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.

blowing on the balcony,

stare at Rachel for an answer, he became distracted by how beautiful

rolling her locks around his fingers. Her jet black hair

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

wrong?" Jack

senses, she put her hands on his chest

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

faintly and muttered, "He will be happy if he sees

was so soft that Rachel didn't catch his words even from such

looked up at him and asked blankly,

stepping back to give her some space.

"What?"

that I am too

taken aback by this

words to answer him, Jack continued, "Rachel, I really want to start over with you. And I'll prove

make the same mistakes I did in the past again. I just hope you don't reject me.

chance to make it

he knew that "make

could start afresh, as if they were meeting

to Rachel to say that he was doing all these things just to make it up

she didn't need him to do such

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

head, making it impossible

that she was

a sudden, Lea's words flashed in her mind.

five years had passed with Jack not getting along with her. But now

didn't say all these things out

could prove his sincerity with his

and said, "Don't think too much about it. If you think I've changed, you can give me

had a strong feeling that Rachel would not say

in her attitude in the past few

anymore. What he was afraid of now was not that he couldn't make her love him, but

did not have such a messy past with her, he would

the ward, Jonathan and Eric continued to chat with each other,

Jack to stay behind and help Rachel. "I'll deal with the company affairs, so you

willing to do anything to help Jack save

and nodded at his

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

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

stay here

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