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.

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

stare at Rachel for an answer, he became

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

Finally, she mustered

wrong?" Jack asked, feigning

Then, coming to her senses, she put her hands on his chest and

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

faintly and muttered, "He will be happy if

Rachel didn't catch his words even from such a close distance.

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

to give her some

"What?"

also think that I am too idle these

was taken aback by this

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

did in the past again. I

a chance to make it up

bring himself to finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make it up to you" were not the

afresh, as if they were

he was doing all

she didn't need him to do such a

his sentence

could feel her heartbeat pounding in her head, making

she could deny that she was

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

five years had passed with Jack not getting along with her. But now that they were about to divorce, he

didn't say all these things out loud, Jack knew what she was

his sincerity with his actions and gain her

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

that

change in her attitude in the past

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

side who did not have such a messy past with

with each other, pretending not to notice them. After a while, Jonathan finally

he specially asked Jack to stay behind and help Rachel. "I'll deal with the company

was willing to do anything to

smiled and nodded at

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

his son and replied, "Jack can

stay here

days, she 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. She