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."

Jack, still carrying Rachel, headed down the stairs

Rachel, the fire was small. It had only been 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

smoke billowed around them. All the curtains that had been on the windows had burned and

smoke, Michael

her hold on Jack and said softly,

stand on her feet. Holding onto his arm to

over here, but it ignites upon contact with fire. The

meant that everything outside was now surely in flames. There was no way

was to run back up the stairs. A

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

Rachel off the floor. Together, the three

was highly inappropriate at the moment. In an attempt to hide her flushed face, she lowered

happening? Why was she feeling

as he could with her in his arms. When she pressed her face against his chest so quietly,

conscious now and was anxious to wake his companions but did not expect Jack and his companions to be

ignored him and passed him by. They headed straight to

found themselves at the entrance to the most conspicuous balcony. Shards of glass, from the window they had broken, were scattered on the floor. Jack and Michael carefully made their way past the sea of glass and approached

from a distance. Outside the villa, a crowd had formed and

the balcony where they stood was some distance away. The crowd could not easily see them, and there was no

hurriedly took out his phone and

windows rose up and reached them where they stood. Choking and with watery

holding

in a low voice, "Put

his right arm down toward the floor and supported her back with his left hand until she could steady herself. When it was clear that she could stand without

or for some other unknown reason, but Jack's thoughtful gestures were magnified infinitely in

he informed him that Rachel had been found. He then filled

narrow escape. The palm of her hand still hurt

her swollen ankle, Jack was alarmed. He asked, "What happened to you? You

seemed that everyone else had successfully left the villa. She was the only one who was unfortunate enough to be

at her hand. She said, "I fell

How careless of her!

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

find words to express his

it now.

arms and steadied her. "Your feet hurt. You

with 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

Marcus' phone as he held it to his ear. When he noticed the nervous look in her eyes, he asked Michael

Lea. How is Rachel?

He looked at Jack and Rachel, who were leaning against each other. He cleared his throat and handed Rachel