Captivation: Want Nothing But You

"Ahem! Ahem!"

The river was flowing rapidly.

As soon as the water rushed over, it inundated Shelia, making her choke easily Victor saw how Shelia's face became paler by the moment.

His hands clenched into fists, and the blue veins on his neck became very visible.

He gritted his teeth and yelled, "Let her go!"

Unable to open her eyes because of the gushing water, Shelia had difficulty speaking.She actually wanted Victor to run away.

But the moment she opened her mouth, she was choked by water.

Soon enough, her eyes became redder.

Looking at the exasperated expression on Victor's face, Norton scoffed at him.

He thought that Victor might be strong but he was useless in this kind of situation.

"You're making me laugh, boy.Do you think that I'm a good man? Why the hell should I obey you?" With a cunning smile, Norton approached the rope, squatted down, and blew the unsteady flame. "But for the sake of you wanting to save her so much, I will give you a chance.There’s still some good in me, huh? What do you think?"

Victor could just glare at Norton.

He would do whatever it took to save Shelia.

Looking Shelia, who was in the middle of the river, Norton squinted his eyes and snapped his fingers.

Immediately after, two men behind him appeared and stood between the rope and Victor. Norton slowly stood up and looked at Victor with a wry smile.

"Here's what I'm thinking.These two are the weakest among my men.The one on my left has only killed two people, and the one on the right has killed five."

After a brief pause, Norton continued, "You want to save her, right? Knock them down!"

As soon as Norton finished speaking, the two men who had been holding Victor's arms let go of him and took a few steps back.

While playing with the knife in his hand, Norton touched its tip with his thumb and warned, "But of course, you have to hurry up.Defeat these two before the rope breaks.Otherwise, you can say goodbye to your good friend. The moment she’s washed away, I'm afraid that you won't even find her corpse.”

Looking at the flickering flame, Victor didn't care about anything else.

Time was of essence, so he quickly rushed up and fought against the two men.

Norton was a mercenary and the most popular leader the Roaring Tiger had.

Of course, even his weakest subordinates should be strong as well.

Moreover, Victor was currently badly injured.

But even in his peak state, he might not even be able to defeat one of the two weakest subordinates of Norton.

Both of them were tall and burly men that could easily flip Victor over.

Without a doubt, Victor was at a disadvantage from the very beginning.

As Victor rushed over to them, the two men punched Victor right in his abdomen one after another, and hit his back with their elbows.

Bam! As soon as he was hit, Victor staggered and struggled to stand steadily.

But because he was hit repeatedly, his strength left him, and he eventually knelt on the ground The pain of his bones being broken scattered all over his body, making him feel somewhat awake. At this time, Victor's face looked black with bruises.

He still tried to stand, not ready to give up.

However, before he could even get back on his feet, he saw another punch coming.

He was still able to subconsciously use his arm to block it, but it didn't make much difference.

As he was hit again, Victor spat out a mouthful of blood, and a tooth also fell out.

At this point, Victor's vision became blurry.

Nonetheless, he still managed to fix his eyes on the rope, which was only a few steps away from him.

It didn’t matter how many injuries he obtained.

As long as the fire was put out and the rope was grasped, Shelia’s life could be saved.

He got her into this trouble, so he was willing to do anything to rescue her.

As much as his mind wanted to go on, his body couldn't keep up any longer.

Eventually, he fell back to the ground and lost his consciousness.

“Is it raining?’

After some time, Victor was somewhat awakened when he felt droplets of rain falling on his face. He struggled to open his eyes, but his vision was still blurred.He just lay there on the ground, watching the raindrops fall. He couldn't help but wonder if he was still alive.

His consciousness hadn't fully recovered yet, so he thought that he might be dreaming.

But soon enough, the sharp pain that pierced every inch of his body made Victor realize that he was still alive.

Shelia..." Victor wanted to stand up, but he couldn't move even an inch.He could only move his hands a little bit, grabbing the mud under his hands in vain.

Trying his best, he turned his head to look at the river, only to find that there was nothing in it anymore.

There was no trace of Shelia.

"Ahem!" Victor coughed violently, spurting out more blood.

Forcing himself, he grabbed onto the soil and opened his eyes as wide as he could.

He looked at the river expectantly, as if he was waiting for something to show up.He waited for a long time.

In fact, he didn't even know how much time passed by.

But he never found the person he had been waiting.

He hoped that someone would raise her head from the river or come out from somewhere and call his name.

Due to loss of blood and the excruciating pain he was experiencing, Victor couldn't keep himself awake.

Eventually, he lost consciousness again.

When Victor woke up again, he was finally saved.

Carolyn's subordinates found him near the river.

The operation to rescue him lasted for two days and two nights.

After a doctor's diagnosis, it was found out that Victor had fractures in eight different body parts. The bones in his right knee were shattered, his chest and lungs were inflamed, and the critically ill notice was issued six times.

The first thing Victor did after he woke up was ask Carolyn to send people to look for Shelia.

He was still wearing an oxygen mask and struggled speaking.

His life was not completely out of danger yet, but all he cared about was Shelia.

Carolyn didn’t even know who Shelia was, but she could sense that she must be a very important person due to his concern for her.

Therefore, she didn't dare delay to send people to search for Shelia along the river.

The search lasted for seven days, but Shelia couldn't be found.

One week passed and there was still no news about Shelia.

All Carolyn was able to give Victor was a crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain and then dried by the sun.

Its surface was mostly covered with mud, but one could easily recognize that it was the King of Hearts.

Two years later, Victor completely recovered.

The first thing he did after fully recovering was buy a graveyard.

He put the King of Hearts card in a box and buried it under a tombstone.

There was nothing on the marble tombstone aside from the card.

There wasn't even Shelia’s name on it.

In the second year of Victor's recovery, while Karl was on a business trip, he suffered a sudden heart attack.

People still tried to rush him to the hospital, but he was declared dead on arrival. It was also in that year that Carolyn sent Victor abroad.

After two more years, he finished his studies and finally returned.

He began taking over several small companies under the control of the Sullivan Group.

In the shortest time, Victor raised the sales of these companies from a very low level to one of the top in the industry.

Since Victor was able to prove his outstanding ability, Carolyn gradually handed over the Sullivan Group to him.

At this time, Roger entered the ward where Rachel was.

There he saw her sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bow! of porridge, and coaxing Joey to eat more.

"Mommy...I can't eat any more."

Joey had been eating porridge for about half a month.

So now, he couldn't even stand the smell of porridge anymore.

Rachel sighed and had no choice but to put the bowl down

Then, she said, "Eat it again when you get hungry.”

Joey stuck his tongue out, not intending to eat it.

Then, he saw Roger standing at the door, so he politely greeted, "Mr.Jimenez."

In the past half a month, Roger came to the hospital to visit Joey from time to time.

Therefore, the kid gradually got acquainted with him.

What Joey liked about him was that Roger would bring some snacks when he came.

Although Joey couldn't eat too much, he could at least taste something aside from porridge.

Of course, Joey could only eat them in secret.

When Joey greeted Roger, Rachel turned around and was surprised to see him.

"Didn’t you say that you wouldn't come today?"

Every time Roger came here, he would send Rachel a message in advance to ask her if she wanted to eat something or if she needed something.

Although she would say no every time, he would still insist on getting her something.

Last night, when Roger asked, he said that he had an important project meeting today, so he might not be able to come.

If he could still visit, it would probably be very late already.

"Well, initially, I couldn't come.”

Looking at Rachel, Roger hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "But I got a message.”

In response, Rachel furrowed her brows in confusion.

"Rachel, Victor woke up." Roger broke the news.