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.

want other people to know what

proposed that they stayed far away from each other

plan ridiculous. She was angry and aggrieved. She was scared that they wouldn't get

pity in Jack's eyes. She had a premonition

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

It was a sad thought but it was a reality she had

between Rachel and Jack, but they can go to

love Rachel, he still won't

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

come sooner or later, given that Jack was a married man. However, she had wished that it could have been later rather

break up with 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 her with a message. He told

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

left her on her own. She cried and cried until she felt

so coldly, she already knew that their relationship

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

up. Her heart was filled with all kinds of complex emotions. Jack had promised to spoil her and give her everything that

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

she looked

she was first brought into this circle by Jack. But now that she had

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

mood was

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

her makeup. Then, she received a call from her mother, asking whether she could come visit them some

matter? Did

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 too

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

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

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

rubbed 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

back to her purse and

of her family background, let alone her

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

been living an indulgent and extravagant life for the past few years. She didn't