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."

his hand and rubbed the crease between his eyebrows. "Is it true that

didn't know how to respond to

this lately?

while, trying to weigh in his words and how

"Go ahead."

been having quarrels with Miss

stirring up his anger lately, and he

for the past six months and it was always

pounded the handrail of the stairs 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 to answer in a low voice, "I have brought my personal

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

friend, Rachel was about to lie down and sleep when

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

squinted, and stared at it closer. She checked the message's log once more to make sure

she had no idea what he

totally useless. Rachel always thought that people should always

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

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

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

as she heard someone coming. She had been drunk and home alone ever since she decided to break up with Jack

that he would call. That night,

but resentment. She hated Rachel. She couldn't forgive Jack. It was hard for her to believe he loved her after putting her in

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

to apologize, but his indifferent attitude

when Jack would come home, so

he saw her standing right before him, Jack's eyes glittered. With pursed lips, he asked, "What brings you

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

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

feel his heart ache. He could never endure

tried pleasing him. She

healed a few days after. It was time for him to check out from the hospital. Coincidentally, today was the

Lea set foot on her motherland,

stewardess dragging her suitcase and laughing while on

not care, though, as she was too deep

the trunk.