Stuck in you

Although Jack's words seemed harmless, Rachel was on alert after the previous incident. She kept wondering if something was wrong and secretly checked herself again.

Pretending not to notice her suspicious eyes, Jack leaned back and looked out the window. Even his profile looked cold and handsome, hard to get close to.

Francis' engagement banquet was held on the second floor of Seaside International Hotel. When Jack and Rachel reached the venue, they found that it looked grand and magnificent. On the first floor, there was a thick red carpet leading from the entrance to a heart-shaped door to welcome the guests.

The two of them followed a waiter upstairs. Just before the last step, Jack suddenly stopped, took Rachel's wrist, and linked arms with her.

Rachel's heart skipped a beat, but she had no time to think about it as Jack immediately resumed walking forward, pulling her along with him.

When they entered the banquet hall arm in arm, they drew the attention of many people.

It was a western-style party, so all of the guests were drinking and happily chatting with each other.

Jack and Rachel walked in quietly without making an entrance, but as soon as they arrived, the host of the party was informed.

Francis raised his eyebrows and waved the messenger away. Then, with his fiancee, he walked over to the guests who had just arrived.

"Mr. Fu, here you are! Mrs. Fu, long time no see..." Francis snapped his fingers as he greeted them, summoning one of the waiters. Then, he took two glasses of champagne from the tray in the waiter's hand and handed it to them, his eyes lingering on Rachel for a moment.

Then, he introduced his fiancee to both of them before taking Jack aside to talk to him privately.

Francis' fiancee, Wendy Wen, was a sweet and beautiful girl. Although she never treated people differently based on their identity and status, she knew that there was a difference between a normal guest and a distinguished one.

Soon, the other guests at the party began to notice Rachel. They didn't know her as she had seldom taken part in these occasions.

A group of them went up to Wendy to greet her, and then fixed their eyes on Rachel. Noticing the shift in their gazes, Wendy warmly introduced Rachel to them. "This is Mrs. Fu."

Upon hearing that the woman standing in front of them was Jack's wife, the expressions on their faces changed. They immediately went over to her and greeted her with warm smiles.

Wendy, who was supposed to be the star of the banquet, was pushed to the side and awkwardly neglected all of a sudden.

As for Rachel, she didn't know any of the socialites who were enthusiastically greeting her, so she felt a little embarrassed by the sudden attention on her.

Most of the socialites seemed good-natured and tried to include Rachel in their mellow conversation, but Rachel felt awkward and out of place.

However, they all just continued talking as if they hadn't noticed Rachel's discomfort.

Wendy, who had been left outside this circle, felt a little embarrassed after seeing the attention shift to Rachel. She quickly looked around for her fiance but he was nowhere to be found.

She hesitated for a while and wondered what to do. In fact, she could see that Rachel wasn't enjoying the attention at all.

was trying to be as polite as

their eyes, her cold and distant attitude made her

to do, a soft voice

standing nearby with a meek expression on her face. She immediately walked away from the crowd, and it wasn't until a second

her apology, they all just nodded understandingly

was out of sight, however, they began whispering among

she can't keep a man

Mr. Fu has a secret lover and seldom goes back

her attitude. How can she act like she's above us? Humph, she would just

women said, "Hush. You're all correct, but I think it's better not to talk about this in public. But I'm looking forward to their

decided to find a quiet place to sit where they could gossip about this matter at length. Meanwhile, Rachel and Wendy had already walked to the other side of

dinner at a round table. At such parties, there was no need to drink or walk around to greet

almost nothing about the people here. If they were just having a traditional dinner, she wouldn't

they kept approaching her and making small talk, which was hard for a

thing Wendy did after sitting down was rub her ankle, and a trace

did you sprain your ankle?" asked Rachel

up and nodded, pursing her lips in embarrassment. "It hurts, but

reason, Rachel felt that

could put her finger on it, however, Wendy asked,

smiled and said, "My

was surprised to hear this. Then she nodded and flashed

couldn't help but think that Wendy was a

clouded her heart as she thought about everything that

the people at this banquet did not have

about Rachel's identity, they had ignored the legitimate hostess of the party and surrounded

they only cared about their own interests, how

sitting in silence for ten minutes, Rachel set her glass of champagne down

been to keep a low profile and leave once the banquet was over.

things were

entertaining the guests, or walking around with her

been forgotten in

"Miss Wen, why aren't you mingling with the

appeared on Wendy's face.

and soft, like thin ice on the surface of a pond

surprised to hear this.

hostess? However, considering that she had also met Wendy only minutes ago,