Stuck in you

Jack glanced at Austin and continued to twirl with the pen in between his fingertips. "What's up?"

From the look on Austin's face, what he was about to say had nothing to do with business. Every time he showed even a flicker of emotion, it meant that what he was going to say was meant for private ears.

Now, it had something to do with Jack.

"Miss Duan is in the lobby, and everyone says that you quarreled with her. She looks devastated."

If Austin hadn't gone to the executive department, he wouldn't have heard about it.

The executive department held the largest number of female employees in the company. It was also the place where gossip was known to circulate.

When Austin came over to get some office supplies, he was surprised to see several employees crowding in one spot and talking about a certain someone.

Since he wasn't busy today, he stood aside and listened to what they were talking about. The man stiffened when he heard Celine's name.

"Wait, what's wrong with Celine? What did you say?" Austin took a step forward.

"Austin..."

Suddenly, the crowd dispersed. As if nothing had happened, they all went back to their seats and pretended to look at case files.

Austin decided to ask one of them, "What were you talking about?"

"Nothing." The female employee waved her hand. Who would dare gossip about Jack in front of Austin?

Accustomed to this kind of situation, Austin frowned. "In that case, I can give you the corresponding punishment according to the employee manual."

"Austin, please don't. We won't be able to survive the next month if our salary's deducted," she begged. Her eyes glistened with unshed tears as she stared up at him. "Just pretend you didn't hear anything."

"Speak then."

He took a step back and waited.

Knowing that her own salary was on the line, the female employee whispered, "We just saw Celine sitting in the lobby with red eyes, so we assumed that they had a fight."

"That's it?"

Seeing that she nodded, Austin immediately returned to his boss's office with the office supplies that he had collected. After what he had heard, Jack immediately walked down to check it himself.

"Why are you here?"

of Celine. He couldn't help but feel strange at the way she bowed

didn't she come to

stuttered out as

and comforted her with all the sweet words he

now, her emotions had no

the receptionist to send him a box of tissues. "Wipe your tears first,"

need to show off her tears in front of the whole company.

office, Jack

her head, displaying her bloodshot eyes. "Nothing. I just felt

pretend to be so pitiful and wait for him to ask her why. Once he did, she would tell him

to the door. "In that case, you can sit in

Celine's face changed momentarily. She pinched the leather seat so hard that she thought that her manicured nails had broken. She sniffled and sighed as tears ran

on

for a long time, but he didn't say a word. Finally, she couldn't help but snap, "Aren't you going to ask me what had

corner of his mouth

she the one who refused to

annoyance in his heart,

they mixed it with another customer's stuff. So I took the wrong one. Today, when

did you

but it's broken now. She threw it onto

took out the necklace from her purse and gazed at it. "I liked it very much," she murmured. "How

The necklace looked familiar.

his gaze.

necklace, and I happened to run into Eric. I heard that he bought something for

I took the wrong box after I paid the bill. I just found out about it this morning. When I went to her to take it back, not only didn't she return it to me first, but

bit her lower lip and continued, "She said that my

didn't say anything for a long time, Celine looked up to see his forehead creasing in confusion. A part of her was satisfied of the

hate

was absolutely no

know was that Jack had been thinking

Eric had

had told him that it was the

how it

moment of

when you found out the mishap?

entire problem was a play directed and

that case, then that meant that the woman had spies planted around them. Otherwise, how could she have known that Eric would buy something for

the woman just confronted Rachel for the