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 locked eyes with Rachel expecting her to agree with

wondered whether it was appropriate to discuss

to go with you as I

her cell phone in between

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

his mind of leaving with Lea. But before he could join her, Jack threw a dirty look towards him and stated affirmatively, "You are going with

was dumbfounded by what Jack said. He locked eyes with him refusing to back down. But then, he gave in to his fear and reluctantly

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

with Jack. He stood motionless

sit in the back seat of the car. The idea of sharing the car seat with a person other than his sister did not amuse

to jump inside of the car when he heard a man yelling

the seat of the Land Rover was sizeable enough for two people to be sitting on

amused by Eric's reaction. He wondered

steered the car out of the parking lot and onto the road, Rachel reminded him, "Can we drop

a long look

was quite relieved when he heard his sister's voice. He wanted

of the journey was met by an

informed her that Eric might have had

considered herself quite fortunate as she had safely gotten away

the ins and outs of how the society operated after she had closely witnessed the extent human beings could go to

be cautious. After all, the occurrence of recent

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

with fire, and thus, weren't the ones who did things by the book. Rachel was clear that these men wouldn't let

have been at Hiram's mercy and would have been forced

all turned out

she'd never

deduced that his vexation towards him might have been based on his conduct towards his so-called cousin. He was also

drink. He chuckled to himself when he thought about how he had punished Eric that night. Not only Eric, but he also made an

Group went neck to neck

had a trick or two up his sleeves. He, with his shenanigans, made sure that Hiram's

Hiram's cousin was the brain behind the bidding, it was actually Hiram who was pulling strings, even though he had other businesses to attend

had everything under control and devised an effective plan to win the bidding war. It wasn't even in his wildest dreams that Jack

had stolen the property from right under his nose, he

found it quite difficult to swallow his anger towards Jack. Though