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?"

and she had chosen to stay in Apliaria for a period to deal

Joey was safe at the Sue Garden, so she hadn't visited him, opting for nightly video calls

"Miss Bennet, you..."

aback by Rachel's

and realized

shook her head calmly and said, "I met Joey at the press conference,

I asked about his condition the moment you said he

wasn't at the press conference, but he

didn't know if Joey had met Rachel or

after her brief

"I see," he said.

fine now.The doctor said he'll fully recover after two

thoughts shifted to her earlier concern, and she

strong, isn't he? How could he suddenly

all my fault."

the heater in his room was on, I didn't enter his room.I never knew his balcony door was wide open,

filled with guilt when he thought of Joey huddled under his quilt in the

gone to check on him last night, he wouldn't have caught a

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

couldn't put her finger on what

fever lifted?" Rachel asked, doing her

at the children's department now.I don't think he ate much, so after buying him the medicine, I wanted to get him something he could easily digest, like millet porridge," Lukas