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

that was earlier parked downstairs was

screamed inwardly. 'Turns out

noodles from Green Leaf Restaurant, but it was hard

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

let them to the alley. Jack, who was walking beside her, wondered whether the

meters, and

Countless tables and chairs were present on the street, and masses of

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

Rachel started to regret.

'Alas!

shouldn’t have taken him to

have asked him to take me to the

though I

to her mind was Green Leaf Restaurant. It was Lea who

Rachel had come to this place from time to

offered to buy her food, Rachel thought of

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

eaten food

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

to know the way to the dining area

suit. There was

packed with individuals. The

couple. A pile of

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

avoid colliding with the ravenous

didn’t spill any of the soup. The green onion present in the soup left a trail of

smelled

the onion soup smelled like no other. His stomach growled

sauces in the boiling soup further enhanced the

Jack threw a quick glance at the menu that exhibited the price of a bowl of noodles and wontons.

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

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 had complete command over his

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

both

were fixated on trying to find Rachel among the horde. He

if people saw him wearing handmade Italian leather shoes while buying food from a greasy snack bar and holding two bowls, he

trying to suppress her laughter. The thought of Jack in a place like this truly felt as