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.

the balcony, it couldn't do anything to quell the heat between

he became distracted by how beautiful her face looked in such close

to play with her long hair leisurely, rolling her locks around his fingers. Her

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

Jack

moment, feeling dumbfounded. Then, coming to her senses, she put her hands on his chest and gave him a

didn't budge even a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if Dad comes out and sees us

snorted faintly and muttered, "He will be happy if

was so soft that Rachel didn't catch his words

asked blankly, "What?" "Nothing,"

stepping back to give

"What?"

I am

taken aback

could find the words to answer him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really want to start over with you. And I'll prove myself with my

same mistakes I did in the past

chance to make it

finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make it up to you" were not the appropriate words for what he

hoped was that they could start afresh, as if they were meeting

to Rachel to say that he was doing

that she didn't need him

finish his sentence out loud,

could feel her heartbeat pounding in her head, making it impossible for her

deny that she was moved

feeling was so unfamiliar to her that it made her panic. All of a sudden, Lea's words flashed in

years had passed with Jack not getting along with her. But now that they were about

out loud,

was confident that he could prove his sincerity with his actions

hand casually and said, "Don't think too much about it. If you think I've changed, you can give me a chance to start over again. But

had a strong feeling that Rachel would not

had seen the change in her attitude

him anymore. What he was afraid of now was not that he couldn't make her

side who did not have such a messy past with her, he would be

finally returned to the ward, Jonathan and Eric continued to chat with each other, pretending not to notice them. After a while, Jonathan finally got

asked Jack to stay behind and help Rachel. "I'll deal with the company affairs, so you don't have to worry

anything to help Jack save his

and nodded at his father

and preparing Eric's medicine, turned around and said, "Dad, are you leaving?

to his son and replied, "Jack can drive me home. You can stay

stay

rooms meant for family members. Both Eric