Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Rachel turned her head to look at Victor but for a brief moment only.

“It may not be convenient for you to go upstairs because of your wounds. But you can use the small washroom over there so you can change your clothes and take a shower after Roger comes out,” Rachel said in a bland tone as if she hadn’t heard Victor’s question. Victor held the clothes tighter. His eyes darkened. 

“I’m fine,” he said, his voice taut.

 “I can go upstairs and change my clothes.”

“Okay.” Rachel replied frostily.

 “I’ll go now and see if Lila needs my help.”

“Are you inviting Roger to stay for dinner?” Victor couldn’t help but ask.

“Yes, I am. Didn’t you hear my invitation?”

Victor noticed that Rachel had this habit of frowning when something displeased or annoyed her. He raised his hand instinctively. He wanted to smoothen the frown lines between her eyebrows.

Rachel saw Victor’s raise hand, and she turned her head away from him. Victor pulled back his hand but not before his cold fingertips touched Rachel’s face.

 Looking forlorn at her, he said, “I’m hungry, too.”

“Carson just texted. He should be here soon,” Rachel said as she stepped backward to keep a distance from Victor. 

“If you are hungry, I’ll ask Lila to make some rice paste for you so you can eat some. When you get back to the hospital, you can eat some more.”

“I’m not going back to the hospital.” His eyebrows drawn together, Victor asked, “Rachel, are you still mad at me?”

Rachel just shook her head. 

“Then why would you want to live here? Why not in our home? Why are you driving me away?” The hurt in Victor’s voice was discernible. 

jealous.” Rachel was dumbstruck for a moment. She didn’t expect to hear the word “jealous” from Victor, and

“You are jealous?” 

here. How do you that makes me feel? If you’re angry at me,

I should tell you something. You know that the two of us

coughed, interrupting Rachel. He put a hand on

in her throat when she saw

I feel so cold,” Victor said, his voice trembling a bit.

He had coughed at a critical moment and it interrupted her as she was about to say they were divorced. And Victor had done that several times. He suddenly coughed when she and Roger were about to enter the house a while ago, and his

was too much of a coincidence that Rachel even doubted if Victor did it on purpose.

if there was anything strange with him. His face was losing color. She felt her temples throbbing. She

looked at her watch and reckoned that Carson should be on his

feel cold. You got wet in the

turned around

He stood in his place for some time before he walked to

left the meeting

Carson frowned.

He could barely get out of bed,

the armrest and walked to the door. In his haste, he bumped into

Scott, are you

put his phone in his pocket.

and pick

widened in confusion.

Sullivan?” he asked

do you

Sullivan is in the hospital. Is the matter so serious that you’d want Mr. Sullivan to leave the hospital and personally solve it?” Ivan didn’t think that whatever it was,

 After all, the Sullivan Group had gone through all kinds of ups and downs during these

I can handle it,” Carson

mouth and then said, “Victor is not in

in the hospital!”