Captivation: Want Nothing But You

 Lukas looked at Rachel and sighed.

"If I had known what would happen, I'd have tried to stop Mrs.Sullivan “

"No," Rachel interjected softly.

"It's not your fault, nor Mrs.Sullivan's.I agreed to her request, remember? If I had known better, no matter how much Mrs.Sullivan persuaded me, I wouldn't have agreed to marry Victor.There's no need to mention what happened.It's in the past now; bringing it up is pointless."

Lukas sighed and nodded.

Then, he flashed Rachel a gentle smile and said, "It's great to see you living a good life now, Miss Bennet."

Rachel didn't reply, nor did she return his smile.

Instead, her attention returned to the bag of cold medicine in Lukas’ hand.

"Lukas, I forgot to ask you about this medicine.Did you catch a cold?"

"Oh, umm..."

Lukas looked down at the medicine bag.

"No, I don't have a cold.This medicine is not for me.It's for Joey."

‘Huh? Joey?’ Rachel's heart jolted in alarm as she asked, "What's wrong with him? Is he sick? Is he uncomfortable? When did he catch a cold?"

returned, and she had chosen to stay in Apliaria for a period to deal with the internal

believed Joey was safe at the Sue Garden, so she hadn't visited him, opting for nightly video calls instead.And Joey was fine a few days ago, so how could he suddenly get sick?

"Miss Bennet, you..."

began, taken aback by Rachel's visible concern

back to reality and realized she had overreacted to Lukas'

the

why I asked about his condition the moment you said he is

the press conference, but he

he didn't know if Joey had met Rachel or

smiled after her

"I see," he said.

fine now.The doctor said

thoughts shifted to her earlier concern, and

he? How could he

my fault."

cold, wet, and windy.Joey went to bed early last night, and because I thought the heater in his room was on, I didn't enter his room.I never knew his balcony door was

when he thought of Joey huddled under his quilt in the cold room, shivering

to check on him

all night?’ The circumstances seemed reasonable, but Rachel couldn't shake the feeling that something

put her finger on what was

fever lifted?" Rachel asked, doing her best to suppress her

department now.I don't think he ate much, so after buying him the medicine, I wanted to