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.

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

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

his fingers. Her

of a sudden. Finally, she mustered up her

wrong?" Jack asked,

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

even a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if

muttered, "He will be

didn't catch his words even

at him and asked

give her some

"What?"

I am

was taken aback by this

to answer him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really want to start over with you.

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

me a chance to

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

as if

he was doing all these things just to

them knew that she didn't need him

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

feel her heartbeat pounding in her head, making

she could deny that she was moved by

of a sudden,

her. But now that they were

things out loud, Jack knew what she was

that he could prove his sincerity with his

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

Jack had a strong feeling that Rachel would not say no to

change in her

certainly wasn't indifferent to him anymore. What he was afraid of now was not that

better man by Rachel's side who did not have such a messy past with her,

each other, pretending not to notice them.

Rachel. "I'll deal with the company affairs, so

anything to help Jack save his

and nodded at his father in

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

replied, "Jack can drive

stay here

had been staying in one of the spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that she hire a nurse, but she had declined.