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, it

he became distracted by how

long hair leisurely, rolling her locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair was

a sudden. Finally, she mustered up her

Jack

still for a moment, feeling dumbfounded. Then, coming to her senses,

Jack didn't budge even a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if Dad comes out

will be

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

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

give her

"What?"

also think that I am too idle

taken aback by

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

in the past again. I just hope you

chance to make

couldn't bring himself to finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make

that they could start afresh, as if they were

that he was doing all these things just

didn't need him

didn't finish his sentence out loud,

her head, making it impossible for her

she could deny that she was moved by

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

five years had passed with Jack not getting along with her. But now that they were

these things out

his

If you think I've changed, you

had a strong feeling that Rachel would not say no to

change in her attitude in

wasn't indifferent to him anymore. What he was afraid of now was not that he couldn't

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

returned to the ward, Jonathan and Eric continued to chat with each other, pretending not to notice them.

and help Rachel. "I'll deal

was willing to do anything to

nodded at his father in

preparing Eric's medicine, turned around and

can drive me home. You can stay with

stay here

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 had no problem staying here all