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 the

she come to

head immediately. "Jack," she stuttered out

tightly and comforted her with all the sweet

had no

box of tissues. "Wipe your tears

off her tears in front of the

his office, Jack turned to her.

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

to be so pitiful and wait for him to ask her why. Once he did, she would tell him all about what Rachel had

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

momentarily. She pinched the leather seat so hard that she thought that her manicured nails had broken. She sniffled and sighed as

already engrossed himself on work

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

corner of his mouth

she the

annoyance in his heart, Jack tried

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

you get it

it's broken now. She threw it onto

it. "I

The necklace looked familiar.

in his gaze. "Who

to the mall yesterday to buy the necklace, and I happened to run into Eric. I heard that he bought something

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

lip and continued, "She said that my things

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

hate

absolutely

she didn't know was that

remembered that Eric had pictured the

him that it

how it was

a moment

asked, "Why didn't you ask Eric when you found out the mishap? Why did you have to go

that this entire problem was a play directed and acted by none other

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

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