Stuck in you

"Is he here too?" asked Lucas. He seemed surprised from the look on his face.

Neither he nor Rachel noticed that Claris was gnashing her teeth.

'How dare they flirt with each other in front of me! Do they have no respect for me at all? What are they thinking acting so lovey-dovey in front of me?

This bitch!' Claris was so angry that she let go of Lucas' hand.

She stay behind them and listened to every word they said with contempt.

The two of them were so indulged in their conversation that they didn't notice Claris' expression.

Ever since they got here, Lucas barely paid attention to her. He was so focused on Rachel that he might've forgotten that Claris was there too.

What irritated Claris all the more was the way Lucas talked to Rachel. His voice sounded so gentle. It was completely different from the way he used to treat her, cold and distant.

The mixed feelings of envy and grief welled up in Claris' heart. She couldn't believe how angry and helpless she felt right now.

Lucas' eyes were covered with a layer of shadow. He pressed his perfectly-shaped lips together and said in a soft voice, "You wait here, and I'll go over there and take a look."

When she heard what Lucas said, Claris said, "I'll go with you!"

Lucas frowned and looked at her. "There's nothing for you to do there. You can wait here."

Claris bit her lower lip and her eyes turned red. She felt so betrayed and wronged that she was driven to tears.

Lucas saw that she was crying, and couldn't stand seeing her like this. He sighed and said in a soft voice, "You should wait here. I just need to do something, alright?"

Claris pursed her lips and reluctantly agreed.

Lucas was about to pat Claris' head when he realized something. He looked at Rachel, who was staring at him.

His face turned slightly red. He clenched his fist and pressed it against his lips to clear his throat. "I'll go have a look. Don't worry, I won't be long."

Obviously, he said these words to Rachel. Before she could say anything, Claris interfered. "Okay, don't take long," she said.

Lucas was left speechless.

Rachel didn't know what to say either. Both of them decided to just let it go.

After he left, Claris turned around to look at Rachel. The more she looked at her, the more upset she felt.

Claris would felt much better if Rachel looked ugly. But she was a pretty woman.

'Wait, why does it seem like I've seen this woman before?' she thought.

Claris was sizing Rachel up, the latter reached out her hand and said politely, "Hi, I'm Rachel

to meet you. I'm Claris Ying," she said in the sweetest and most innocent voice she could. She even tilted

where she heard her name from. She was Rick's

banquet that her memory of it was a little

sat beside her and nudged on her shoulder. "Aren't

looked at her, a little confused. "Nervous?

of this kind of

wrong, I don't have to panic," Rachel said with a faint

to Rachel this time. "I see. Well, you're not wrong," was all that she could say. To avoid being too obvious, Claris tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled at Rachel. She tried to look as friendly as possible. "Don't worry,

make Rachel jealous, but she didn't see

the two of them. Rachel had nothing interesting to tell her, and Claris was too occupied by

of anything snarky to say anymore. She was also intimidated when she

tension rose with

more minutes until Claris summoned the courage

me Rachel,"

what she was about to say midway into

purse and

trying to recall what she was about to say, Rachel broke the silence and said, "What's up? You don't have to worry, you can

surprised at how reassuring she was. She never would've thought the woman she despised could be

beautiful the side of her face was and it caused an image to flash in her mind. She remembered where she had seen her before. "Rachel, aren't you

at her. She wasn't

reminded Claris of a lot of things. She had been back from abroad for some

several things after that

gossip about his brother's business partner, Jack. He was an important guest, which made him the talk of

was why they had

felt that Rachel was a big threat to her. She was married, but her relationship with her husband was not good. Moreover, she was so close to Lucas. This could really

hadn't met Rachel, she had heard about her more than once from Lucas. She knew that they had been friends since childhood and worked in the same hospital. She knew Lucas had been a

There was no way that it was nothing more than

were confirmed when she saw how intimate the two of them were. The look in their eyes

so overwhelmed by her emotions that it became

as calm as she was minutes ago. She seemed like she

somewhere

the question she had been dreading for the past

Rachel was startle by

stuttered to explain. "What I meant to say was...what do you think of

didn't know if Claris' question got any easier to answer. She was too

the wrong thing, and she also didn't want

criteria of choosing her boyfriend. She even thought that if she managed to

mind some time ago. She always thought that she