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.

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

for an answer, he became distracted by how beautiful her

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

a sudden. Finally, she mustered up her strength to ask, "Jack, can you

Jack asked, feigning

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

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

faintly and muttered, "He will be happy if he sees

that Rachel didn't catch his words even

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

stepping back to give her some

"What?"

also think that I am too idle these

aback by this

find the words to answer him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really want to start

I did in the past again. I just hope

chance to make it up to

loud because he knew that "make

afresh, as if they were meeting each other for

Rachel to say that he was doing all these things just to make it up to

of them knew that she didn't need him to do such

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

feel her heartbeat pounding in her head, making

that she was moved by

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

her. But now that

these things out

he was confident that he could prove his sincerity with his actions and gain

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

feeling that Rachel would not say

change in her attitude in

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

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

chat with each other, pretending

stay behind and help Rachel. "I'll deal with the

willing to do anything to help

at his father

table and preparing Eric's medicine, turned around

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

stay

Both Eric and Jack had