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?"

stood in front of Celine. He couldn't help but feel strange

didn't she come to

immediately. "Jack," she stuttered out as the tears ran down her

together, he would've hugged her tightly and comforted her with all the sweet words he could think

emotions had no effect on

indifferently before motioning to the receptionist to send him a box of tissues. "Wipe your

need to show off her tears in front of

office, Jack turned to her. "What's

"Nothing. I just felt sad, so I came

pitiful and wait for him to ask her why. Once he

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

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

himself on work that he didn't even

she couldn't help but snap, "Aren't you going to ask me what had happened? Don't you care

corner

she the one

heart, Jack tried again, "Then tell me.

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

did you get

it's broken now. She

it. "I liked it very much,"

The necklace looked familiar.

his gaze. "Who

and I happened

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

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

forehead creasing in confusion. A part of her was

hate Rachel

was absolutely no flaw in

didn't know was that Jack had been thinking

Eric

man had told him that it was the

Celine was protesting how it was hers and

a moment of

out the mishap? Why did you have

suspected that this entire problem was a play directed and acted by none other

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

Rachel for the necklace. Everything didn't seem right