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

answer, he became distracted by how beautiful her face looked

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

sudden. Finally, she mustered up

wrong?" Jack asked,

dumbfounded. Then, coming to her senses, she put her hands on

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

"He will be

soft that Rachel didn't catch his

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

stepping back to give her some

"What?"

think that I am too idle these

aback by this

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

never make the same mistakes I did in the past again. I just hope you don't

chance to make

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

that they could start afresh, as if they were meeting each

that he was

them knew that she didn't need him to

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

in her head, making it impossible for her

could deny that she was

that it made her panic. All of a sudden,

But now that they were

say all these things out

that he could prove his sincerity with

about it. If you think I've changed, you can give me a chance

had a strong feeling that Rachel

he had seen the change in

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, he

each other, pretending not to notice them. After a while, Jonathan finally got up to say

leaving, he specially asked Jack to stay behind and help Rachel. "I'll deal

willing to do anything to

at his father

and preparing Eric's medicine, turned around

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

I'll stay here

Both Eric and