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 it true that I

Austin didn't know how to respond to his

like this lately? Is

kept silent for a while, trying to weigh in his words and how dangerous the topic

"Go ahead."

having quarrels with Miss

had been stirring up his anger lately, and

the past six months and it was

careful not to make any sound that Austin might hear from the other

to apologize," said Austin, sensing the heaviness of

a long chat with her friend, Rachel was about to lie down and sleep when her mobile phone buzzed again. A

call. I was

at it closer. She checked the message's log once more to make sure that she was not

message surprised her, she

always thought that people should

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

between Jack and his woman. If he decided to make trouble for Eric, she would find another way to deal

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

coming.

That night, she didn't

She couldn't forgive Jack. It was hard for her to believe he loved her after putting

turned into regret, but nobody

panic. She called Jack to apologize, but his

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

before him, Jack's eyes glittered. With pursed

words made her tears rush down instead. "I can't come?" Her voice cracked as she tried to hide her

"Stop it." He let out a deep breath and continued, "I didn't mean that. When did

help but feel his heart ache. He could never endure seeing her

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

wound on Eric's hand finally healed a few days after. It was time for him to check out from the hospital. Coincidentally, today was the day Lea

Lea set foot on her motherland, she couldn't

dragging her suitcase and laughing while on

face were enough to catch everyone's attention. She did not care, though, as she was too deep into the call. She only hung up until she left the

the trunk. After telling the driver her home address, she called