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 I often behave like this

Austin didn't know how to respond to his boss's

lately? Is it because of

his words and how dangerous

"Go ahead."

having quarrels

fell into silence. Celine had been stirring up his anger lately,

past six months and it was always him who

if losing his balance while on the height of these thoughts, he 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

apologize," said Austin, sensing the heaviness

chat with her friend, Rachel was about to lie down and sleep

I was emotionally unstable. Please forgive

message's log once more to make sure that she was not having illusions. Indeed, the

she had no

an apology was totally useless. Rachel always thought that people should always think

hurting Rachel's feelings made her feel

interfere with the relationship between Jack and his woman.

trip, Jack asked the driver

as she heard someone coming. She had been drunk and home

phone had since been off because she knew that he would call. That night, she didn't want to see

resentment. She hated Rachel. She couldn't forgive Jack. It

she saw a dozen missed calls the next morning, resentment turned into

to apologize, but his indifferent

would come home, so she decided to wait for him in

standing right before him, Jack's eyes glittered.

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

her shoulder. "Stop it." He let out a deep

tears, Jack couldn't help but feel his heart ache. He could never endure seeing her

her attitude and tried pleasing him. She graciously ran into the kitchen to make

was time for him to

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

of a beautiful airline stewardess dragging her suitcase and laughing while on a

to catch everyone's attention. She did not care, though, as she was too deep into the call. She

put her luggage into the trunk. After