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!"

quite hungry. He purchased a large order comprising of three meals and

the black Land Rover that was earlier parked

'Turns out Jack has arrived even

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

Since he couldn't take his car inside the alley, he had to

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

and the

and chairs were present on the street, and masses of people were lined

aroma from all the restaurants amalgamated into

Rachel started to regret.

'Alas!

shouldn’t have taken him to

opportunity!' I should have asked him to take me to the most

I

Green Leaf Restaurant.

had come to this place from time to

of the food here and asked

figure out as to why she brought him to such a place when she could have gone to

had never eaten food from such

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

the way to the

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

and the restaurant was packed with individuals. The aroma

greeted the couple. A pile of cutlery and crockery were racked

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

stepped aside to avoid colliding with the ravenous

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

smelled

of the onion soup smelled like no other. His

sauces in the boiling soup

snack bar served noodles and wontons, each with sweet sauces. There wasn't any particular type of food that was being provided. Jack threw

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

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 had complete command over his

from the chef and went out. Jack took his

came over, both of his hands carrying

trying to find Rachel among the horde. He then

wearing handmade Italian leather shoes while buying food from a greasy snack bar and holding two bowls, he would surely hit

Jack in