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

know the girl who had beaten

why he ended up following Rachel to the

the best school, but his curiosity about her got

to attend the second best school caused quite a lot of scandal at

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

was how the two of

weren't in the same class, they knew enough about each other to end up in a friendly, ongoing competition for first

for them to take turns in sharing the top spot at the

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

smiled at him, but it was more

was Rachel's friend,

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

got back a few days ago," Roger

bags she was carrying and

food? Are you heading home now?

little

they hadn't seen each other for so many years; in

made no sense

it off, the original Rachel knew Roger; not

on my

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

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

mean by that?" she

as Roger's eyes widened in realization and

was too

he knew she

staring suspiciously at

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

but couldn't find any

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

but feel

was staring him down, she suddenly remembered his

was the

looked him up and down, her lips pouted in

Group, up in the CEO Office, tensions were starting

of the office was that it was

looked from the paused video on

like to watch

already watched the

Victor's face was impassive.

impossible to tell what he was thinking,

screen, just as they'd been since the

scene of the dismissed maid shouting

and left the video for

the two maids had slandered Rachel behind her back, and had

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

used this as