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.

other people to know what

proposed that they stayed far away from each other

and aggrieved. She was scared that they wouldn't get back together again. She felt

Jack's eyes. She had a premonition once that he would

being? It's clearly just an excuse!'

thought that Jack might have gotten bored of her. It was a sad thought but it was a reality she had to accept. His marriage played a huge

to various occasions together

he doesn't love Rachel, he

typical home wrecker? And when he gets tired of me, he's going to discard

that this day would come sooner or later, given that Jack was a married man. However, she had

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

would not have begged him to stay, if she knew what to do with their

crying, he left her on her own. She cried and cried until she felt less burdened by her emotions. She must have cried a

treated her so coldly, she

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

all kinds of complex emotions. Jack had

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

looked down

still a little restrained and reserved. Just like the way she was when she was first brought into this circle by Jack. But now that she had become more mature and experienced, she knew how to hide her true emotions

They were all in the same age

mood was gradually

that there would be a fireworks display later and that they would be

to fix her makeup. Then, she received a call from her

matter? Did

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 city life. In fact, she was

coming home? We're going to prepare you a nice dinner!" Celine knew that her mother was trying

kindness. But when she heard her mother's local accent, she was

Celine could hear her mother's deep sigh. "Please take good care of yourself, Celine." Her mother sounded so disappointed. She must be heartbroken that her daughter could not come

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

her

embarrassed of her family background, let alone

that she could

living an indulgent and extravagant life for the past few years.