Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Rachel was stuck in the archive room all night long.

When the clock struck nine the next morning, a group of people including Ivy thundered into the room.

Ivy put her hands on her waist as she said, "Time is up.I need those materials right now!"

The smug smile on her face showed that she was sure Rachel wouldn’t have completed her task.Rachel stifled a yawn and pointed to the nearest corner.

"They’re right there," she said in a flat tone.

Ivy turned to look at the corner and saw two middle-sized cartons.

As they were not sealed yet, she could see they were full to the brim.

The smile froze on Ivy’s face.

This couldn’t be! That kind of workload would take three people a week to finish.

How could Rachel tackle it in such a short time? She glared at Rachel.

"That’s impossible! How did you finish all that so quickly?"

Rachel leaned back and crossed her arms.She looked at Ivy with one eyebrow raised.

"So you are aware that the task you assigned me was too much for such a short deadline?"

Her voice was light, as if they were having a friendly conversation.

Ivy looked stunned for a moment and just a little bit guilty.

She snapped out of it quickly though and retorted, her voice raised as if that could make her seem more confident.

"Nonsense.It was just a figure of speech.Anyway, you’re not fooling anyone.Do you think you can just stuff random documents into the boxes? I will check them all, one by one.If I find anything amiss, I will report you to Mr.Sullivan! Then you can kiss your job goodbye!"

"Be my guest," Rachel replied, shrugging and waving her hand towards the boxes.

Seeing Rachel so calm and composed, Ivy was on high alert.She had endured the disdain and contempt of the upstairs employees too long.

It wasn’t easy to get out of this depressing, underground archive room and finally have the authority to order someone- Rachel, that is – around, just like everyone else had done to her before.

‘Rachel should just be a good dog and do as I say!’ Ivy thought, fuming.She gritted her teeth and barked an order to the people behind her.

the documents were stacked on a nearby desk and

"This is outrageous,"

murmured, looking a tad

rest her eyes a bit as Ivy and

breath, though, she smiled and

incapable of doing something

ready to burst from anger.She gave Rachel a look full of hate and stormed

sound of her high heels on the tiled floor became more and more distant, triumph flashed in

been assigned this impossible task,

spent twenty-two hours straight sorting documents and writing yearly

had been honed during the three years she had spent in

documents during her incarceration,

case, she wouldn’t have been able to finish all that work

exhausted, her eyes feeling heavier by the minute, so, unsurprisingly, she ended up falling asleep right there on the

to say that Rachel

up again, as she had failed spectacularly in her

that all the departments of the company needed all kinds of help

she finished one assignment for a certain department, another one would

been stored in that room for many, many

so hard that in the past week, she had only been back to the Bennet family’s house once and stayed for only a few minutes, just enough to shower and grab some

Knock, knock, knock.

a hoarse voice, "There is a list on that basket over there.Write down what you

week that it came out as

"Miss Bennet…"

at the door, she noticed that Rachel seemed like she had lost a lot of weight in just

eyes stung by the tears threatening to spill

documents and

what are

carrying

her eyes betrayed her, letting her tears

was really worried for

woman had always been thin, one of those lucky people that had trouble putting on weight even if they wanted

just a week

was pale and the dark circles under her eyes were more prominent than

haven’t been home for two days and I was worried.I made you something

Abby had decided to visit Rachel at work, she had no idea she would find her

the Bennet family, born and raised in

out for this