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?"

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

come

her head immediately. "Jack," she stuttered out as

together, he would've hugged her tightly and

had

send him a box of tissues.

no need to show off her tears in front of

they reached his office, Jack

eyes. "Nothing. I just felt sad, so I

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

that case, you can sit in the meeting room

breath, 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 down her flushed

had already engrossed himself on work that he didn't

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

frowned and the corner of

he just ask her now? Wasn't she the one who refused

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

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

did you

it's broken now. She threw it onto the

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

The necklace looked familiar.

in his gaze. "Who took your

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

I just found out about it this morning. When I went to her to take it back,

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

up to see his forehead creasing in confusion. A part of her was satisfied of the fact that he actually listened

hate

absolutely no flaw in

she didn't know was that Jack had

that Eric had

him that it was the only necklace around

Celine was protesting how it was hers

a moment of

Eric when you found out the mishap? Why did you

that this entire problem was a play directed

that the woman had spies planted around them.

the necklace. Everything didn't