Trapped In Lace

Rachel opened it up. When she saw the contents of the envelope, she looked up at him in surprise.

"You want me to go to the charity dinner with you?"

In the envelope, there was an invitation to a charity dinner held by the Chamber of Commerce.

She set the invitation on the table. "I can't go with you. I could just give you the money for the books."

Back then, although she preferred not to, she had no choice but to attend these types of dinners with Jack. Now, given that she had no sort of obligation, she would rather not attend one.

Besides, she knew for a fact that Jack would definitely go, and if she went, she would definitely run into him one way or another.

At the thought, she gave the invitation back.

Bill didn't expect that Rachel would reject the idea so strongly. He leaned over. "You know how boring the banquet is," he complained. "If I go there alone, I'd be bored to death."

Rachel raised an eyebrow. "So you want me to be bored to death with you?"

He grabbed her arm like a spoiled child trying to insist that his mother buy him a gift. "You wouldn't be bored if you'd go with me. We can talk all night. Time would pass."

Rachel withdrew her arm. "No. How much are the two books? I can always just pay you back."

"If you don't go, I'll take the two books back," he pretended to threaten as he stared wide eyes at her.

"What do you t

the open-air balcony, the two of them stood face to face. At the sight of his disdainful expression, she became even more furious. She had thought that Eric had grown mature, but it seemed that she was wrong.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" she demanded.

"Have you been with that sick man for the last three years?" he demanded back.

She gritted her teeth. "What did you say? His name is Bill."

"Well, he indeed looks sick."

Seeing that she was already furious with him, he couldn't bring it in himself to say it out loud. Instead, the last two words were lowered into a whisper.

"What did you just say?"

"Nothing," he said automatically. "Why did you leave all of a sudden three years ago? Hadn't Jack mended his ways?"

Before she could react, he continued,

"Do you think that man is better than Jack? He looks so pale and weak. How could he even compare to him? They're not on the same level!"

Eric continued to compare the two.

Rachel furrowed her eyebrows. 'Didn't he hate Jack before? What the hell?'

Hearing his words, Rachel could already feel her head start to pound. It wasn't appropriate to talk about this in this occasion. "Let's go eat and talk about this some other time, okay?"

Taking a bite from the cake, Bill gazed at the balcony. Seeing that she was back, he walked up to her with a frown. "Are you okay? You don't look so good."