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.

was sizing Rachel up, the latter reached out her hand and said

said in the sweetest and most innocent voice she could. She even tilted her head to the side to look more

remembered where she heard her name from. She was Rick's sister, and Lucas and she had a blind

that her memory of it

and nudged

a little confused. "Nervous?

afraid of this kind of

done anything wrong, I don't have to

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

were close to make Rachel jealous, but she

moment of awkward silence between the two of them. Rachel had nothing interesting to tell her,

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

tension rose with every passing

continued for a few more minutes until Claris summoned the courage to talk. "Miss

call me Rachel,"

forgot what she was about to say midway into

with her purse and it

to say, Rachel broke the silence and said, "What's up? You don't have to worry, you

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

and it caused an image to flash in her mind. She remembered where she had seen her before. "Rachel, aren't you Mrs. Fu?" Claris asked with a

at her. She wasn't

reminded Claris of a lot of things.

several

partner, Jack. He was an important guest,

and that was

but her relationship with her husband was not good. Moreover, she was so close to Lucas. This could really ruin her chances of

since childhood and

she couldn't believe they were just friends. There was no way that

the two of them were. The look in their eyes were enough to make anyone think of them as

her emotions that it

calm as she was minutes ago. She seemed like she was off in her own world, unaware of

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

it, the angrier she got. Claris couldn't take it anymore and blurted out the question she had been dreading

had said. Rachel was startle by the

twitched and she stuttered to explain. "What I meant to say was...what do you

know if Claris' question got any easier to answer. She was too embarrassed

assume the wrong thing, and she also didn't want to sound like there really

all honesty, he checked all the boxes in her criteria of choosing her boyfriend. She even thought that if she managed to solve her meaningless marriage, she and Lucas could finally

dream had disappeared from her mind some time ago. She always thought that she would feel sad when