Captivation: Want Nothing But You novel Chapter 37

Rachel pursed her lips and stared at Victor through red-rimmed eyes.She hated Victor so much, but she was trying her best not to let it show.She was straining so much to hide her feelings that her eyes were close to popping right out of their sockets.

Victor had never seen Rachel look at him this way. In the past, she always looked at him like a love-struck fool.Her eyes always shone, full of admiration.But now, her gaze held nothing of that sort.

Although she came so close to dying just now, she was still very calm.

It was bizarre.

It was like she had been possessed, like someone else was talking and acting through her.

Her hard gaze made Victor uneasy for a moment there, but soon enough he came to his senses and the coldness returned in his eyes.

‘Possessed? Come on, Victor.You are letting your imagination run wild.That’s impossible! She is just playing you.Women like her are incapable of change" 

"What’s the matter?"

Victor barked, narrowing his eyes at Rachel.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you have anything to say in your defense? Stop acting like the victim here! My patience has run out; I can’t even stand the sight of you! Get out! I never want to see you again! Go back to hell, where you belong."

Rachel didn’t move at all.She only clenched her fists to her sides.

A threatening look crossed Victor’s face.

"Ivan," he called.

"I am not leaving," Rachel said calmly, not taking her eyes off Victor.

She seemed determined to stay here and face him, despite his best efforts to drive her off.

Victor was stunned by her nerve.

"What did you just say?"

His face flushed and the veins on his temples bulged, as he was filled with red-hot anger.The temperature in the office seemed to drop by several degrees, and it had nothing to do with the wind blowing through the open window.

Rachel was too thin and delicate, looking like a sudden gust of wind could blow her away.

Yet there she stood before him, her back straight and her mouth set in a hard line.

She took a deep breath and repeated calmly, "I said I am not leaving!"

And the truth was that she couldn’t! She had made a promise to save the Bennet Group.

If she left now, it would soon be in shambles.

The old Rachel’s soul would still stick around pestering her, and she would never be able to get her own revenge.

"Rachel, don’t forget that I am in charge here! It’s not up to you to decide if you leave or stay! Don’t try my patience any more.Do you really think that I would think twice before I throw vou out of the window?" Victor turned to Ivan.

"Throw her out of the window," he ordered in a deep voice.

Ivan nodded and strode towards Rachel.

She sidestepped to avoid being captured, but the pain that shot through her had her gasping out loud.

"Of course I decide whether I stay or not! Victor, we had a deal! You said that if I passed the interview, I could work here and you would temporarily suspend the liquidation of the Bennet Group!"

I did pass the interview, so the choice is mine!"

She paused for a second, before she added,"Is that how you run your company? The CEO of the mighty Sullivan Group is not a man of his word? If this is who you want to be, fine by me."

She stopped talking, her mouth becoming a hard line again and she looked at Victor with one eyebrow raised.

Ivan gasped at her words.

She was the only person that ever dared talk to Victor like this.

In a few short sentences, she managed to challenge Victor’s integrity and honesty.