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

at Rachel for an answer, he became distracted by how beautiful her face looked

her locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair was

Finally, she mustered up her strength to ask, "Jack, can

What's wrong?" Jack asked,

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

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

"He will

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

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

back to give

"What?"

that I am too

aback by this

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

mistakes I did in the past

to make it

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

that they could start afresh, as if they were meeting each other for the first

was doing all these things just

knew that she didn't need him to

though Jack didn't finish his sentence out loud,

her heartbeat pounding in her head, making it

she could deny that she was moved by Jack's

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

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

say all these things out loud, Jack knew what

that he could prove his

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

a strong feeling that Rachel would not say no

the change in her

was afraid of now was not that he couldn't make

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

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

behind and help Rachel. "I'll

willing to do anything to help

nodded at

around and said, "Dad, are you leaving? Let

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

stay here

for family members. Both Eric and