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?"

front of Celine. He couldn't help but feel strange at

come to

immediately. "Jack," she stuttered out as

he would've hugged her tightly and comforted her with all

had no

him a box of tissues. "Wipe your tears first," he ordered.

tears in front of the whole company. It

office, Jack turned to her. "What's

bloodshot eyes. "Nothing. I just

for him to ask her why. Once he did, she would tell him all about what Rachel had done

you

the leather seat so hard that she thought

himself on work that he didn't even

couldn't help but snap, "Aren't you going to ask

frowned and the corner of his mouth

he just ask her now? Wasn't she the

heart,

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

you get it

did, but it's broken now. She threw it onto the

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

The necklace looked familiar.

gaze. "Who took your

to buy the necklace, and I happened to run into Eric. I heard that he

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,

and continued, "She said that my things were dirty and I set her up on purpose, but I didn't! How could I have expected such

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

hate

absolutely no flaw in her

she didn't know was that Jack had been thinking of

remembered that Eric had pictured the

had told him that it was the

now, Celine was protesting how it was hers and

moment of

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

play directed and

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

for the necklace. Everything didn't seem right