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

she hadn't visited him, opting for nightly video calls instead.And Joey was fine a few days ago, so how could

"Miss Bennet, you..."

taken aback by Rachel's visible concern

to reality and realized she had

head calmly and said, "I met Joey at the press conference, and I like him; he is

his condition the

at the press conference, but he

know if Joey had met Rachel

after

"I see," he said.

said he'll fully recover after two days

to her earlier concern,

is pretty strong, isn't he? How could he

all my fault." Lukas

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 wide open, allowing the wind

guilt when he thought of Joey huddled under his quilt

check on him

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

put her

his fever lifted?" Rachel asked, doing her best

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