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 headed towards home.

that was earlier parked downstairs was no

Eric screamed inwardly. 'Turns out Jack has arrived

noodles from Green Leaf Restaurant, but it was

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

the car, Rachel let them to the alley. Jack, who was

walked further ten meters, and the road

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

street lamps were shining dimly. The aroma from all the restaurants amalgamated into a

Rachel started to regret.

'Alas!

shouldn’t have taken him to a place like

opportunity!' I should have asked him to take

though I have no

was Green Leaf Restaurant. It was

Rachel had come to this place from

offered to buy her food, Rachel thought of the food here and asked him

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

had never eaten food from such a place

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

the way to

suit. There was

and the restaurant was packed with individuals. The

the couple. A pile of cutlery and crockery were racked up in

two steaming hot soup pots from the window, the glutton paid for the

avoid colliding with the ravenous

didn’t spill any of the soup.

onion smelled quite

Jack had tasted many delicacies before, the whiff of the onion

in the boiling soup further enhanced the

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

order. Jack followed behind her. She had somehow lost her appetite; therefore, she just

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

took his eyes off her as she made her

Jack came over, both of his

find Rachel among the

saw him wearing handmade Italian leather shoes while buying food from a greasy snack bar and holding two

laughter. The thought of Jack in