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.

on the test than he had, he was naturally curious as to who this person

get to know the girl who

why he ended up following Rachel to the second

but his curiosity about her got the

to attend the second best school caused quite a

the best school in Apliaria was, perhaps, not

was how the two of them

each other to end up in a friendly, ongoing

to take turns in sharing the top spot at the school; this was also when they started talking

I changed so much that you don't

was more out of

Rachel's friend,

you here

a few days

glanced at the bags she was carrying and tipped his chin

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

her eyebrows at Roger, looking a little confused at his

in fact they barely knew

made no sense

it off, the original Rachel knew Roger; not

my

own, right? And it's quite inconvenient for you

Rachel immediately narrowed her eyes at him.He didn't have to say what he meant;

mean by

eyes widened

it was too late for him

knew that he

took a step back, staring suspiciously

were Caroline, Alice, Abby, Andy and the servants at the Sue Garden.Roger had just returned from abroad; how did he know

Roger said, but couldn't find any other words

when she was looking at

but

Rachel was staring him down, she suddenly remembered his surname,

the

remained silent.She just looked him up and down, her lips

the CEO Office, tensions were starting

impression of the office was that it was tranquil, the oppressive feel of fury hung heavy in

the paused video on the computer

would you like to watch

already watched the video three

Victor's face was impassive.

he was thinking, or to

the screen, just as

on the scene of the dismissed

footage and left the

evidence that the two maids had slandered Rachel behind her back, and had then provoked

was the mother of the Sullivan Group's future successor was to defend herself, and

further, both of them would have surely suffered from whatever gossip would

this as