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."

raised his hand and rubbed the crease between his eyebrows. "Is it true that I often behave like

Austin didn't know how to

been like this lately? Is it

to weigh in his words and

"Go ahead."

you been having quarrels with

silence. Celine had been stirring up his anger

past six months and

that Austin might hear from the other side of the line. After seconds of silence, Jack

need to apologize,"

friend, Rachel was about to lie down

phone call. I was

stared at it closer. She checked the message's log once more to make sure that she was not having illusions. Indeed, the message was from

message surprised her, she had no

Rachel always thought that people should

Rachel's feelings made her feel ridiculous. She decided to ignore

interfere with the relationship between Jack and his woman. If he decided to make

from his four-day business trip, Jack asked the driver to send him back to

someone coming. She had been drunk and

he would call. That night, she didn't want to see him. She

felt nothing but resentment. She hated Rachel. She couldn't forgive Jack. It was hard for her to believe he loved her after putting her in

she saw a dozen missed calls the next morning, resentment turned into regret, but nobody called again. Not even a single message from

into panic. She called Jack to apologize,

come home, so she decided to

eyes glittered. With pursed lips, he asked, "What

glare and nonchalant words made her tears rush down instead.

her by her shoulder. "Stop it." He let out a deep breath and continued, "I

couldn't help but feel his heart ache. He could never

knew this very well. She carefully lowered her attitude and tried pleasing him.

for him to check out from

as Lea set foot on her motherland, she couldn't wait to call

and laughing while on

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

trunk. After telling the