Captivation: Want Nothing But You

A glimmer was visible in Drake's eyes as he watched Alicia storm out of the hall.

When her footsteps faded away, he turned to look at Rachel and said, "Miss Bennet, I'm sorry.I also apologize on my granddaughter's behalf."

"That's okay, Mr.Schultz," Rachel said, casually waving the apology away.

She could tell that he was observing her, but she masked her discomfort well with a casual smile.

"She's not wrong, though—I've done many stupid things before.It's only fitting that people bear the consequences of their actions, so I don't blame her.In fact, I sincerely accept her criticism," she replied.

 Drake's eyes widened slightly in surprise.

There was no trace of displeasure on her face.

On the contrary, she seemed genuinely decent, generous, and accepting of criticism.She really seemed unbothered by Alicia's outburst.

This made him doubt the rumors he had heard about her.

"I'm impressed, Miss Bennet.You really are generous.Alicia ought to learn from you," Drake said, scanning her with an unreadable expression.

Then, he looked at Victor and said, "When I heard you had divorced, I planned to ask you what happened.However, I remembered you might be busy with work, so I decided not to disturb you with silly questions.It seems you two are back together and plan to remarry, yes?"

He asked with a dark expression.

"Mr.Schultz, Rachel is just an employee of the Sullivan Group now," Victor replied calmly.

His meaning was quite clear: Rachel was here just for work.

Mr.Schultz had presumed wrong—there was nothing between them.

The darkness in Drake's eyes vanished instantly, and so did his frown.

"I see.Again, I apologize for my Alicia.You know she has a short temper.I blame myself for doting on her too much.It's why she's childish and impolite.I'm sorry she threw a tantrum with no idea of what's truly going on."

It was the second apology he was making on her behalf, but Rachel, who raised her eyebrows, wasn't buying it.

After all, she could see these things for what they were.It seemed Alicia was still in love with Victor.

Drake still desired to marry his granddaughter off to Victor, and anything that appeared to threaten that goal would trigger his ire.

When Victor clarified that Rachel only worked for him, Drake was quite satisfied, so he asked about Victor's wellbeing, changing the topic of conversation.

More guests soon arrived at the hall, and Drake asked Victor to accompany him to welcome these guests.

It was unclear if he was doing this just to show off his favorite student to the guests or because he considered Victor his future grandson-in-law.

When the two men left to greet the guests, Rachel was all alone.

She could still feel many gazes on her.

quite interested in her, even more so after learning that she was the infamous lady of

before it seemed everyone

onlookers were

a twinkle of

were watching her with eyes full of

employed underhanded methods to fool Victor into bringing her

guests were looking at her with jealousy, disregarding the fact that she was all alone at the

being stared at like

discomfort, she spotted

Victor would ask anything of her anytime soon, so she walked to

a waiter in her path, holding a tray of

glass of orange juice from

arrived at the empty balcony,

the balustrade and looked

family's home was

splashing

delicate face, and the faint salty smell of

all alone in a place like this! Your male companion can't

resounded

teasing undertone didn't elude her

a silver-gray suit

saw his face, she

coincidence,'’ she thought, making quick calculations in

masked her caution well, smiling the moment

not wrong; my companion really isn't a

who couldn't

word with which to describe her beauty, Rachel

he couldn't help feeling a slight

her face was nigh overwhelming, but he swallowed hard and contained

hide the twinkle of passion

tonight, and it just so happens that you're all alone now, unsatisfied with your companion.We could pass the remaining time together as a couple, you

who want nothing more than to be my companion. Why should I choose

reply wasn't out

but it also implied she wasn't someone that

The man's eyes brightened.

as his desire for her had

out from the inner

Dannis Powell, the project manager of the KD Group.Do you think

and took a step back,

didn't take the card—she just looked down at it

think

Dannis frowned.

a woman was rejecting him

an international conglomerate of