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!"

While her brain raced for a way out of the awkward situation, she dropped

he had lost the game. He had no chance of turning the tables

teacher in the game of Go. This only means you are a

"I'm getting old..." He looked at her with a meaningful look, and said, "At my age, I can only play Go to kill time. Others can play with their

struck silent by his comment.

plate of fruit, just in

prepared for Jonathan to probe into their relationship, but she hadn't expected him to be so

wasn't easy to satisfy him. Rachel wished she could tell him that he would not wait so

question was too abrupt, so she rushed forward to distract them. While passing a piece of fruit

smoothed her hair. Pretending that she still had other things to do, she walked away and said, "After you've

said, "We

Fu family for many years, Rachel was still not very close to Tracy, nor too distant

them simply meant nothing. They had

then she discovered that the relationship between Rachel and

Even though it wasn't written on her face, her

didn't like Celine, but she didn't like Rachel either. She felt that her son had been wronged, and that he deserved

if Rachel had nothing wrong with her, she didn't impress Tracy, who thought that Rachel had no idea how to satisfy

dissatisfied with her, but she always pretended to be completely unaware of

and wanted to end it. But now, she discovered that Jonathan and Tracy hadn't given

knew what Jonathan was going

but it was difficult for

gently, "Is Jack paying attention to you

touch with him

in touch" sounded weird to

mean by them sleeping together last night?'

sighed slightly and then cursed, "Damn

her lips and almost burst into

to offer a word of encouragement. If they were

couldn't hide her excitement. "Jonathan! Jack is back! You two must

frowned, feeling confused. Hadn't he

stood up and snorted. "I'll teach that

and said with a smile, "Dad, please don't embarrass him. He has only just

was a slight

When they reached the lower floor, Jack was

his son. When Jonathan saw him, Jack

flash. He went straight to Jack and began to complain. "Where have you been?

One of our VIPs had some problems and I had to deal with

at Rachel, who was standing behind Jonathan, but Rachel