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.

someone had scored higher on the test than he had, he was naturally

to know the girl who had

he ended up following

but his curiosity

to attend the second best school caused

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

was how the two

they knew enough about each other to

the top spot at the school; this was also when they started talking

that you don't

him, but it was more out of courtesy

was Rachel's friend, not

you here

a few days ago," Roger

glanced at the bags she was carrying and tipped his chin

buy so much food? Are you heading home

raised her eyebrows at Roger, looking a little confused at his proposition.She couldn't understand

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

no sense to

original Rachel

be alright on my own," she politely declined

carry all these things on your own, right? And

him.He didn't have to say

you mean

eyes widened in

without thinking, and now it was too late for him

he knew she

step back, staring suspiciously at him the entire

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

find any

not when she

couldn't help but feel

was staring him down, she suddenly remembered his surname,

the

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

the Sullivan Group, up in the

was tranquil, the oppressive

from the paused video on the computer screen to

to

watched the

Victor's face was impassive.

he was thinking, or to

screen, just as they'd been

the scene of the dismissed maid shouting at Rachel, while Olivia

footage and left the video for

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

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

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

this as