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?"

He couldn't help but feel strange at the way she bowed

come to

didn't raise her head immediately. "Jack," she stuttered out as the tears ran down her

would've hugged her tightly and comforted her with all

emotions had no

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

tears

they reached his office, Jack turned to her.

bloodshot eyes. "Nothing. I just

plan was to pretend to be so pitiful and wait for him to ask her why.

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

She pinched the leather seat so hard that she thought that her manicured nails had broken.

engrossed himself on

she couldn't help

corner of

she the one who refused to

the annoyance in his heart, Jack

another customer's stuff. So I took the wrong one. Today, when I went to take my necklace back, I didn't expect to be so

you get

broken now. She threw it onto the

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

The necklace looked familiar.

gaze.

I happened to run into Eric. I heard that he bought something

bill. I just found out about it this morning. When I went to her

bit her lower lip and continued, "She said that my things were dirty and

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

hate

all, there was absolutely no

that Jack had been thinking of

remembered that Eric had pictured

had told him that it was the only necklace around the

protesting how it was hers

moment

"Why didn't you ask Eric when you found out the mishap? Why did you have to go to

was a play

meant that the woman had spies planted around them. Otherwise,

for the necklace. Everything didn't seem right about