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 the heat between

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

locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair

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

wrong?" Jack asked, feigning

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

down, she asked,

snorted faintly and muttered, "He will

Rachel didn't catch

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

to give

"What?"

you also think that I

was taken aback by

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

did in the past again. I just hope

chance to make

finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make

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

was

knew that she didn't need him

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

feel her heartbeat pounding in her head,

she could deny that she was moved by Jack's

panic. All of a sudden,

not getting along with her. But now that

things out loud, Jack knew what she

that he could prove his sincerity with his actions

"Don't think too much about it. If you think I've changed, you can give me a chance to start over again. But

Jack had a strong feeling that

in her attitude

indifferent to him anymore. What he was afraid of now was not that he couldn't make

there was a better man by Rachel's side who did not have such a messy past

chat with each other,

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

was willing to do anything to help Jack save

smiled and nodded at

around and said, "Dad, are you leaving?

son and replied, "Jack can drive me home. You

stay

she had been staying in 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