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 had happened

stayed far away from each other and calm down for

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

tears could no longer arouse a trace of pity in Jack's eyes. She had a premonition once that he would no longer return her calls and that he had suddenly

he tell me that we should separate for the time being? It's clearly just an excuse!' she thought to herself. 'He

sad thought but it was

go to various occasions together without being criticized by people

though he doesn't love Rachel,

And when he gets tired of me, he's going to discard me like some

later, given that Jack was

damn about her anymore. Instead, he left her with

if

She cried and cried until she felt less burdened

first time Jack treated her so coldly, she already knew that

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

heart was filled with all kinds of complex emotions. Jack had promised

fully trusted Jack. She felt lucky to have been given so much, but at the same time, everything

her? All those people that she looked down on,

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

didn't have to worry. They were all in the same age group, so she could let herself go

mood was gradually

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

Then, she received a call from

Did something

They only knew that their daughter was very busy with the hustle and bustle of the city life. In fact, she was too busy to

will you be coming home? We're going to prepare you a nice dinner!" Celine

was completely annoyed. "I've just been very busy lately. I'll come home when I have more time on my

few seconds, but 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

rubbed her eyes with her fingers. "I got it, Mother. I'm a grown woman, you don't have to

her purse and continued retouching her

her family background, let alone

from her hometown saw her now, none of them would believe that she could be the same

living an indulgent and extravagant life for the past few years. She didn't want to go back to her old