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.

a light breeze blowing on the balcony, it couldn't do anything to quell the heat between

Rachel for an answer, he became distracted by how beautiful her face

long hair leisurely, rolling her locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair was

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

wrong?" Jack

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

didn't budge even a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if Dad comes out and sees us

faintly and muttered, "He will

so soft that Rachel didn't catch his

asked blankly, "What?" "Nothing,"

back to give her some space.

"What?"

I am

aback by

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

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

me a chance to make it

out loud because he knew that "make it

afresh, as if they were meeting each other for the first

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

she didn't need him to do such

didn't finish his sentence out loud, she

her heartbeat pounding in her head, making

was, she could deny that she was

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

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

things out

his sincerity

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

feeling that Rachel would not say

had seen the change in her attitude in the past

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

better man by Rachel's side who did not have such

Eric continued to chat with each other, pretending not to notice them. After a while, Jonathan finally got up to say

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

to do anything to help Jack save his

at his father

around and said, "Dad,

his son and replied, "Jack can drive me

stay

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