Captivation: Want Nothing But You novel Chapter 509

 "Ten seconds..."

Rachel would be lying if she said she I wasn't surprised.

"Roger, leaving Apliaria isn't a simple matter.Don't you think you're being rash about this?"

Roger looked at her straight in the eyes and smiled.

"Ten seconds isn't rash to me."

Rachel pursed her lips.

Roger would give up everything he had in Apliaria just to be with her.

Never in her wildest dreams did she think he could do such a thing.

Roger was the only successor of the Jimenez Group.

Ever since he came back, his father had gradually handed over the leadership of the company to him.

Everyone in the business circle knew Roger would eventually take over after his father's expected resignation in two years.

Only a foolish person would give up everything for a woman who might not even accept him in the end.

The Jimenez family had only two direct successors in line, Roger and Clara.

Clara was a doctor and wasn't interested in the family business.

If Roger left, their cousins would definitely fight their way to take over the company.

They might even force their father to hand it over to them.

Roger cared about his family so much.

He wouldn't be so quick to abandon his parents like this.

"Roger, you might've misunderstood."

Rachel thought he wouldn't choose her over his family, which was why she was taken aback by how easily he had decided to leave everything to be with her.

She wasn't pleased, relieved, or moved by it.

Instead, her heart sank.

If she just let Roger make such a reckless decision, she would blame herself and feel guilty.

She felt like being put on the spot.

How could she possibly accept him if it entailed abandoning everything he had?

 "I'll say this for the last time." She looked at Roger seriously.

"I will leave Apliaria for good, and not just to take Joey on a vacation.Don't you understand?"

"I do."

"Then why are you..."

Before Rachel finished her words, Roger put his hand on her head and patted it gently.

"I know what you are worried about."

Rachel wasn't used to him being affectionate toward her, but she didn't avoid his touch.

After he was done speaking, she pulled his hand off and said, "Then you shouldn't make such a rash decision.You are the only successor of your family, and your parents have entrusted you with everything."

"I don't have to be the successor," Roger said as if it was just a simple matter.

"But you are the only son of your parents." Rachel closed her eyes in frustration.

She didn't know if she should be annoyed with Roger's stubbornness or her hypocrisy because she wasn't sure anymore if she was trying to dissuade him for his sake or to relieve her guilt.

"You can't just leave them like this.They are not getting any younger, Roger.Do you think they will accept it?"

Roger lowered his head to meet Rachel's eyes and looked straight at them as he said, "I know, Rachel.I've considered all of these before I made the decision.Now, I want to ask you one thing."

Rachel could hear the faint beating of her heart.

"What is it?"

Without taking his eyes off her, Roger asked, "Everything you said just now, were they true?"

Rachel felt conflicted.She didn't know what to tell him.