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 this

Flustered, Austin didn't know how to

this lately? Is it because

trying to weigh in his words and how dangerous the

"Go ahead."

you been having quarrels with

up his anger lately, and he would inevitably

fights for the past six months

with his fist, careful not to make any sound that Austin might hear from the other side of the line. After seconds of silence, Jack managed

okay, Mr. Fu. There's no need to apologize," said Austin, sensing

down and

for tonight's phone call. I was emotionally unstable. Please

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

she had no idea

an apology was totally useless. Rachel always

her feel ridiculous. She

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

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

rushed toward the door as soon as she heard someone coming. She had been drunk and

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

forgive Jack. It was hard for her to believe he loved her after

calls the next morning, resentment turned into regret, but

into panic. She called Jack to apologize, but his indifferent attitude

when Jack would come home, so she decided to wait

Jack's eyes glittered. With pursed lips, he asked, "What brings you

of words she wanted to say, but Jack's cold glare and nonchalant words made her tears rush down instead. "I can't come?" Her voice cracked as she tried to hide her pain. "Okay, I'll leave

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

but feel his heart ache. He could never endure seeing

attitude and tried pleasing him. She graciously ran into the kitchen to make him a bowl of

for him to check out from the hospital. Coincidentally, today was the

Lea set foot on her motherland, she couldn't

beautiful airline stewardess dragging her suitcase and laughing while on a phone call

though, as she was too deep into the call. She only hung up until she

put her luggage into the trunk. After telling the driver her home address,