Captivation: Want Nothing But You

“Are you surprised to see me?” Roger moved closer to Rachel and eyed her. He pulled every strength he had to restrain his urge to pull Rachel into his arms.

Rachel looked past Roger and asked, “Are you the investor who’s interested in the Bennet Group’s welfare house project?”

Roger showed a gentle smile as he hung his coat on the coat rack standing on the nook of the private room. No words gushed from his lips, but his smile gave away his answer to Rachel’s query.

On other hand, Rachel was genuinely surprised. She didn’t expect that the investor would be Roger. Of all people, it had to be him! ?

“Don’t just stand there. Why don’t we take our seats first? What do you want to eat?” Roger asked thoughtfully. Just as though time had not passed, he was as gentle as before. 

“I ate something before heading here.” Rachel took a sip of the orange juice. She lifted her gaze from the beverage to Roger with mixed feelings. The harsh words she told him on the ship four years ago rose from their graves and rewound vivid scenes in her mind.She had just come back, and the thought about whether she would meet Roger in Apliaria had just crossed her mind. How coincident was it to bump into him in such a circumstance?

She remembered Clara mentioning to her that Roger stayed in the subsidiary company abroad and spent most of his time working there in the past four years. Rachel had thought maybe Roger hadn’t been back when she left Apliaria. 

“It was already late when I came back yesterday, not to mention I had a meeting this morning. I haven’t eaten anything yet, so I’m quite famished.” Roger’s gaze fell on Rachel, which sent her a different feeling. She reminisced how Victor would look at her aggressively. 

Meanwhile, here was Roger, looking at her gently and mildly. 

“If there’s something that whets your appetite, you can just eat with me.” 

As soon as Roger finished speaking, he handed Rachel the iPad containing the menu to let her order.

Rachel parted her lips and mumbled, “Okay.” 

Rachel to refuse him again. She took the iPad and scanned

oscillate even for a second. He said, “I remember that you used to like mousse cake very much.I heard from my friend that the Crown

yet Roger could still remember Rachel’s preferences like the back of his hand. To be exact, he remembered the

 That small gesture seemed too alluring to most individuals, but it was not for a select few.

always thought it was unforgivable to refuse him. Who would be so heartless as

mood for it now,” Rachel said indifferently. Only then did the smile on Roger’s face freeze imperceptibly, but that only lasted for a short-lived moment. He straightened his back and said, “That’s fine.

smiled and lowered her

a genius to understand that she was somewhat avoiding her. His eyes

opposite Rachel. He supported his chin with his elbow that

How have you been?” He wanted to ask where Rachel had been in the past four years. It was the kind of curiosity that had been eating him alive by keeping him up all night, thinking where she could have been. But seeing that Rachel was fine from across the table, Roger didn’t think

been fine.” Rachel smiled and looked up at

good to know.”

a while, the waiter served their orders, interrupting

on the table. They were all

the way he was treating and boring his gazes at her, and it seemed to be more obvious than

lot has changed during these years. Oh, wait! Do you remember our literature teacher back

literature teacher in high school? Rachel recalled but only vaguely thought of someone standing on the platform, with his

literature teacher. Moreover, this teacher had been the bridge to Rachel and Roger

were always taken as the model compositions by the literature teacher. The two of them were always called together by the teacher, either

of those traditional male teachers who taught literature, he always carried a straight face and was