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.

than he had, he was

to get to know the girl

ended up following Rachel

the best school, but his curiosity about

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

was, perhaps, not as good as it was

how the two of them became

same class, they knew enough about each other

in sharing the top spot at the

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

smiled at him, but it was more

Rachel's friend,

abroad.Seeing you

a few days

at the bags she was carrying and

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

Roger, looking a little confused at his proposition.She couldn't

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

made no

it off, the original Rachel knew

on my own," she politely

carry all these things on your own,

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

you mean

Roger's eyes widened in realization

spoken without thinking, and now it was too late for him

he knew she was

a step back, staring suspiciously at him the entire

people who knew she was pregnant were Caroline, Alice, Abby, Andy and the servants at the Sue Garden.Roger had just returned from abroad; how did he know

but couldn't find any other words to

not when she was looking at him like he'd reveled

but feel irritated with

was staring him down, she suddenly remembered his

was the same

him up and down, her lips pouted in

up in the CEO

it was tranquil, the oppressive feel of fury

video on the

like to watch it again?"

the video

Victor's face was impassive.

was impossible to tell what he was thinking, or to gauge his next

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

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

had collected the footage and left

behind her back, and had then provoked her until she'd

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

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

used this as her last