Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Chapter 368: Meeting Again 

Elegance defined the woman. Her long hair was combed back and styled into a chignon. A diamond hairpin held the hair knot in place. A pair of delicate pearl earrings underscored her gentle face and the matching necklace accentuated the royal blue cheongsam that wrapped her curvaceous figure. Rachel immediately recognized the woman. It had been four years since she last saw her, yet she hadn’t changed. She looked gentler than she was in her white gown back then. “Dr. Jimenez, it’s been a long time since we last saw each other,” Rachel said. Clara had seen Rachel from a distance. She just wasn’t sure it was her. And now, standing in front of her, Clara stood transfixed.

A few days ago, Clara had heard that Rachel was still alive. Still, it felt surreal seeing Rachel with her own eyes.

“Cousin,” Ameer addressed her politely. Rachel raised her eyebrows, surprised. Clara was Ameer’s cousin?

“Ameer’s mother and my mother are sisters,” Clara explained when she noticed Rachel’s confused look. “Clara, do you know Miss Bennet?” Ameer threw an inquiring look at Clara and then turned his eyes to Rachel.

friends.” Rachel furrowed her eyebrows. She and Clara knew each other but not so much that they would be regarded as good friends. Actually, she

other’s eyes, they smiled without explaining anything For the second time that night, Rachel heard the word “friend.” She pursed her lips and looked away. The first time that Rachel heard the word was from Carson. It didn’t make her feel uncomfortable. Carson was a frivolous man. He

time when a man and a woman came to hurt her badly. That was

died at that time. Rachel had blamed herself for her death because she was not able to protect her. Since then, she had suppressed her feelings, bringing to naught any affection she would have for others. “Oh, I see,” Ameer said as he touched the tip of his nose. Thinking of what he hadn’t said to Rachel, he

then Roger would be, too. “Oh, he’s not here. He’s in Baltimore for a month now. There’s a project there that

felt embarrassed for asking about Roger. He glanced at Rachel but found her showing no

right? I’ll go and see them since I

observing every movement of Rachel and saw the disappointment in his eyes. Clara s eyes darkened. She seemed to know something but she was

here and so is Riley,” Clara said. “It would be a good idea to have a good chat with them.

a bit confounded. Clara followed Ameer with her eyes and then

It seemed that she had no intention

relieved that Rachel was not interested in Ameer. She knew that look that Ameer had given Rachel. He was looking at Rachel the way Roger had at that time. Clara had no wish that there would be another one in the family who would like Rachel. Roger was

so that she could rest an elbow

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