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.

so much that they would be regarded as good friends.

The first time that Rachel heard the word was from Carson. It didn’t make her feel uncomfortable. Carson was

she was transported back to a time when a man and a woman came to hurt her badly. That was four years

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 felt his face flush. And now that Clara was here, the more he couldn’t say what he wanted to say. He had to find an excuse to hide his embarrassment. “Well… Clara, is Roger here with you? I think I’ll

not here. He’s in Baltimore for a month now. There’s a project there

but found her showing no interest in what they were talking about.

be here, right? I’ll go and see them since I haven’t seen them for some

and saw the disappointment in his eyes. Clara s eyes darkened. She seemed to know something but she was careful enough not to show it on

“It would be a good idea to have a good chat with them. They’d

He was a bit confounded. Clara followed Ameer with her eyes and then looked at Rachel “Ameer seems

shrugged her shoulders. It seemed that she had no intention to pursue

secretly 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

turned around so that she could rest an elbow on the railing. Looking down, she said, “Oh, I heard that you’re now the vice director. Congratulations!” Clara

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