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.

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

became distracted by how beautiful her face

to play with her long hair leisurely, rolling her locks around his fingers. Her jet

her lips involuntarily, feeling breathless all of a sudden. Finally, she mustered up

wrong?" Jack

to her senses, she put her hands on

down, she asked, "Can

will

that Rachel didn't catch

looked up at him and asked

to give her some space.

"What?"

I am too idle these

aback by

him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really want

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

a chance to make it up to

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

afresh, as if they were meeting

was doing all these things just to make it up

she didn't need

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

could feel her heartbeat pounding in her head, making it impossible

was, she could deny that

made her panic. All of a sudden, Lea's words flashed in her mind.

had passed with Jack not getting along with her. But now that they were about

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

he could prove his sincerity with his

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

had a strong feeling that Rachel

the change in her

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

not have such a messy

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

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

anything to

nodded at his father

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

replied, "Jack can drive me

I'll stay

meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that