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.

out

said in the sweetest and most innocent

hands, Rachel remembered where she heard her name from. She was Rick's sister, and

on that banquet that her memory of it was a

beside her and nudged on her

at her, a

most afraid of this

wrong, I don't have to panic,"

didn't have anything snarky to reply 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

close to make Rachel jealous, but she didn't see any different reaction from

nothing interesting to tell her, and Claris

say anything. Claris couldn't think of anything snarky to say anymore. She was also intimidated when she saw

with every passing

continued for a few more minutes until

call me Rachel,"

see," Claris stuttered. She forgot what she

with her purse

Rachel broke the silence and said, "What's up? You don't

how reassuring she was. She never would've thought the woman she despised

caused an image to flash in her mind. She remembered where

smiled and nodded at her. She wasn't really

reminded Claris of a lot of things. She had been

out several things

about his brother's business partner, Jack. He was an

siblings had also investigated his background, and that was why they had also invited Celine

that, Claris suddenly 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

they had been friends since childhood and worked in the same hospital. She knew Lucas had been a great friend of Rachel, and that they had been taking care

was

when she saw how intimate the two of them were. The look in their eyes were enough to make anyone

her emotions that it became harder to

She seemed like she was off in her

that she was looking at somewhere far off. 'What is

she got. Claris couldn't take it anymore and blurted out the question she had been dreading for the past few minutes, "Rachel, what's

Rachel was startle by the words that

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

question got any easier to answer. She was too embarrassed to answer, and thought about

wrong thing, and she also didn't want to

all honesty, he checked all the boxes in her criteria of choosing her boyfriend. She even thought that if

mind some time ago. She always thought that she would feel