Stuck in you

His voice trailed off as he realized he hadn't told Michael and the others that he and Rachel had been living together.

Jack thought Rachel might feel embarrassed. He tried to change the subject and alleviate their suspicions. "We'll drop you off on the way home. Would that be fine with you?" he asked.

"You don't have to. I came with Lucas, and he'll drive me back," Rachel politely refused.

Jack had heard from Rick that she did come here with Lucas.

In truth, he was trying to tell Rachel that they could go back home together later.

But to his dismay, she refused without a hint of hesitation.

His face twitched, but he tried to hide his disappointment from Rachel. "So where is he right now?" he asked.

Rachel didn't know how to answer that because she herself didn't know where Lucas was right now.

"If you can't find him, I can drive you home," Jack offered again.

Marcus noticed that some people were approaching them. He tapped Jack's shoulder to catch his attention. "We should find somewhere more private. There are a lot of prying eyes and ears here," he whispered to Jack.

More and more people would come and mingle.

Soon they would be surrounded by people that would flock around them like flies. Marcus didn't want to endure that kind of trouble.

Rachel didn't exactly say yes or no to Jack's offer.

Now she had no choice but to leave this place with them first.

Celine was only here because of Rona. If not for Rona, she would not be able to come here as she was not invited.

Claris and her brother had different friends. She had just come back from abroad, so she was eager to invite her new friends over for a night of fun.

Thankfully, Claris was a welcoming and gracious host. She even allowed her invitees to bring their own friends along if they wanted to. Rona didn't even know Claris, at least not personally. She had the chance to be here because her father was invited by Rick. She brought Celine along to at least have one friendly face along with her.

Rona knew that Celine was not having the best of times. She thought that Celine needed to unwind and just let loose. A party would help Celine relieve some of her stress.

Most of Claris' guests were girls, and many of them came from overseas. Celine hardly knew these girls and she felt quite relieved.

to know what

stayed far away from each other and calm down for a

they wouldn't get back

longer arouse a trace of pity in Jack's eyes. She had a premonition once that he would no longer return

clearly just an excuse!' she thought

thought but it was a reality she

Rachel and Jack, but they can go to various

he doesn't love Rachel, he still won't

when he gets tired of me, he's

sooner or later, given that Jack was a married man. However, she had wished

her, she begged him to stay. She even broke down in tears, but he didn't give a damn about her anymore. Instead, he left

stay, if she knew what to do with

She cried and cried until she felt less burdened by her emotions. She must have cried a river of

treated her so coldly, she

she was looking back on it, she was not so heartbroken when Jack decided

too sad to cheer herself up. Her heart was filled with all kinds of complex emotions. Jack had promised

she was smart to not have fully trusted Jack. She felt lucky to have been

her? What would those people do to her? All those people that she looked down on, and all the people she had belittled. All of them would try to

the way she was when she was first brought into this circle by Jack. But

anyone here so she didn't have to worry. They were all in the

mood was

display later and that they would be invited to the open-air

Then, she received a call from her mother, asking whether she could

matter? Did something happen?" she

small town. They had no idea what she was doing in this city, or who she was affiliating herself with. They only knew that their daughter was very busy with the hustle and bustle of the

you. When will you be coming home? We're going to prepare you a nice dinner!" Celine knew that her mother was trying to sound happy,

accent, she was completely annoyed. "I've just been very busy lately. I'll come home when

seconds, but Celine could hear her mother's deep sigh. "Please take good care of yourself, Celine." Her mother sounded so disappointed. She must

got it, Mother. I'm a grown woman, you don't have to worry so much." Before her mother could have said another word, Celine dropped the call. She was too annoyed to hear more of her mother's

her phone back to her purse and continued retouching

embarrassed of her family background, let alone her low

her now, none of them would believe that she could be the same country bumpkin that she

life for the past few years. She didn't want to go back to