Stuck in you

Austin exited Jack's office after the conversation.

Jack looked blankly at his computer screen. A pen spun atop his slender fingers.

Austin had aired his observation. For the past two days, he appeared to be slacking off at work. Jack was chagrined to realize he committed mistakes.

The man had never allowed his business to suffer before. Definitely not for any private matters.

He prided himself of his discipline in drawing a line between his public and private interests. He didn't expect that he would bend his self-imposed rules by falling in love with Rachel.

In the meeting earlier, Rachel had sent him a message asking what he wanted for dinner.

Ignoring his subordinates, he had chatted with her with a dash of excitement, the meeting totally forgotten.

The pen finally stopped, and Jack, who was thinking for a long time, finally made a decision.

What Austin stated was totally justifiable. He had allowed his emotions to override his reasons. He needed to strengthen his resolve and separate public affairs from personal ones.

After working hours, Jack drove back without waiting for news from Rachel.

The rain fell steadily without let up since morning. Alongside the road, leaves drooped under the weight of the droplets, adding a striking color to the foggy weather.

His piled up work and health condition put him in a consistently bad mood lately. He was only in a good mood if Rachel was beside him, but because of work, he couldn't accompany her often.

He needed to squeeze out time from his busy schedule if he wanted to spend time with her.

Although Rachel didn't know what he had done, it didn't matter.

It was a good thing to get the snail slowly come out of its shell. From being wary of him, she was now willing to come closer to him.

They were barely making any progress. But now, it was getting much better.

Jack felt intensely happy when he reached his apartment. His eyes were fixed on the brightly lit window.

He clearly knew that from the day Rachel moved in, the light in his house would always be on.

Rachel did nothing for the whole day. Jack was a neat freak and had stringent conditions with the housekeepers.

In particular, they had to clean up and kept things in order. His obsession with cleanliness warranted that every corner was flawlessly swept, dusted, and scrubbed.

They all observed the rules. Basically, a housekeeper was scheduled to do the cleaning once every two days.

Although the house looked cold and cheerless, there was never a trace of dust or grime.

As a result, Rachel did not need to clean anything except for her own mess when she decided to cook.

were idled and feathered without a hurry. She walked around in

her by noon. Rachel was woken up by a phone call and found

to

was so embarrassed with herself that she planned Jack’s dietary plan for the rest of the

his meals and even consulted with one of

was so busy, she didn’t notice the time. When she received

to follow the plan down to a tee. The most important thing is to have a good rest, pay close attention to avoiding the irritating food, and just take good care of yourself," the nutritionist stated over the

understood what she was saying. They chatted for a while longer and the nutritionist discovered that Rachel was customizing

more questions, and when she learned that it was designed for a

kept asking Rachel, who the lucky guy was that made

so much attention and detail to every meal, there would be no better care for the

was a heart major and

about to find

the pretext of closing the

very eloquent. Although they only talked via Internet, Rachel was afraid that she

good at telling lies. Her only way out was to dodge her questions and escape

landed at the doorway, he paused and waited for Rachel to open up instead of opening the door

for a moment, and then heard the door being opened inside. Lights flowed out as

stood at the door and welcomed

at the moment.

further, Jack yanked her in his arms and kissed her hard on the

Before she could make any reaction, she was lead into the house by Jack. When the

you frightened?"

As soon as the door opened,

"I almost slapped you!"

"No way!"

I thought I opened the door

glowing in mischief as he viewed his surroundings. The

water cup was on the center table, and another pair of shoes were on the floor. Even the

only disappeared for a day,

final survey at the meal plan before tidying up the table. "Do

beside her and took a peek at her notes. "Are

nodded. She looked at her watch, it was only six in the evening. It was still early in summer,

"Then let's go!"

went back to her room and took a quick change of

the apartment a

subsided. The street lamps were lit, casting a glow on

the car, the radio played an unfamiliar English song.

to the song and hummed in a

the mall. Moving within the