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

became distracted by how beautiful her face looked

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

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

Jack asked,

Then, coming to her senses, she put her

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

will be happy if he sees

was so soft that Rachel didn't catch

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

to give her some space.

"What?"

I

was taken aback by this

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

never make the same mistakes I did in the past again. I just hope you don't reject

a chance to make it up

that "make

he hoped was that they could start afresh, as if they

that he was doing all these things just

of them knew that she didn't need him to do such

even though Jack didn't finish his sentence out loud, she knew what

head, making it impossible

it was, she could deny that she

sudden, Lea's words flashed in her

getting along with her. But now that they were about to divorce, he

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

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

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

Jack had a strong feeling that Rachel would not say no to

the change in her attitude

What he was afraid of now was

better man by Rachel's side who did not have such a messy past with her, he

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

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

was willing to do anything to help Jack save his

at his father in

preparing Eric's medicine, turned around and said, "Dad, are you leaving? Let me

son and replied, "Jack can drive me home.

stay

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 had no problem staying here all