Stuck in you

Jack kicked the man hard. He dropped onto the floor, writhing in pain.

Seeing this, Rachel was overcome with emotion. Jack approached, bent down, and removed the tape which covered her mouth.

Both of her hands were tied behind her back. With a straight face, Jack carefully but swiftly removed the shoelaces that bound her.

When the laces were removed, an overwhelming feeling of relief came over her. Her eyes welled up with tears.

She felt so lucky. Jack had come just in time.

She remembered how terrified she had been when the three men had said that they would leave her here to die.

She thought about the horrible reality of being thrown away like garbage and with no one knowing where she was.

After successfully freeing her, Jack helped her to her feet. Rachel croaked, "Thank you."

In a low voice, he said, "Seriously? Why so formal with me?"

Rachel opened her mouth and looked up only to find his sour face. He put his arm around her waist, and together, they walked toward Michael. That was when he noticed that something was wrong with her feet.

Frowning, he asked, "What's the matter with your feet?"

Rachel tried to rotate one foot, and a sharp pain shot up her body. It turned out that she had sprained her ankle.

Determined not to be a burden, she clenched her teeth and tried to move her foot again. It hurt even more than it had moments ago.

Awkwardly, she explained, "I think I sprained my ankle. It hurts too much. I can't walk."

Michael kicked the man who was on the floor. When he was sure that the man was unconscious, he turned his head. He saw Jack putting Rachel's arm around his neck and then carrying her with both arms.

Although he knew that it was inappropriate at the moment, Michael couldn't help but let out a loud whistle.

'That's my bro. Way to go, Jack!' he thought.

"Let's go," Jack said.

"Are we going back the way we came?" Michael asked.

Jack replied, "That's our only way out. The gate is locked."

He had found out, while they had been searching for Rachel, that there was no way to open the gate.

"Let's go downstairs first."

the three assailants on the floor. Jack, still carrying Rachel,

burning up to the door of the banquet hall. Now, after the short moment that they had spent upstairs, everything on the first floor was in

around them. All the curtains that had been on the

path that they had walked through earlier was now engulfed in flames. Choking on the smoke, Michael fell back in shock. Coughing, he yelled, "Damn it! What the

hold on Jack and

her stand on her feet. Holding onto his

know what they've poured over here, but it ignites upon contact with fire. The three men

flames. There was

to run back up the

the call. "Let's go. It's still possible to go through the flames now. Let's go

off the floor.

what she was feeling was highly inappropriate at the moment. In an attempt to hide her flushed face, she lowered her head and pressed her face against Jack's

was she

her in his arms. When she pressed

of the men was conscious now and was anxious to wake his companions but did not

three simply ignored him and passed him by. They headed straight to

window they had broken, were scattered on the floor. Jack and Michael carefully made their

were relieved upon hearing fire truck sirens from a

was some distance away. The crowd could not easily see them, and there was no guarantee that anyone would hear

hurriedly took out his phone and called

and with watery

been holding her this whole time, felt

in a low voice, "Put

down toward the floor and supported her back with his left hand until she could steady herself. When it was clear that she could

of the situation they were in or for some other unknown reason, but

informed him that Rachel had been found. He then filled him in on

her hand still hurt slightly. When she turned to look at it, she found

Jack was alarmed. He asked, "What

everyone else had successfully left the villa. She was the

her hand. She said,

How careless of her!

to get away, and no one had known that she was

words

was clear that he did not want to talk about it now. Without a word,

steadied her.

him breathed a sigh of relief. The fire truck had arrived. Upon learning that they were fine, Rick felt glad. It was as if it was he himself who had escaped death. Without delay, he ran to the firefighters to figure out

held it to his ear. When he noticed the nervous look in her eyes, he

How is Rachel? I want to talk

each other. He cleared his throat and