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!"

large order comprising of three meals and headed

was earlier

screamed inwardly. 'Turns out Jack

eat noodles from Green Leaf Restaurant, but it was

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

the alley. Jack, who was walking beside her, wondered whether the restaurant was there

meters, and the road ahead became

with mouth-watering food were situated consecutively. Countless tables and chairs were present on the street, and

street lamps were shining dimly. The aroma from all the restaurants amalgamated into a single odor which smelled

Rachel started to regret.

'Alas!

him to a place

a waste of a brilliant opportunity!' I should have asked him to take me to

I

was Green Leaf Restaurant. It was Lea who had

that, Rachel had come to this

buy her food, Rachel thought of

to why she brought him to such a place when she

food from such

with Rachel. And besides, he'd never have a chance of eating here again, so

seemed to know the way to the dining area and went

hesitating for a second, Jack followed suit. There was assemblage of people all

packed with individuals. The aroma of

couple. A pile of

two steaming

to avoid

his hands and didn’t spill any of the soup. The green onion present

smelled

many delicacies before, the whiff of the onion soup smelled like no

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

bar served noodles and wontons, each with sweet sauces. There wasn't any particular type of food that was being provided. Jack threw a quick glance at the menu that exhibited the price of a

was Rachel's turn to order. Jack followed behind her. She had somehow lost her appetite; therefore, she just

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

her bowl from the chef and went out. Jack took his eyes

over, both of his hands carrying

among the horde. He then finally found her sitting

food from a greasy snack bar and holding two bowls, he

her head, trying to suppress her laughter. The thought of Jack in a place like this