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 had, he was naturally curious as to who this

to know the girl who

ended up following Rachel to the

school, but

second best school caused quite a lot of scandal

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

the two of them became

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

became a regular thing for them to take turns in sharing the top spot at the school; this was also

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

it was more

was Rachel's friend,

thought you'd gone abroad.Seeing you

few days

she was carrying and tipped his

did you buy so much food? Are you heading home now? Would you like me to

a little confused at his proposition.She couldn't

years; in fact they barely knew

no

the original Rachel knew

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

on your own, right? And it's quite

immediately narrowed her eyes at him.He didn't have

mean by

Roger's eyes widened in realization

now it was too late for him to

he knew she

back, staring

the servants at the Sue Garden.Roger had just returned from abroad; how did

said, but couldn't find any other words to

him, not when she was looking at him

but feel

Rachel was staring him down, she suddenly remembered

was the same

looked him up and down, her lips

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

was that it was tranquil, the

from the paused video on the computer

would you like to watch

already watched the video

Victor's face was impassive.

was impossible to tell what he was

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

video was paused on the scene of the dismissed maid shouting at Rachel, while Olivia stood by and did

had collected the footage and left the video for Victor to

had slandered Rachel behind her back, and

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

maids degrade her further, both of

used this as