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.

meticulously.Twenty minutes later, the documents were stacked on a nearby desk and every

"This is outrageous,"

looking

had decided to rest her eyes a bit as Ivy and the others

her breath, though, she smiled and

you’re too incapable of doing something doesn’t necessarily

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

heels on the tiled floor became more and more distant,

she had been assigned this impossible task, Rachel hadn’t moved from her

sorting documents and

the three years she had

had a lot of practice sorting out all kinds of documents during her

have been able to finish all that work in just under twenty-two

feeling heavier by the minute, so, unsurprisingly, she ended up falling

the week that followed, to say that Rachel was busy in

that Ivy didn’t show up again, as she had failed spectacularly in her attempt

seemed that all the departments of the company

for a certain department, another one would come to give

documents they asked for had been stored in that room for many, many years, so it took

been back to the Bennet family’s house once and stayed for only a few minutes, just enough to shower and grab some clean

Knock, knock, knock.

a list on that basket over there.Write down what you need, and I’ll check it

times this week that it came out as a recorded message on an answering

"Miss Bennet…"

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

eyes stung by the tears threatening to spill at

sorting documents and

are

in carrying a

anything, though, her eyes betrayed her,

really

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

lost weight in just a week and she looked tired to the

was pale and the dark circles under her eyes were

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

she had no idea she would find her in

jewel of the Bennet family, born

for this harsh, exhausting