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.

Roger had heard that someone had scored higher on the test than he had, he

to get to know the girl who

ended up following Rachel to the second

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

attend the second best school caused

was, perhaps, not as good as it

was how the two of

they weren't in the same class, they knew enough about each other to end

spot at the school; this was also when they started talking to each other

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

was more

Rachel's friend, not

thought you'd gone abroad.Seeing you here is quite unexpected," she

got back a few days ago," Roger

the bags she was carrying and tipped

Are you heading home now?

Roger, looking a little confused at

each other for so many years; in fact they barely knew each other that well, but

no

original Rachel

be alright on my own," she politely declined his

all these things on your own, right?

didn't have to say what he meant;

mean by

watched as Roger's eyes

now it was too late for him to fix

knew that he knew

step back, staring suspiciously at him

were Caroline, Alice, Abby, Andy and the servants at the Sue Garden.Roger had

but couldn't find any other

was staring at him, not when she was

help but feel irritated with

staring him down, she suddenly remembered his

was the

him up and down, her lips

the

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

looked from the paused video on

would you like to watch it

the video three

Victor's face was impassive.

to tell what he was

screen, just as they'd been since the first playthrough

video was paused on the scene of the dismissed maid shouting at

collected the footage and left the

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

reason Rachel had announced that she was the mother of the Sullivan Group's future

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

this as her