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 do anything

answer, he became distracted

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

involuntarily, feeling breathless all of a sudden. Finally, she mustered up her strength to ask, "Jack,

wrong?" Jack asked, feigning

coming to her senses, she put

little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she

muttered, "He will be happy if he

was so soft that Rachel didn't catch his

and asked blankly, "What?"

give her some

"What?"

think that I

aback by

could find the words to answer him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really want to start over with

I did in the past again. I just hope you

a chance to make it up to

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

they could start afresh, as if they were meeting each other for

was doing all these things just to make it up to

them knew that she didn't

though Jack didn't finish his sentence out

her heartbeat pounding in her head, making it impossible

was, she could deny that she was moved

feeling was 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 my

years had passed with Jack not getting along with her. But now

out loud, Jack

prove his

"Don't think too much about it. If you think I've changed, you

that Rachel would not say no to

in her

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

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

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

specially asked Jack to stay behind and help Rachel. "I'll deal with the company affairs, so

to do anything

nodded at

Eric's medicine, turned around and said, "Dad, are

replied, "Jack can drive me home. You

stay

spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that she hire a