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

didn't she come

stuttered out as the tears ran

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

her emotions had

at her indifferently before motioning to the receptionist to send him a box of tissues. "Wipe your tears first," he ordered. "Then come with me to my

need to show off her tears in front of the whole company.

reached his office, Jack turned to

her bloodshot eyes. "Nothing. I just felt

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

"In that case, you can

she thought that her manicured nails had broken. She sniffled and sighed as tears

engrossed himself on work that

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

and the corner of his

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

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

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

you get

but it's broken now. She

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

The necklace looked familiar.

in his gaze. "Who took your

to buy the necklace, and I happened to

paid the bill. I just found out about it this morning. When I went to her to take it back, not only didn't

that my things were dirty and I set her up on purpose, but I didn't! How could

looked up to see his forehead creasing in confusion. A part of her was satisfied of the

must hate Rachel

all, there was absolutely

didn't know was that Jack had been thinking of another

that Eric had

told him that it

how it was hers and not

a moment of

found out the mishap? Why did you have

this entire problem was a play

around them. Otherwise, how could

the necklace.