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.

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

to know the

he ended up following Rachel to

best school, but his curiosity about

to attend the second best school caused quite

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

was how the two

in the same class, they knew enough about each other to end up

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

changed so much that you don't

at him, but it was more out of

Rachel's

you here is quite unexpected,"

a few

at the bags she was carrying

heading home now? Would you like

looking a little confused at his proposition.She

as 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

no

original Rachel knew Roger; not

thank you.I'll be alright on my own," she

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

at him.He didn't have to say what he

do you mean by that?" she

Roger's eyes widened

was too late for him to

knew that he knew

a step back, staring suspiciously at him

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

Roger said, but couldn't find any other

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

help but feel irritated

staring him down, she

was the same as

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

in the CEO Office, tensions were

overall impression of the office was that it was tranquil,

looked from the paused video on the computer screen to

like to watch it

already watched the video three

Victor's face was impassive.

what he was thinking, or

screen, just as they'd been since

of the dismissed

and left the video for

evidence that the two maids had slandered Rachel behind her back, and had then provoked her until she'd

announced that she was the mother of the Sullivan Group's future successor was to defend herself, and the reputation of her

stood idly and let the maids degrade her further, both of them would have surely suffered from whatever gossip would have

this as