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.

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

to stare at Rachel for an answer, he became distracted by how beautiful her face looked

locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair was as smooth as silk to

involuntarily, feeling breathless all of a sudden. Finally, she

Jack

senses, she put her hands on

budge even a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just

snorted faintly and muttered, "He will be

was so soft that Rachel didn't catch his words even

asked blankly, "What?" "Nothing," Jack

back to give her some

"What?"

you also think that I am too idle

aback by this

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

the past again. I just hope you don't reject me.

me a chance to make it

bring himself to finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make it up

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

was doing all these things just to make it up to

that she didn't

his sentence out loud, she knew what he

heartbeat pounding in her head, making

deny that she

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

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

she didn't say all these things out loud, Jack knew

he could prove his sincerity with

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

that Rachel would

he had seen the change in her attitude in the

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

side who did not have

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

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

anything to help Jack save

at his

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

replied, "Jack can drive me home. You can

I'll stay here

meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that she hire a nurse, but she