Captivation: Want Nothing But You novel Chapter 485

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. 

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

“You are jealous?” 

“Yes, Rachel, and for a good reason. You asked me to go back to the hospital but you’re letting Roger stay here. How do you that makes me feel? If you’re angry at me, let me know. Throw your temper at me if you have to. Just don’t do this to me.” Rachel narrowed her eyes. 

“Victor, I think I should tell you something. You know that the two of us have already…”

“Ahem!” Victor suddenly coughed, interrupting Rachel. He put a hand on his chest and coughed again.

Rachel opened her mouth but words were stuck in her throat when she saw Victor’s face turning face.

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

Rachel clenched her fists, still looking at Victor. 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 back even hit the railing with a thumping sound. Was that a coincidence?

That was too much of a coincidence that Rachel even doubted if Victor did it on purpose. She wondered if Victor had regained his memories.

Rachel scanned Victor’s face to see if there was anything strange with him. His face was losing color. She felt her temples throbbing. She thought that it would be more worrying if Victor fainted in front of her.

She looked at her watch and reckoned that Carson should be on his way here. Victor wouldn’t be staying for long.

With this on her mind, Rachel softened her tone and said, “of course, you’ll feel cold. You got wet in the rain. Now, go upstairs and change your clothes.”

Rachel then turned around and left the room.

Victor watched Rachel go. He stood in his place for some time before he walked to the second floor.

Carson had just finished a meeting. He had three meetings, one another after. There were some problems in the Baltimore project so they had to think of viable solutions. After everyone had left the meeting room, he took out his phone and saw the message sent from Rachel. There were also missed calls from Lukas. The message read, “Victor’s here with me. Take him back please.”