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."

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

to respond

this lately? Is it because

to weigh in his words and how dangerous the topic

"Go ahead."

having

had been stirring up his anger lately, and he would

having such fights for the past six months

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

need to apologize," said Austin, sensing the

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

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

message's log once more to make sure

her, she had no idea what he

apology was totally useless. Rachel always thought that people should

feelings made her feel

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

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

soon as she heard someone coming. She

he would call. That night,

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

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, but his indifferent attitude made her

home, so she decided

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

Jack's cold glare and nonchalant words made her tears rush down instead. "I can't come?" Her voice cracked as she

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

couldn't help but feel his heart ache.

lowered her attitude and tried pleasing him. She

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

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

stewardess dragging her suitcase and laughing

face were enough to catch everyone's attention. She did not care, though,

a taxi and put her luggage into the trunk. After telling the driver