Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Joey silently held onto Rachel’s finger as if his life depended on it. Such action made Rachel know that he was still worried.

Therefore. Rachel gently touched his head and bent down to level Joey’s eyes. Then, she raised her other hand and slightly crooked her little finger. “Let’s make a pinky agreement.”

Joey’s eyes lit up when he heard these words. He excitedly hooked his little finger to Rachel’s, and said in a serious tone, “You can’t go back on your promise.”

“If I go back on my promise, I will become a puppy,” Rachel replied with a smile. It had been their tradition to make a pinky agreement. Joey believed in it more than he believed in Rachel’s verbal promises because she had never broken a pinky agreement, not even once. Back then, the other children of in the alliance teased Joey for this reason. They laughed at him and said that even signed contracts could be breached. So pinky agreements weren’t credible at all.

But no matter what they said, Joey kept believing in pinky agreements. It was started by Abby and Rachel. How could he not believe?

The three guys had different thoughts as they watched Rachel and Joey had their moment. Luke was still in shock, while Carson seemed to be in deep thought. He touched his jaw with his thumb, squinting his eyes as if he found something interesting.

On the other hand, Victor remained expressionless.

that he would go out for a smoke. Just like that, Rachel and

spoke. It was awkwardly quiet that the two could hear the footsteps outside. With her back to Victor, Rachel could feel his intense gaze. It was hard to keep ignoring him in this situation. Taking a deep breath, she decided to sort out the bed to keep herself busy. She also checked the time on her phone every once in a while

suddenly broke the silence in the ward, saving her from an awkward

screen of her phone. Without

hospital?” Somehow, Andy’s familiar’s

see the entrance of the in -patient department. Her eyes fell on

I’m still here,” Rachel replied calmly. No one could possibly guess that she wasn’t as calm as she appeared to be. When Rachel learned that Jack fainted and he might have lung cancer, she didn’t panic at all. And when she saw Joey crying hard for the first time,

it was all because of

did the doctor say?” Andy asked. “He’s fine. He just caught a slight cold.” As Rachel spoke, she closed her eyes and inhaled deeply, ending her words with a smile. “That’s good.” There was a brief silence before he added, “But Miss Bennet, it’s not a good idea for Joey to

Besides, the Sullivan Group has a lot of things recently. He has caught a cold and had a fever only a few days after he went to the Sue Garden. Should

she

to take Joey back, she must find a good way. One mistake and the

you’re putting

thoughts were running through Rachel’s mind, but she calmed herself down and asked Andy, “Well, you didn’t call me just

hide anything from

law firm has just accepted a relatively difficult case. The

to pry into Andy’s life, she knew that he was now part of a large law firm in Apliaria and had made a name in the legal profession. Andy had only accepted a few cases in the past two years, but all of those were relatively difficult cases. Since Rachel came back to take over the Bennet Group again, Andy had been helping her sort all the information regarding the company, causing his work to be delayed. So she couldn’t

I can’t do it yet. I have to retire on the day when I become the chief partner.”

lighter and lighter. “When will you come back? Can you attend the shareholders