, turning his face towards Clara…

gentle man, he was also strong. She had only ever seen him cry twice since he was a child. Twice; and both of them were for Rachel. Clara was about to respond, but she had no idea what to say.

need to wait for her response. I just want to know if she’s doing okay now,” Roger replied in a hoarse voice. “She’s been looking forward to that child so much. And now that it’s gone, she must be devastated.” He then forced a smile. “This must be feeling worse

looked down and fell silent. As a mother, she should’ve been able to relate to Rachel. But when she saw Roger struggling in pain over her, she couldn’t feel a shred of sympathy for Rachel. And in all honesty, she even

the table and left, feeling flustered. “I’ll go see if Riley’s okay,” she said before leaving. Staring at the SIM card on the table, Roger picked up the glass of red wine on the table and drank it up, attempting to drown his sadness

the messages that Roger had

ever since she was in this body, she