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

answer, he became

hair leisurely, rolling her locks around his

feeling breathless all of a sudden. Finally, she mustered

Jack

moment, feeling dumbfounded. Then, coming to her senses, she put her hands on his chest and gave him a

Jack didn't budge even a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we

muttered, "He will be happy if he

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

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

back to give her some space.

"What?"

I

taken aback by

him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really want

make the same mistakes I did in the past again. I just hope

a chance to make

that "make it up to you" were not the appropriate words for what he wanted

that they could start afresh, as if

be unfair to Rachel to say that he was

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

his sentence out

in her head, making it impossible

it was, she could deny that she

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

her. But now that they were about to divorce, he

these things out loud,

prove his sincerity with

you think I've changed, you

Jack had a strong feeling that Rachel would not

the change in

him anymore. What he was afraid of now was not that he couldn't make her love him, but that he would have

who did not have such a messy

chat with each other, pretending not to notice

leaving, he specially asked Jack to stay behind and help Rachel. "I'll deal with the company affairs, so you don't have

to do anything

at his father in

table and preparing Eric's medicine, turned around and said, "Dad,

can drive me home.

stay

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