Stuck in you

"Damn it! Why can’t I ask you? If I can’t, then who can?" Eric snapped.

The cluster of people gathered behind Eric couldn’t help but poking him on the shoulder. "Hey!"

Eric turned around and asked in an aggravated voice, "What’s with you?"

"Can you lower your voice? They all are looking at you." reminded the girl wearing a light grey baseball coat.

Eric was flabbergasted as he realized that his high-pitched voice had attracted the attention of innumerable people. A shade of red appeared on his pretty face. He felt embarrassed as he said in a hushed tone, "Sorry. Thank you for reminding me."

"You’re welcome." The girl grinned from ear to ear. Her sparkling teeth caught Eric’s attention, and he blushed.

"Rachel! Who on earth do you want to go out with?"

Eric continued to ask.

At that moment, Rachel, who was followed by Jack, came downstairs. "Jack Fu," she answered.

The person on the other end of the line was silent for a moment. Before hanging up, he cursed, "Fuck."

Eric didn’t have the guts to compete against Jack.

He had vowed to find out as to who was bold enough to ask Rachel out. But when he knew it was Jack, he could do nothing. When did he resurface again in her life?

Eric had no intentions of going back and having an encounter with Jack as he was no match for him.

He was beaten up so severely that Jack's name haunted him. He felt as if he was less of a being whenever he encountered Jack.

"Hey! Hey!" A soft, gentle voice was heard from behind. Still exasperated from the thought of Jack, Eric turned around and was greeted by a bright smile which portrayed a row of gleaming, white teeth. His sour mood immediately lightened, and he smiled readily.

He then cleared his throat and asked in a soft voice, "What’s the matter?"

The girl in the baseball coat raised her head. "Move forward; you are blocking us."

Only then did Eric realize that there was no one in front of him, and the people behind were glaring at him.

He took a big step forward.

The girl took out her phone and sent a message to her friend.

"Damn it! There is an idiot in front of me!"

feeling quite hungry. He purchased a large order comprising of three meals and headed towards home. As expected,

Rover that was earlier parked

inwardly. 'Turns out

Restaurant, but it was hard to

steering through several streets, Jack finally found a place to park his car. Since he couldn't

out of the car, Rachel let them to the alley. Jack, who was walking beside her, wondered whether the restaurant

walked further ten meters, and the road

tables and chairs were present on the street, and masses

all the restaurants amalgamated

Rachel started to regret.

'Alas!

shouldn’t have taken him to a place

I should have asked him to take me to the

though I have

restaurant came to her mind was Green Leaf Restaurant. It

had come to this place

offered to buy her food, Rachel thought of the food here

still couldn’t figure out as to why she brought him to such a place when she

food

he'd never have a chance of eating here

to know the way to the dining

followed suit. There was assemblage of people all passing

restaurant was packed with individuals. The aroma

pile of cutlery

waiting anxiously for his food. As soon as the waiter brought two steaming hot soup pots from the window, the glutton paid for the meal and carried his food

aside to avoid colliding with the

insatiable man perfectly balanced the bowls in his hands and didn’t spill any of the soup. The green onion present in the

smelled quite

the onion soup smelled like no other. His stomach growled

of various sauces in the boiling soup further enhanced the mouth-watering

any particular type of food that was being provided. Jack threw a quick glance at the menu that exhibited the price of

Jack followed behind her. She had somehow lost

chef picked some fresh wontons and tossed them into a pot. A couple of minutes later, he collected them from the pot, put some seasoning and scallion into the bowl, and scooped some soup. His smooth actions pointed out to the fact that he

and went out. Jack took his eyes off her as she made her way

over, both of his hands carrying a

among the

him wearing handmade Italian leather shoes while buying food from a greasy snack bar

The thought of Jack in a place like this truly felt as