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.

people to know what had happened between her and

had proposed that they stayed far away from

and aggrieved. She was scared that they wouldn't get back together again. She felt so many emotions all at once

longer arouse a trace of pity in Jack's eyes. She had a premonition once that he

It's clearly just an excuse!' she thought

thought but it was a reality she had to accept.

love between Rachel and Jack, but they can go to

doesn't love Rachel,

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

She knew that this day would come sooner or later, given

in tears, but he didn't give a damn about her anymore. Instead, he left her with a message. He told her that she should figure out a way to

to stay, if

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

her so coldly, she already knew that their relationship was

was looking back on it, she was not so heartbroken when Jack decided to break up as she

of

thought that she was smart to not have fully trusted Jack. She felt lucky to have been given so much, but at the same time, everything that she owned

to her? All those people that she looked down on, and all the people she had belittled. All

and reserved. Just like the way she was when she was first brought into this circle by

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

was

and that they would be invited to the open-air balcony to watch the fireworks

went to the bathroom to fix her makeup. Then, she received a call from her mother, asking

Did

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

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,

by her mother's sincerity and kindness. But when she heard her mother's local accent, she was completely annoyed. "I've just been very busy lately. I'll come

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

her eyes with her fingers. "I 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

phone back to her

was terribly embarrassed of her family background, let alone

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

for the past few years. She didn't want