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.

my car is nearby. I'll give you a ride," Jack insisted. He locked

was quite fazed by his constant bidding. She wondered whether it was appropriate to discuss

with you as I am

cell phone in between

Lea said, and the true meaning of her subtle words came to her like an epiphany. She made a mental

made up his mind of leaving with Lea. But before he could join her, Jack threw a dirty look

what Jack said. He locked eyes with him refusing to back down. But then, he gave in to his

there onward raised red flags. Out of the

his sister riding shotgun with Jack. He stood motionless as Rachel opened the front door of the car and

seat of the car. The idea of sharing the car seat

about to jump inside of the car when he heard a man yelling barbarically, "You better get in soon, boy. Or else some misfortune might befall

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 people to be sitting on either side and would still have enough space in between them as to avoid any

the journey, was amused by Eric's reaction. He wondered how the personalities of

Rachel reminded

long look and then

when he heard his sister's voice. He wanted to shed a tear of joy but maintained his

by an awkward silence as no one uttered a

her that Eric might have had something to do with Hiram abducting

quite fortunate as she had safely

the society operated after she had closely witnessed the extent human

knew that she had to be cautious. After all, the occurrence of recent events almost cost Eric

convinced that Jack allowed Eric to leave solely based on the fact that he was

weren't the ones who did things by the book. Rachel was clear that these men wouldn't let

been at Hiram's mercy and would have been forced to

all turned out

herself that she'd never step foot inside

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 also assured that

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

went neck to neck and bid for the

a trick or two up his sleeves. He, with his shenanigans,

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 though he had

and devised an effective plan to win the bidding war.

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. Although he was enraged with Jack, he arbitrated

the whole story, Hiram found it quite difficult to swallow his anger towards Jack. Though his cousin bullied Jack's woman, Jack