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.

there was a light breeze blowing on the balcony,

became distracted

locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair was as smooth as silk to

all of a sudden. Finally, she

wrong?" Jack asked, feigning

her senses, she

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

"He will be happy if he sees

so soft that Rachel didn't catch his words even from such a close

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

to give her some space.

"What?"

that I

was taken aback by

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

the past again.

chance to

bring himself to finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make it up to you" were

they could start afresh, as if they were

unfair to Rachel to say that he was

them knew that she didn't need him to do

sentence out loud, she knew

her heartbeat pounding in her head, making it

it was, she could deny that she

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

not getting along with her. But now

out loud, Jack knew what she

his

about it. If you think I've

had a strong feeling that Rachel would not say

had seen the change in her attitude in

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

man by Rachel's side who did not have such a messy past with her, he would be at a

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

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

was willing to do anything to help Jack save his

smiled and nodded at his

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

replied, "Jack can drive me home. You

I'll stay

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