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.

on the balcony, it couldn't do anything to quell

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

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

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

Jack asked, feigning

still for a moment, feeling dumbfounded. Then, coming to her senses,

even a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if Dad

will be happy if

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

up at him and asked blankly, "What?" "Nothing," Jack replied

to give her some space.

"What?"

think that I am too idle these

aback

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

in the past again. I just hope you

chance to

loud because he knew that "make it up to you"

as if they were

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

knew that she didn't need

Rachel, even though Jack didn't finish his sentence out loud, she knew what he had meant to

heartbeat pounding in her head, making it

that she was

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

her. But now that they were about

all these things out loud,

confident that he could prove his sincerity with his actions and gain

hand casually and said, "Don't think too much about it. If you think I've changed, you can give me

a strong feeling that Rachel

in her attitude in the

was not that he couldn't make her love him, but

Rachel's side who did not have

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

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

do anything to

and nodded at

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

"Jack can drive

I'll stay here

few days, she had been staying in one of the spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that