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.

the test than he had, he was naturally curious as to

to get to know

was why he ended up following Rachel

the best school, but his

the second best school caused quite a

was, perhaps, not as good as it was made out

how the two

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

sharing the top spot at the school; this was also when they

so much that you don't

but it was more out

was Rachel's

gone abroad.Seeing you here is quite

back a few days

glanced at the bags she was carrying and

Are you heading home

little

seen each other for so many years; in fact they barely knew each other that well, but here he was offering her a ride with

made no

original Rachel knew Roger;

on my own," she politely declined his

can't carry all these things on your own, right? And it's quite inconvenient for you now,

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

mean by that?" she said

watched as Roger's eyes widened in realization

spoken without thinking, and now it was too

knew that he knew

took a step back, staring

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

Roger said, but couldn't find any other words

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

help but feel

down, she suddenly

was the same

remained silent.She just looked him up and down,

up in the CEO Office,

was tranquil, the

the paused video on the computer

like to watch it again?"

already watched the video

Victor's face was impassive.

he was thinking, or to gauge

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

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

left the video

maids had slandered Rachel behind her back, and had

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

idly and let the maids degrade her further, both of

this as