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?"

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

didn't she come to his

didn't raise her head immediately. "Jack," she stuttered out as

still together, he would've hugged her tightly and comforted her with all the sweet

had no

her indifferently before motioning to the receptionist to send him a box of tissues. "Wipe your tears first," he ordered. "Then come with me to my

tears

office, Jack turned to her. "What's

eyes. "Nothing. I just felt sad, so I came here to

wait for him to ask her why. Once he did, she would tell him all

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

the leather seat so hard that she thought that her manicured nails had broken. She sniffled

on

word. Finally, she couldn't help but snap, "Aren't you going to ask me what had happened? Don't you care about

the corner of

she the one who

heart, Jack tried

"I bought a necklace yesterday, but they mixed it with another customer's stuff. So I took the wrong one. Today, when I went to take

you get it

broken now.

her purse and gazed at it. "I

The necklace looked familiar.

gaze. "Who took your

I happened to run into Eric. I heard that he

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

herself, she bit her lower lip and continued, "She said that my things were dirty and I set her up on purpose, but I didn't! How could I have

his forehead creasing in confusion. A part of her was satisfied of the fact that he

must hate Rachel right

was absolutely no flaw in her

that Jack had been thinking of

remembered that Eric had pictured the

him that it was the only

protesting how it was

a moment

ask Eric when you found out the mishap? Why did you have to go to Rachel

a play directed and acted by none other than Celine

spies planted around them. Otherwise, how could she have known that Eric would buy something for

confronted Rachel for the necklace. Everything didn't seem right