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.

higher on the test than he

wanted to get to know the

following Rachel to

school, but his curiosity about her

best school caused

the best school in Apliaria was, perhaps, not as good as it was

the two

enough about each other to end up in a friendly, ongoing competition for first

the top spot at the school; this was also

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

him, but it was more out of courtesy than anything

Rachel's friend, not

abroad.Seeing you

got back a few days ago," Roger

was carrying and tipped his chin

so much food? Are you heading home now? Would you like

eyebrows at Roger, looking a little confused at his proposition.She couldn't

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

made no

the original Rachel

my own,"

all these things on your own, right? And

at him.He didn't have to say

mean by that?" she

eyes

now it was too late

that he knew

took a step back, staring suspiciously

Alice, Abby, Andy and the servants at the

Roger said, but couldn't find

staring at him, not when she was

but feel

down, she

was the

remained silent.She just looked him up and

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

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

the paused video on

you like to watch it again?" he

already watched the video three

Victor's face was impassive.

was thinking,

eyes remained fixed on the screen, just as they'd been

on the scene of the dismissed maid shouting at Rachel, while Olivia stood

had collected the footage and left the video for Victor

that the two maids had slandered Rachel behind

the mother of the Sullivan Group's future successor was to

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

used this as her