Stuck in you

'You piece of shit!' Eric cursed himself in his heart and trod slowly, hoping to disappear completely behind Rachel.

Jack was greeted by a queer countenance on Eric's face as he drifted past Rachel. Ignoring the strange expression, he pointed towards his watch and asked Rachel, "Rachel, do you wish to go back?"

Rachel took a deep breath, and then she blurted, "Well, yes. And, thank you."

Jack frowned slightly and said, "You don't have to thank me, ever. And by the way, Hiram didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Lea's ears perked up as she heard Jack's words. "What happened?" she inquired. She wore a perplexed expression on her face as she threw a cautious look towards Jack and Rachel simultaneously.

Michael, who was standing right behind Jack, was amazed by Lea's delicate features. He waggishly started whistling.

Lea was bewildered by his actions. As soon as Michael felt her burning eyes on him, he started whistling even louder. 'Just wow! I wonder how a girl like Rachel friends with such an alluring person,' Michael thought and chuckled to himself.

When Eric, who previously wished to disappear off the face of the earth, witnessed the ongoing events, his face turned a darker shade of red. He bellowed at Michael, "Shut up or else you'll face my wrath."

Michael smiled slyly as he saw the look on Eric's face. "Oh, it's you."

He then threw a casual glance at Eric's hand as he raised his eyebrows in astonishment and uttered, "Is your hand still attached to your body?"

"I swear!"

"Michael!" Eric and Jack yelled at the same instant, but Jack's hoarse voice clearly trumped Eric's. Michael looked over his shoulder in astonishment.

"Don't mess around with him," Jack said aloofly.

With a dubious expression, Michael made an unimpressive effort of saluting Eric and said sarcastically, "My apologies, boy."

"You bastard!" exclaimed Eric, as he clenched his fists in utter rage. "Who do you think you are? I am not a kid, you moron!"

"I shall have none of this anymore!" Rachel stated affirmatively as she pulled Eric back. Lea joined the duo, and she tried to comfort Eric. "Don't worry, we won't be talking to this man anymore," she said in absolute disgust.

Soon Jack had Rachel's undivided attention to him as she questioned, "Is there anything you wish to tell me, Jack?"

Jack threw her a serene look and said, "Do you want to go back with me or not? I'll gladly give you a ride."

"No, thanks for the offer, but we…" Rachel stuttered.

ride," Jack insisted. He locked eyes with Rachel expecting her to agree with

his constant bidding. She wondered whether it was appropriate

be able to go with you as I am heading towards my parents' house," Lea

her cell phone in between her fingers and said, "Give me a call

meaning of her subtle words came to her like an epiphany. She made a mental note of

before he could join

Jack said. He locked eyes with him refusing to back down. But then, he gave in to his fear and reluctantly agreed to follow

of the blue, he said,

with Jack. He stood motionless as Rachel

up with any solutions. He had no choice but to sit in the back seat of the car. The

he heard a man yelling barbarically, "You better get in soon,

down his spine as he heard these unsettling words. He promptly got in the car. Fortunately for him, the seat of the Land Rover was sizeable enough for two

was amused by Eric's reaction. He wondered how the personalities of the siblings could be so contrasting

the road, Rachel reminded him, "Can we drop my brother's place

long

he heard his sister's voice. He wanted

the journey was met by an awkward silence as no one

her that Eric might have had something to do with Hiram

fortunate as she had safely

and outs of how the society operated after she had closely witnessed the extent human beings could go to quench

she had to be cautious. After all, the occurrence

was convinced that Jack allowed Eric to leave solely based

and thus, weren't the ones who did things by the book.

today, she would have been at

all turned out

made a promise to herself that she'd never step foot inside any

recalled the happenings of the tiring day. He pondered the motive behind Hiram's preposterous actions and thus, deduced that his vexation towards him might have been based on his conduct towards his so-called cousin. He was

over the fact that Hiram's cousin was one of the people who had forced Celine to drink. He chuckled to himself when he thought about how he had punished Eric that night. Not only Eric, but he also

Group went neck

trick or two up his sleeves. He, with his shenanigans, made sure that Hiram's cousin

enraged Hiram. Although it seemed as if Hiram's cousin was the brain behind the bidding, it was actually Hiram who was pulling strings, even

everything under control and devised an effective plan to win the bidding war. It wasn't even in his wildest dreams that Jack would sabotage his perfect

acquire that piece of land for a long time. When he found out that Jack had stolen the property from right under his nose, he swore vengeance.

to swallow his anger towards Jack. Though his cousin bullied Jack's woman, Jack beating his