Stuck in you

'You piece of shit!' Eric cursed himself in his heart and trod slowly, hoping to disappear completely behind Rachel.

Jack was greeted by a queer countenance on Eric's face as he drifted past Rachel. Ignoring the strange expression, he pointed towards his watch and asked Rachel, "Rachel, do you wish to go back?"

Rachel took a deep breath, and then she blurted, "Well, yes. And, thank you."

Jack frowned slightly and said, "You don't have to thank me, ever. And by the way, Hiram didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Lea's ears perked up as she heard Jack's words. "What happened?" she inquired. She wore a perplexed expression on her face as she threw a cautious look towards Jack and Rachel simultaneously.

Michael, who was standing right behind Jack, was amazed by Lea's delicate features. He waggishly started whistling.

Lea was bewildered by his actions. As soon as Michael felt her burning eyes on him, he started whistling even louder. 'Just wow! I wonder how a girl like Rachel friends with such an alluring person,' Michael thought and chuckled to himself.

When Eric, who previously wished to disappear off the face of the earth, witnessed the ongoing events, his face turned a darker shade of red. He bellowed at Michael, "Shut up or else you'll face my wrath."

Michael smiled slyly as he saw the look on Eric's face. "Oh, it's you."

He then threw a casual glance at Eric's hand as he raised his eyebrows in astonishment and uttered, "Is your hand still attached to your body?"

"I swear!"

"Michael!" Eric and Jack yelled at the same instant, but Jack's hoarse voice clearly trumped Eric's. Michael looked over his shoulder in astonishment.

"Don't mess around with him," Jack said aloofly.

With a dubious expression, Michael made an unimpressive effort of saluting Eric and said sarcastically, "My apologies, boy."

"You bastard!" exclaimed Eric, as he clenched his fists in utter rage. "Who do you think you are? I am not a kid, you moron!"

"I shall have none of this anymore!" Rachel stated affirmatively as she pulled Eric back. Lea joined the duo, and she tried to comfort Eric. "Don't worry, we won't be talking to this man anymore," she said in absolute disgust.

Soon Jack had Rachel's undivided attention to him as she questioned, "Is there anything you wish to tell me, Jack?"

Jack threw her a serene look and said, "Do you want to go back with me or not? I'll gladly give you a ride."

"No, thanks for the offer, but we…" Rachel stuttered.

my car is nearby. I'll give you a ride," Jack insisted. He locked eyes with Rachel expecting

his constant bidding. She wondered whether it was appropriate to discuss the matter

with you as I am heading towards my parents' house," Lea stated, her voice filled

briskly rotated her cell phone in between her fingers and said, "Give me a call when you

what Lea said, and the true meaning of her subtle words came to her like an epiphany. She made a mental note of calling Lea later to apprise her of the

already made up his mind of leaving with Lea. But before he could join

down. But then, he gave in

from there onward raised red flags. Out of the blue, he

his sister riding shotgun with Jack. He stood motionless

but to sit in the back seat of the car. The idea of sharing the

was about to jump inside of the car when he heard a man yelling barbarically, "You better get in soon, boy. Or else some

a chill ran down his spine as he heard these unsettling words. He promptly got in the car. Fortunately for him, the seat of the Land Rover

was amused by Eric's reaction. He wondered how the personalities of

onto the road, Rachel reminded him, "Can we drop my brother's place first? He lives

long

relieved when he heard his sister's voice. He wanted to shed a tear of joy but maintained

was met by an awkward silence as

said. He informed her that Eric might have had something to do

as she had safely gotten

extent human beings could go to quench their thirst of worldly desires,

that she had to be cautious. After all, the occurrence of recent events almost cost Eric his

was convinced that Jack allowed Eric to leave solely based on the fact that he was her

liked to play with fire, and thus, weren't the ones who did things by

that hadn't Jack come here today, she would have been at Hiram's mercy and would have been forced to

her, it all

made a promise to herself that she'd never step foot inside any bar ever

head, recalled the happenings of the tiring day. He pondered the motive behind Hiram's preposterous actions and thus, deduced that his vexation towards him might have been

the fact that Hiram's cousin was one of the people who had forced Celine to drink. He chuckled to himself when he thought about how he had punished Eric that night. Not

long, Hiram's cousin and MK Group went neck

sleeves. He, with his shenanigans, made sure that Hiram's cousin would

it was actually Hiram who was pulling

the bidding war. It

property from right under his nose, he swore vengeance. Although he was enraged with Jack, he arbitrated that the

it quite difficult to swallow his anger towards Jack. Though his cousin bullied Jack's woman,