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.

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

wanted to get to know the girl who

up following Rachel to the

have gone to the best school, but his curiosity about her got the better of

the second best school caused

in Apliaria was, perhaps, not as good as it

two of them

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

spot at

that you don't recognize me?" Roger

at him, but it was more out of courtesy than anything

was Rachel's

you

got back a few days

the bags she was carrying and tipped

you heading home now? Would you like me to

little confused at his

she could recall from Rachel's memories, they hadn't seen each other for so many years; in fact they barely knew each other that well, but here he was offering her a ride

no sense to

off, the original Rachel

my own," she politely

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

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

do you mean by that?" she said

watched as Roger's eyes widened

now it was too

that he knew she was

step back, staring suspiciously

only people who knew she was pregnant were Caroline, Alice, Abby, Andy and the servants at the

find any other

at him, not when she

help but

Rachel was staring him down, she suddenly remembered his

the

up and down, her lips pouted

up in the CEO Office, tensions were starting

that it was tranquil, the oppressive feel of fury

video on the computer screen to

to watch it

the

Victor's face was impassive.

impossible to tell what he was thinking,

on the screen, just as they'd

was paused on the scene of the dismissed

the footage and left the video for Victor to

behind

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

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

this as her last