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

didn't she come to

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

and comforted her with all the sweet words he could think

now, her emotions had no effect on

the receptionist to send him a box of tissues. "Wipe your tears first," he ordered. "Then come

her tears

Jack turned to her. "What's

head, displaying her bloodshot eyes. "Nothing. I just felt sad, so I

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

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

breath, Celine's face changed momentarily. She pinched the leather seat so hard that she thought that her manicured nails had

himself on work that he didn't even

say a word. Finally, she couldn't help but snap,

and the corner of his

Wasn't she the one who refused

heart,

with another customer's stuff. So I took the wrong one. Today,

did you get it

but it's broken now. She threw it onto

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

The necklace looked familiar.

his gaze. "Who took your

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

about it this morning. When I went to her to

Trying to contain herself, she bit her lower lip and continued, "She said that my things were dirty and I set her up on

a long time, Celine looked up to see his forehead creasing in confusion.

hate Rachel

absolutely no flaw in

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

that Eric

him that it was the only necklace around

protesting how it

moment of

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

play directed and

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

for the necklace. Everything didn't seem right about