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.

balcony, it couldn't

he became distracted by how beautiful her face

long hair leisurely, rolling her locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair was as smooth as silk to

of a sudden. Finally, she mustered up

What's wrong?" Jack asked,

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

to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if Dad

will be happy if he

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

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

stepping back to give her

"What?"

also think that I am too idle

aback by this

really want to start over with you. And I'll

did in the past again. I just hope you don't

to make

sentence out loud because he knew that "make it up to you" were not the appropriate words for what he wanted

hoped was that they could start afresh, as if they were meeting

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

didn't need him to do such a

his sentence out loud, she knew what he

feel her heartbeat pounding in her head, making it impossible for her to think

she could deny that she was moved

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

with her. But now that they were about

out loud, Jack

he could prove his

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

feeling that

he had seen the change in her attitude in

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

Rachel's side who did not have such a messy past with her, he

Jack and Rachel finally returned to the ward, Jonathan and Eric continued to chat with each other, pretending not

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

to do anything to help

at his

was clearing the table and preparing Eric's medicine, turned around and said,

pointed to his son and replied, "Jack can

stay here

been staying in one of the spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that she hire a