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.

you a ride," Jack insisted. He

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

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

phone in between her fingers and said, "Give

her subtle words came to her like an epiphany. She made a mental note of calling Lea later to

Lea. But before he could join her, Jack threw a

by what Jack said. He locked eyes with him refusing to back down. But then, he

raised red flags. Out of the

as helpless as a baby as he watched his sister riding shotgun with Jack. He stood motionless as Rachel opened

next move but couldn't come up with any solutions. He had no choice but to sit in the back seat of the car. The idea of sharing the car seat with a person

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

Land Rover was sizeable enough for

was also accompanying them for the journey, was amused by Eric's reaction. He wondered how the personalities of the siblings could be so contrasting to each

lot and onto the road, Rachel reminded him, "Can we drop

her a long look and

He wanted to shed a tear of joy

journey was met by an awkward

that Eric might have had something to do

as she

society operated after she had closely witnessed the extent human beings could go to quench their thirst of worldly desires, and heard some

After all, the occurrence of

leave solely based on the fact that he

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

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

all turned out just

to herself that she'd never step foot inside any bar

thus, deduced that his vexation towards him might have been based on his conduct towards his so-called cousin. He was also assured that whatever Michael had said was

drink. He chuckled to himself when

and MK Group went neck to neck

trick or two up his sleeves. He, with his shenanigans, made sure that Hiram's cousin would lose the

behind the bidding, it was actually Hiram who was pulling strings, even though he had

and devised an effective plan to win the bidding war. It wasn't even in his wildest dreams that Jack would sabotage

long time. When he found out that Jack had stolen the property from right under his nose, he swore vengeance. Although he was

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