Stuck in you

What Jack said made Rachel red with rage, as if somebody had slapped her. Both of them hung up at the same time.

She took a deep breath trying to calm down, but instead let out a forced laughter. 'What is wrong with me? Why should I get involved in this sort of thing in the first place?

This is insane!' she thought.

After all she had done for him, his mistress felt wronged and he immediately called her to lash at her. Rachel regretted offering to help him.

Her sullen mood made her want to just doze off. She was about to lift the quilt when her phone lit up, breaking the darkness in her lonely room.

The sound of the unending vibration and the sight of a familiar phone number made Rachel's heart beat faster. She slid the screen and answered the call.

From the other end of the line, a gentle voice she hadn't heard for so long filled in the silence of the night. "Rachel, were you asleep?"

As if the sound of his voice put her in a daze, Rachel blinked her eyes twice to make sure she wasn't dreaming. "Not yet," she quickly replied.

"That's great. I was afraid I'd woken you up." His gentle voice hinted of listlessness. "It's three o'clock in the afternoon here. I just got off work."

"You sound really busy," Rachel remarked, noticing the tiredness in his tone. "Please take care and get some rest."

He chuckled, "I'm fine. I had a surgery today, that's why I'm a little tired.

By the way, I will be back in a week."

Rachel's eyes widened. "Really?"

"Hmm." The joy and surprise in Rachel's voice lighted him up, as if all fatigue in his body had suddenly escaped. "Give me one more week."

Devoid of any emotion, Jack instructed his secretary to buy an air ticket for him as soon as possible so he could go and check on Celine. He had been calling her repeatedly, but her phone was off.

He closed his eyes as his fist clenched around his phone.

Cooling down, he once again rang his secretary to take his order back. "Forget it. Don't book the ticket. The schedule is still arranged as usual."

The calmness in his tone surprised even Austin Lin, his secretary. "Have you already...?" Austin Lin started but soon trailed off. After all, this was Jack's private matter.

"I'll call off the air ticket now."

between his eyebrows. "Is

know how to respond to his boss's

lately? Is it because of

in his words and how dangerous the

"Go ahead."

having quarrels with

had been stirring up his anger lately, and he would inevitably bring his

past six months and it

handrail of the stairs with his fist, careful not to make any sound that Austin might

Mr. Fu. There's no need to apologize," said Austin, sensing the heaviness of

Rachel was about to lie down and sleep when her mobile phone buzzed again.

for tonight's phone call. I was emotionally

closer. She checked the message's log once more to make

much as the message surprised her, she had no idea what

useless. Rachel always thought that people should always think thrice before

hurting Rachel's feelings made her feel ridiculous. She decided

She would no more interfere with the relationship between Jack and his woman. If he decided to make trouble for

asked the driver to send him

heard someone coming. She had been

she knew that he would call. That night, she didn't

Jack. It was hard for her to believe

the next morning, resentment turned into regret, but nobody called again. Not

Jack to apologize, but his indifferent

would tell her when Jack would come home, so she decided to wait for him in his

eyes glittered. With

nonchalant words made her tears rush down instead. "I can't come?" Her voice

"Stop it." He let out a

Celine's tears, Jack couldn't help but feel his heart ache.

very well. She carefully lowered her attitude and tried pleasing him. She graciously ran into the kitchen to

It was time for him to check

soon as Lea set foot on her

of a beautiful airline stewardess dragging her suitcase and laughing while on a

She did not care, though, as she was too deep into the call. She only hung up until

into the trunk. After telling