Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Carson slowed his car and narrowed his eyes at the man.He remembered seeing him before, it was just taking him a little while to remember his name.

"Isn't he one of the children from the Jimenez family? What is his name again?" he murmured to himself.

The man in question was Roger.He came to stand in front of Rachel with a warm smile, and said in a gentle voice, "Long time no see, Rachel."

Rachel looked up at him in confusion.She had a feeling she knew who he was; she just couldn't remember.

"You're…" she trailed off as a gust of strong wind blew, splashing raindrops against her face and clothes.

She blinked away the water and in that instance, she remembered.

"Roger, right?" she said with a small frown.

There had always been a saying in the business world of Apliaria, "When a Sullivan met a Jimenez, there was bound to be a tug-of-war."

Both families were powerful, with years of deep history and solid foundations.

Roger was the perfect idea of what a successor of the Jimenez family should be.

Even though Roger and Victor had very little dealings with each other, people often compared the two families.

It wasn't because they were rivals; it was because of the different paths in life that each had taken.

Victor had been an illegitimate child, born out of wedlock.

His mother had passed away when he was very young, leaving him in the care of his grandmother.

When he'd been growing up, he was very rarely seen at social occasions held by the upper-class families.

At the age of 14, he'd been sent to study abroad.

In direct contrast, Roger was seen as a golden child.

Growing up, he'd had the best of the best in everything.He'd had the best education, the best care, and a good family life.

He'd been a valued, respected member of society, and by the time he'd become a man, people always referred to him as a perfect gentleman.

Roger and Rachel knew each other because they'd attended the same high school.

They'd taken the Senior High School Entrance Examination in the same year, around about the same time, and Rachel had scored 0.5 points higher than Roger.

She was the highest ranked student in Apliaria that year.She could have attended any school she liked; including the first-rank senior high school.

And she probably would have, if it hadn't been for Alice.

Alice had applied too late and was put on the waiting list, behind the last applicant to the school.

Caroline and Alice tried just about everything to get her into the school.

They even went so far as to play on Rachel's emotions and persuade her to give up her place to Alice.

In the end, Rachel had agreed.

She gave up her spot and chose to attend the second best high school in Apliaria.

heard that someone had scored higher on the test than he had, he was naturally curious as to who this person

get to know the

why he ended up following Rachel to

gone to the best school, but his curiosity

caused quite a

school in Apliaria was, perhaps, not as good as it was made out to

the two of them became

the same class, they knew enough about each

thing for them to take turns in sharing the top spot at the

much that you don't recognize me?" Roger asked,

but it was more out of courtesy than anything

Rachel's

you here is

a few days ago,"

bags she was carrying

you buy so much food? Are you heading home now? Would you like me to give

looking a little confused at his

for so many years; in fact they barely knew each other that well, but here

made no

the original Rachel

my own,"

carry all these things on your own, right? And it's quite inconvenient for you

immediately narrowed her eyes at him.He didn't

do you mean by that?" she said

as Roger's eyes widened in realization

was too late for him

that he knew she

a step back, staring suspiciously at

and the servants at the Sue Garden.Roger had just returned from abroad; how did he know

couldn't find any other words

not when she was looking at him like he'd reveled one of her

couldn't help but feel irritated with

down,

the same

him up and down, her lips pouted in

the Sullivan Group, up in the CEO Office, tensions were starting

the overall impression of the office was that it was tranquil, the oppressive feel of

video on the

to

watched the video

Victor's face was impassive.

to tell what he was

just as they'd been

was paused on the scene of the dismissed maid shouting at Rachel,

had collected the footage and left the

slandered Rachel behind

the Sullivan

had merely stood idly and let the maids degrade her further, both of them

this as her