Stuck in you

Jack had asked Michael to take his cat back.

Michael had mentioned how the cat would keep scratching the door while screaming at midnight.

He had been on the verge of breaking down. Jack had asked him why he had decided to raise a cat. Michael had told him that the cat was a woman's and he was courting her.

She had been out of town on a business trip, so Michael had offered to take care of the cat for her.

Jack had chuckled at his idiotic friend's plight.

Rachel burst out in laughter after hearing Jack's comment. She was laughing so heartily that he could not help but stare at how beautiful she looked when she was laughing.

"Is it so funny?" Jack asked.

Rachel imagined how furious Michael got every time the cat would scratch at his door while he was peacefully drifting into sleep.

"No, it's not. I think the cat is really cute," she said while she was ironically trying to hide her laughter.

"Wait a minute. Rachel, do you like cats?" Jack interrupted.

Of course, Rachel didn't particularly like cats.

She just said that because of how Jack had been describing the cat. But she never said that she had no interest in raising pets.

She only said that cats were cute because she wanted to see how Jack would react. It was the perfect setup to trick him and see how far he would go.

Rachel tilted her head and acted like she was thinking about it. She even made the "Hmm" sound, to make it more believable.

"Rachel, please don't tell me you like cats too," said Jack.

"Maybe, what about you?"

Jack's smile immediately turned into a frown. When it dawned on him that Rachel might really like the furry little creature, he felt distressed.

He had zero interest in pets, let alone raising them. He tried to play it cool so Rachel wouldn't notice that he was worried.

Albeit reluctantly, he told her, "If you want, maybe we can get one."

Rachel was surprised. She didn't realize her plan would go this well. Who knew that she could easily manipulate Jack like this? "Do you really mean that?"

Jack gave up. His feelings for Rachel were stronger than his convictions. If she was truly adamant in having one of these things, he would force himself to endure having one around the house. Besides, it was normal for girls to like soft and furry little creatures.

"Yes, I mean it," he conceded. Jack sighed as soon as he said that, but Rachel would be so happy, and he thought it was worth it.

However, he didn't expect that Rachel would burst into laughter again. "You don't want to raise a cat! It's written all over your face, Jack. Why would you debase yourself like that?"

his whole life, but what he said next

even if you hated it,

mean I don't love the idea, but I can endure it for you,"

smile. She didn't want Jack to see

her hand. "If you want, we can drop

her forehead and smiled at him. "Don't take it so seriously, Jack. Have you ever

After all, she did look like she was really interested. However, it was clear to him that she never really did have the chance to raise any sort of pet because his mother disliked having little animals

hands. Half of the time, she spent with the Fu family. The other half, she was

just trying to see how he would react or if she truly

up with several ideas. The look on his eyes was all the evidence that Rachel needed to tell that he was plotting something

face because of how much he was staring at her. "What's wrong?" she

straight face. Jack had already decided that

"And then what?"

pet stores. We'll drop by and see if you find one that

paused and bit her lip. "Stop. I really don't want to raise a

to what she was telling him, Jack chose

She kept thinking for over a minute and

thinking about it, she realized that she had led a completely dull

call and left in

began to

put her clothes into his

all his pillow covers and

blue ones that had been there before were now replaced by warm

they looked so familiar to her. They were the same as the ones she was using

least restocked the refrigerator. "Nope.

began thinking of a list of items that she needed to buy. Since she came here in order to take care of Jack's surprisingly fragile stomach, she needed to carefully buy the ingredients and cook them

once bragged about the time he went to

For the president of MK

on the other hand,

to get off work early. He was invited to a party this evening, but Jack did not want to go

was not that important, so he asked Austin to refuse

was distracted and restless.

distracted that

changed a lot. Perhaps it was good in some

long time. But now he was acting like a teenage boy who was head over heels in

it upon himself to urge him to focus. He repeatedly reminded him that they

staring at him. He cleared his throat

his face and handed his notebook to Jack. He whispered to Jack what they had been talking about all this time. Jack was

in dismay. They thought that the president should not

didn't continue until Jack finished reviewing his secretary's notes. After he was done, he raised his head, wore a straight face, and cleared his throat once