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?"

feel strange at the way she bowed her head so

didn't she come to

"Jack," she stuttered out as

tightly and comforted her with all the sweet

emotions had

at her indifferently before motioning to the receptionist to send him a box of tissues. "Wipe your tears first," he

her tears in front of the whole

reached his office, Jack turned to

"Nothing. I just

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

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

the leather seat so hard that she thought that her manicured nails had broken. She sniffled and sighed as tears ran down

on work that he didn't

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

and the corner of his

her now? Wasn't she the one who

annoyance in his heart, Jack tried again, "Then tell me. What

head, hiding the flash of viciousness in her eyes. "I bought a necklace yesterday, but they mixed it with another customer's stuff. So I took the wrong one.

you get

broken now. She threw it onto

gazed at it. "I liked it very much," she murmured. "How could she say

The necklace looked familiar.

his gaze. "Who took

necklace, and I happened to run into

I went to her to take it back, not

"She said that my things were dirty and I set her

time, Celine looked up to see his forehead creasing in confusion. A part of

hate Rachel

absolutely no flaw in

know was that Jack had been thinking of

Eric had

it was the only necklace

how it was hers and not

a moment

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

a play directed

had spies planted around them. Otherwise, how could she have known that

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