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

for an answer, he became

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

breathless all of a sudden. Finally, she mustered up her strength to ask, "Jack, can you please step

Jack asked,

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

taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if Dad comes out and sees us

muttered, "He will be

that Rachel didn't catch his words even from such a close distance.

up at him and asked blankly,

stepping back to give her

"What?"

that I

taken aback

"Rachel, I really want to start

mistakes I did in the past again. I just hope you

me a chance to make it up

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

start afresh, as if they were

say that he was doing

that she didn't need

finish his sentence out loud, she knew

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

it was, she could deny that she was moved

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

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

say all these things out loud, Jack knew what she

that he could prove his

"Don't think too much about it. If you think I've changed, you can give me a chance to

that Rachel would not say no

change in her attitude

was afraid of now was

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

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

"I'll deal with the

do anything to help

smiled and nodded at his

the table and preparing Eric's medicine, turned around and said, "Dad, are you leaving?

replied, "Jack can drive me home.

stay here

of the spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that she hire a nurse, but she had declined. She