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,

Rachel for an answer, he became distracted by how beautiful her face looked in such close

around his fingers. Her jet black hair was as smooth as

feeling breathless all of a sudden. Finally, she mustered up

wrong?" Jack asked, feigning

senses, she put her hands

calm herself down, she asked, "Can we

will

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

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

back to give

"What?"

I am

aback

could find the words to answer him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really

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

chance to make

out loud because he knew that "make it up

start afresh, as if they

to Rachel to say that he was doing all these things

didn't need him to

for Rachel, even though Jack didn't finish his sentence out

her head, making

it was, she could deny that she

made her panic. All of a sudden, Lea's words flashed in her

five years had passed with Jack not getting along with her. But now that they were about to divorce, he wanted to

things out loud, Jack

could prove his sincerity

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

feeling that Rachel would not say no

had seen the change in her attitude in the

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

who did not have such a messy past

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

and help Rachel. "I'll deal with the company affairs,

willing to do anything to help Jack save

and nodded at

around and said, "Dad, are you leaving? Let me drive

can drive

I'll stay

been 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