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.

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

at Rachel for an answer, he became distracted by how

rolling her locks around his fingers.

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

Jack asked, feigning

a moment, feeling dumbfounded. Then, coming to her senses, she put her hands on

a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if Dad comes out and

snorted faintly and muttered, "He will be happy if

Rachel didn't catch his words even from

at him and asked blankly, "What?" "Nothing,"

to give her some space.

"What?"

also think that I am too

aback by

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

did in the past again. I just hope you don't reject me. Can

chance to make

couldn't bring himself to finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make it up

he hoped was that they could start afresh, as if they were meeting each other for the

to say that he was doing

that she didn't

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

pounding in her head,

was, she could deny that she was

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

along with her. But now

all these things out

prove his sincerity with his actions and gain her

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

feeling that Rachel would not say no to

seen the change in her

afraid of now was not that he couldn't make her

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

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

help Rachel. "I'll deal

to do anything to

at his father

turned around and said, "Dad, are you leaving? Let me

his son and replied, "Jack can

I'll stay

members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that she hire a nurse, but