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?"

Celine. He couldn't help but feel strange at the way

she come

immediately. "Jack," she stuttered out as the tears

they were still together, he would've hugged her tightly and comforted her with

had

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

no need to show off her tears in front of the

office, Jack turned

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

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

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

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

on work that he didn't even

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

frowned and the corner of his mouth

she the one who

suppress the annoyance in his heart, Jack tried again,

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. Today, when I

did you get it

did, but it's broken now. She

necklace from her purse and gazed at it. "I liked it very

The necklace looked familiar.

gaze. "Who took

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

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, but she threw it on the floor and

Trying to contain herself, she bit her 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 have

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

must hate

there was absolutely no flaw in her

what she didn't know was that Jack

remembered that Eric had pictured the

had told him that it was the

Celine was protesting how

moment of

when you found out the mishap? Why did you have

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

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

for the necklace. Everything