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.

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

quite fazed by his constant bidding. She wondered whether it was appropriate to discuss the matter at

go with you as I am heading

absentmindedly. Lea briskly rotated her cell phone in between her fingers and

the true meaning of her subtle words came to her like an epiphany. She made a

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

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

the blue, he said,

a baby as he watched his sister riding shotgun with Jack. He stood motionless as Rachel opened the front door of the

couldn't come up with any solutions. He had no choice but to sit in the back seat of the car. The

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

words. He promptly got in the car. Fortunately for him, the seat of the Land Rover was sizeable enough for two people

for the journey, was amused by Eric's reaction. He wondered how

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

threw her a long look and then

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

journey was met by an awkward silence

earlier said. He informed her that Eric might have had

considered herself quite fortunate as she had safely gotten away from

and outs of how the society operated after she had closely witnessed the extent human beings

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

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

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

it all turned

made a promise to herself that she'd

his 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 based on his conduct towards his so-called cousin. He was also assured that

himself when he thought about how he had punished Eric that night. Not only Eric, but

long, Hiram's cousin and MK Group went neck to neck and bid for the same

a trick or two up his sleeves. He, with his

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

everything under control and devised an effective plan to win the bidding war. It wasn't even in

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

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