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 she bowed

she come

immediately. "Jack," she stuttered out

together, he would've hugged her tightly and

now, her emotions had no effect

a box of tissues. "Wipe your tears first," he ordered. "Then come with

show off her tears in front of the whole company. It was

reached his office, Jack turned to

bloodshot eyes. "Nothing. I

original plan was to pretend to be so pitiful and wait for him to ask her why. Once he did, she

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

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

himself on

Finally, she couldn't help but snap, "Aren't you going

and the corner of his mouth

ask her now? Wasn't she the one

his heart, Jack tried

another customer's stuff. So I took the

did you get it

it's broken now. She threw it onto the

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

The necklace looked familiar.

in his gaze. "Who

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

When I went to her to take it back, not

her lower lip and continued, "She said that my things were dirty and I set her up on purpose,

a long time, Celine looked up to see his forehead creasing in confusion. A part of her was satisfied of the fact that

hate Rachel right

there was absolutely no flaw in

she didn't know was that Jack had

remembered that Eric had pictured the

man had told him that it was the only necklace around the

protesting how

moment

Eric when you found out the

this entire problem was a play directed and acted by none

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

the necklace. Everything didn't seem right about