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 eyebrows. "Is

Austin didn't know how to

lately?

silent for a while, trying to weigh in his words and how dangerous the topic could get. "Mr.

"Go ahead."

having quarrels with

been stirring up his anger lately, and he would

fights for the past six months and it was always

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

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

her friend, Rachel was about to lie down and sleep when her mobile

call. I was emotionally

log once more to make sure that she

surprised her, she

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

her feel ridiculous. She decided to

made up her mind. She would no more interfere with the relationship between Jack and his woman. If he decided to make trouble for Eric, she would find another way to deal with

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

door as soon as she heard someone coming. She had been drunk and home alone ever since she decided to

been off because she knew that he would call. That night, she didn't want to see him. She didn't want

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

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

She called Jack to apologize, but his

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

Jack's eyes

made her tears rush down

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

his heart ache. He could

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

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

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

sight of a beautiful airline stewardess dragging her suitcase and

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

her luggage into the trunk. After telling the driver her