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 naturally curious as to who

get to know the girl who had

up following Rachel to the second best

but his curiosity about

second best school caused quite

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

two of them became

class, they knew enough about each other to end up in a friendly,

for them to take turns in sharing the top spot at

I changed so much that you don't recognize me?" Roger

it was more out of courtesy than anything

Rachel's

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

a few days

was carrying and tipped his chin

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

Roger, looking a little

many years; in fact they barely knew each other

no

top it off, the original Rachel knew Roger; not

be alright on my own," she politely declined

carry all these things on your own, right? And it's quite inconvenient for you now, isn't

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

mean by that?" she said

as Roger's eyes

was too late for him to fix his

knew that he knew she

took 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

find any

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

couldn't help but feel irritated

staring him down, she suddenly remembered his

was the same as

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

up in the CEO Office,

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

video on the

like to watch it

watched the

Victor's face was impassive.

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

remained fixed on the screen, just as they'd

paused on the scene of the dismissed maid shouting at

collected the footage and left the video for

Rachel behind

mother of the Sullivan

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

used this as her last