Captivation: Want Nothing But You novel Chapter 75

Surprisingly, Rachel was being cooperative.But the more she cooperated, the stranger she seemed to Victor.

"I see.You may take your leave," he said.

Ivan nodded in response before he left the office.

Slowly, Victor cast his gaze upon the floor–to-ceiling window, staring at the scenery outside; his eyes glinted with suspicion.

‘'Rachel, what are you up to?’' 

That night, in a private room of the Crown Club, several colorful lights were flashing in the room, shining on the people seated at the sofa from time to time.

Along with the lights, the deafening music went on and on..

"Hang on, what did you just say?"

Carson couldn't help but raise his voice.

He sprang to his feet, staring at Victor with widened eyes.

The moment he finished talking, the music in the room suddenly stopped, and the half naked dancers on the miniature stage also halted.

Now, the entire room fell silent.

Carson pinched himself and cried out in pain.

"Damn, that hurts! So, this really isn't a dream, huh? I didn't mishear you, did I? Victor, are you saying that you're going to be a father?" he exclaimed.

Victor raised his head to look back at him, speechless.

At the moment, it appeared as though he was staring at an idiot.

"Oh, my God! This is shocking news!"

Carson covered his face with both hands, flinging himself unto the sofa.

"Mr.Scott, Mr.Sullivan is the one who's about to be a father, not you. Why are you so worked up about this?"

Ivan really didn't get why Carson was freaking out, although, he, himself had also been utterly shocked for days since he found out about Rachel's pregnancy.

Carson glanced at Ivan and said mournfully, "How could I not be upset, Ivan? Victor is a divorced man, and yet he's about to be a father! My dad has been urging me to get married.If he finds out that Victor's about to become a father, it will make my life even more difficult than it already is! Just think how much my dad will pester me to get married after hearing about this.I don't even have a prospect of meeting a suitable woman right now!"

Ivan fell silent.

‘'You already have a woman in your arms right now…'’ he thought.

However, he couldn't speak his mind aloud.

"Hold on."

Carson shivered at the thought of how much his life would get worse in the future, but something dawned on him all of a sudden.

He turned to Victor and asked, "You got Rachel pregnant?"

Victor looked back at him without saying anything.

Carson relaxed upon realizing that.

"Oh, God, that's a relief! You hate that woman.I don't think you'd want to keep that baby."

He paused for a moment, and continued, "Wait, would you?"

"Actually, I am planning to keep the baby."

The smile on Carson's face disappeared.

He stared at his best friend in disbelief.

"You're going to keep this baby?"

While taking a sip of his wine, Victor answered concisely, "Yep."

Upon hearing his answer, Carson put on a serious face.

"Don't you loathe Rachel?"

"I do, but the fact remains that the Sullivan Group needs a successor," Victor said flatly.

He had no plans on getting married again, which meant that it was nigh impossible for him to have a child in the future.

For the time being, the Sullivan Group appeared to be stable and peaceful.

But in reality, the members of the board of directors had their own ulterior motives.

Many of them supported Victor's half–brother, Odin, to become the company's successor instead of Victor, for Odin was the Sullivan family's legitimate heir.

But to everyone's surprise, the illegitimate son, Victor, took over the Sullivan Group, disrupting their devious plans.

In addition, during the past two years since he took office, he had taken drastic measures to deprive those scheming scum of their power.

Although the company was growing and expanding further day by day, those people hardly got any benefits out of it.

They certainly harbored a lot of resentment against Victor, and none of them gave up on the idea of helping Odin take control of the company.

When Victor got married, the board members had tried to reason with his grandmother one after another in order to prevent the wedding from happening.

Because once Victor got married, it was highly likely that he would have a child.