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

answer, he became distracted by how

locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair was as

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

What's wrong?" Jack asked,

her senses, she put her hands on

deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just

will be happy if

catch his words even from such a

up at him and asked blankly, "What?" "Nothing," Jack replied lightly,

give her some

"What?"

that I

was taken aback

"Rachel, I really

past again. I just hope you don't

to make it up to

that sentence out loud because he knew that "make

could start afresh, as

to Rachel to say that he was doing

didn't need him to do such

though Jack didn't finish his sentence out loud, she

her head, making

could deny that she

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

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

all these things out

could prove his sincerity with his actions and gain

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

strong feeling that Rachel

seen the change in her

was not that he couldn't make her love him,

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

and Rachel finally returned to the ward, Jonathan and Eric continued to chat with each other, pretending not

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

do anything to help Jack save his

nodded at his father in

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

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

I'll stay

spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that she hire