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?"

couldn't help but feel strange at the

didn't she come

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

would've hugged her tightly and comforted her with all the sweet words

now, her emotions had no effect on

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

no need to show off her tears in front of

they reached his office, Jack turned to her. "What's

I just felt sad, so

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

case, you can sit in the meeting room to

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

on work that he didn't even

time, 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 you care about

corner of

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

annoyance in his heart, Jack tried again, "Then

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

you get it

it's broken now. She threw

at it. "I liked it very much,"

The necklace looked familiar.

in his gaze. "Who took

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

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

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

forehead creasing in confusion. A part of her was

must hate Rachel right

there was absolutely no flaw in

was that Jack had been

remembered that Eric

that it

now, Celine was protesting how it was hers and

a moment

out the mishap? Why did you have to go to Rachel

was a play directed and

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

woman just confronted Rachel for the