Stuck in you

Letting out a sigh of relief, Jonathan stood up and said, "Let's have dinner first." He acted as if nothing had happened,

Rachel smiled to herself, and thought, 'See, he's no longer concerned about where on earth Jack has gone.'

And so it was time for him to find out what had happened between her and Jack. As she ate, Rachel pondered over how she might deal with Jonathan's questions.

After they finished eating dinner, Jonathan challenged Rachel to a game of Go. Rachel agreed, and went with him to the study upstairs.

Jonathan took out his chessboard, set it up carefully on the table, and arranged the black and white stones. They sat down opposite each other.

Jonathan stretched his arms and rolled up his sleeves. "It's been quite a while since the last time I played Go. I hope you'll take it easy on me."

Rachel said modestly, "You'd still be a better player than me if you took a ten-year break."

Jonathan giggled, flattered by her compliment. He waved his hand to brush her words aside and said, "Come on, it's been ages since we played Go. Let's have a warm-up game first."

Rachel nodded in agreement, and said, "Please!"

Rachel and Jonathan then began a silent battle with the black and white stones. At first he was taken off guard by her moves, and when he realized that she was really playing to win, he was totally unable to gain the upper hand.

Within twenty minutes, Jonathan suffered a crushing defeat.

Glancing at her father-in-law's gloomy face, Rachel felt a little embarrassed. Trying to offer an excuse, she suggested, "Maybe the color was bad luck for you."

Jonathan silently nodded and they exchanged the stones.

Not daring to be careless again, Jonathan spent an attentive hour with Rachel, absorbed in the game. At last, the game closed in a tie.

Jonathan shook his head in dissatisfaction and said, "Let's play again."

And so the third round began.

After her nap, Tracy awoke to find that the two were still playing Go in the study. She asked the servant to prepare some fruit. Then she took it upstairs by herself.

The two were completely focused on the board, and paid no attention when she came in.

Noticing the intensity of their concentration, Tracy put down the plate lightly and didn't say a word.

Of course, she knew what her husband's temper was like, so Tracy went to a corner and sat down, watching them play Go in silence.

Ten minutes later, at the brink of defeat, Jonathan had lost his spirit for the game. He put down his last stone in frustration, closed his eyes and sighed, "I lose. I'm getting old!"

far. While her brain raced for a way out of the awkward situation, she dropped the black stone she

game. He had no chance of turning the tables on

with a warm smile, "You're my teacher in the game of Go. This

her with a meaningful look, and said, "At my age,

silent by his comment. What could

of fruit, just in time

had been prepared for Jonathan to probe into their relationship, but she hadn't expected him to be so frank. She hadn't even slept with Jack yet, so how could

that he would not wait so long if he waited for Jack and

was also a bit excited by the topic, but she felt that Jonathan's question was too abrupt, so she rushed forward to distract them.

Pretending that she still had other things to do, she

said,

years, Rachel was still

Rachel live with them simply meant nothing.

a little more enthusiastic toward Rachel. But then she discovered that the relationship between Rachel and Jack was as cold as

was clear enough. Even though it wasn't written on her face, her lack of warmth toward Rachel was

like Celine, but she didn't like Rachel either. She felt that her son had

Tracy, who thought that

had always known that Tracy was dissatisfied with her, but she always pretended to be completely unaware of her

and wanted to end it. But now, she discovered that Jonathan and

knew

each other well, but it was

asked gently, "Is Jack

been in touch with him these days,"

"been in touch" sounded weird

them sleeping together last night?' Jonathan

and then cursed,

her lips and almost burst into

was about to offer a word of encouragement. If they were willing to

as he was about to open his mouth, Tracy returned to the study. She couldn't hide her excitement. "Jonathan!

confused. Hadn't he said that he was with Celine? Why did

and snorted. "I'll teach that

a

frowned, but there was a slight twinkle in

after Jonathan. When they reached the lower

with his son. When Jonathan saw him, Jack turned around and

but disappeared in a flash. He went straight to Jack and began to complain. "Where have you been? What took you

deal about it. One of our VIPs had some problems and I had to deal with it," said

breathed a sigh of relief. She winked at Rachel, who was standing behind Jonathan, but Rachel pretended not