Stuck in you

Jonathan glared at Jack. "He wouldn't dare!"

Jack gritted his teeth in an effort to control himself. He couldn't stand it anymore. He felt like if he stayed here any longer, his father would just make all his decisions for him.

Without saying anything, he abruptly got up and walked out of the room. After a moment of hesitation, Rachel followed him out as well.

As they left, Jonathan and Eric, who were having a pleasant conversation in the ward, turned and looked at the door at the same time.

Then, they turned back to each other with tacit smiles in their eyes.

It was only when Jack reached the balcony that he realized that Rachel was following him.

He put away the pack of cigarettes in his hand and asked indifferently, "Why are you leaving the ward too?"

Rachel smiled thinly. "To let them talk."

Then, after a pause, she added, "Actually, I came out to say thank you."

There was a flicker of emotion in Jack's deep eyes before they became unreadable once again. He put his hand on the balcony railing and lightly tapped on its edge with his slender fingers.

"For what?"

Rachel nodded her head and said earnestly, "Thank you so much for your help in the past few days."

Upon hearing this, Jack smiled bitterly and stepped closer to Rachel, towering threateningly over her.

Rachel couldn't help but nervously take a step back, cornering herself against the balcony railing.

Just as she prepared to push Jack away, however, he stopped in his tracks.

Then, pursing his lips, he said in a low voice, "Do you think I did all those things just to hear a thank you from you?"

Hearing a hint of turbulence in his voice, Rachel held her breath.

Her intuition told her that if she answered yes, he would be furious.

"No. It's not like that..."

"Then why do you think I did those things?" This time, he moved closer to her until his face was almost touching hers.

As Rachel looked into his mysterious eyes, her heart skipped a beat. She had nowhere to retreat, but she didn't dare to push him away. In the end, she leaned against the railing and turned her head to the side so that she wouldn't have to look into his eyes.

Unable to answer his question, she tightened her lips. Fortunately, the light was too dim for Jack to see the awkward expression on her face.

Still, he wasn't going to let her go until he got an answer out of her.

was a light breeze blowing on the balcony, it couldn't do anything

Rachel for an answer, he became distracted by how beautiful her face

started to play with her long hair leisurely, rolling her locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair was as smooth as silk

her lips involuntarily, feeling breathless all of a sudden. Finally, she mustered up her strength to ask, "Jack,

wrong?" Jack

senses, she put her hands on

a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can

snorted faintly and muttered, "He will be happy if he

voice was so soft that Rachel didn't catch his words even from such a close

him and asked blankly, "What?" "Nothing," Jack replied

stepping back to give

"What?"

that I am

aback by this

find the words to answer him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really want to start

in the past

to make

"make it up to

start afresh, as if they were

he was doing all these things just to make it up

didn't need him

though Jack didn't finish his sentence out loud, she knew what he had

her head, making it impossible for her to

deny that she was

that it made her panic. All of a sudden, Lea's words flashed in her mind. 'Am I really out

getting along with her. But now that they were about to divorce, he

these things out loud, Jack

prove his sincerity with his

casually and said, "Don't think too much about it. If you think I've

had a strong feeling that Rachel would not

in her

anymore. What he was afraid of now was not that he couldn't make her love him, but that he would have

a better man by Rachel's side who did not have

with each other, pretending not to notice

Rachel. "I'll deal with the

anything to help

smiled and nodded at

turned around and

his son and replied, "Jack can

I'll stay

she had been staying in one of the spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that