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.

Rover that was earlier parked downstairs was no

screamed inwardly. 'Turns out Jack has arrived even

eat noodles from Green Leaf Restaurant, but it was hard to find the alley where it

finally found a place to park his car. Since he couldn't take his car inside the alley, he had

let them to the alley. Jack, who was

and the road ahead became

food were situated consecutively. Countless tables and chairs were present on the street, and masses of people were lined at

dimly. The aroma from all the restaurants amalgamated

Rachel started to regret.

'Alas!

taken him to a place

waste of a brilliant opportunity!' I should have asked him to take me to the most expensive restaurant in Ninwell

I

her mind was Green Leaf Restaurant.

that, Rachel had come to this place

buy her food, Rachel thought of the food

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

never eaten food from

the thought of dining with Rachel. And besides, he'd never have a chance of eating here again, so he thought to make the best of

way to

second, Jack followed suit.

peak dinner time, and the restaurant was packed with individuals.

pile of cutlery and crockery were racked

man who led the queue was 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

avoid colliding with the

balanced the bowls in his hands and didn’t spill any of the soup. The green onion present in the soup left a trail

smelled quite

of the onion soup smelled like

sauces in the boiling soup

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 bowl of noodles and wontons.

behind her. She had somehow lost her appetite; therefore, she just ordered a bowl

a pot. A couple of minutes later, he collected them from the pot, put some seasoning and scallion into

her bowl from the chef and went out. Jack took his eyes off her as she made her way towards

came over, both of

trying to find Rachel among the horde. He then finally found her sitting at

leather shoes while buying food from a greasy snack

of Jack in a place like this truly felt as if he