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.

know what had happened

far away from each other and calm down

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

in Jack's eyes. She had a premonition once that he would no longer return her calls

the time being? It's clearly just an excuse!' she thought to herself. 'He only wants to break with me once

of her. It was a sad thought but it was a reality she had to accept. His marriage played a huge

and Jack, but they can go to various occasions together

love Rachel, he still

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

would come. She knew that this day would come sooner or later, given that Jack was a

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

if she knew what to do with

cried and cried until she felt less burdened by her

treated her so coldly, she

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

all kinds of complex emotions. Jack had promised to spoil her

side, Celine 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 right now was given

those people that she looked down on, and all the people she

like the way she was when she was first brought into

worry. They were all in the same age group, so she could let herself go a little

was gradually getting

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

to fix her makeup. Then, she

Did something happen?"

They had no idea what she was doing in this city, or who she was affiliating herself with. They only knew that

just really miss 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, but the tone of her voice was

her mother's local accent, she was completely annoyed.

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

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

phone back to her purse

terribly embarrassed of her family background, let alone her

now, none of them would believe that she could be the

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