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

stare at Rachel for an answer, he became distracted

around his fingers. Her jet black

of a sudden. Finally, she mustered up her

wrong?" Jack

Then, coming to her senses, she put her hands on his chest

even a little bit. Finally, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she

faintly and muttered, "He will

didn't catch his

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

give her some

"What?"

I am too idle

was taken aback

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

never make the same mistakes I did in the past again. I

chance to make

"make it

start afresh, as if they were meeting each other

unfair to Rachel to say that he was doing all these things just

didn't need

Jack didn't finish his sentence out loud, she knew what he had

heartbeat pounding in her head, making

could deny that she was moved by Jack's

was so unfamiliar to her that it made her panic. All of a sudden, Lea's words flashed in her mind. 'Am

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

these things out loud, Jack knew what

his sincerity

held her hand casually and said, "Don't think too much about it. If you think I've

that Rachel would not say no

had seen the change in

afraid of now was not that he couldn't make her love him, but that he would have

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

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

leaving, he specially asked Jack to stay behind and help Rachel. "I'll deal with

was willing to do anything

smiled and nodded at

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

can drive me home. You can stay with

stay here

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