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, it couldn't

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

rolling her locks around his fingers. Her jet black

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

What's wrong?" Jack asked, feigning

dumbfounded. Then, coming to her senses, she put her

calm herself down, she asked, "Can we just speak normally? What if Dad comes out and sees

snorted faintly and muttered, "He will

catch his words even from such a close distance.

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

stepping back to give her some

"What?"

think that I am too idle these

taken aback by this

"Rachel, I really want

did in the past again. I just hope

chance to make it up to

himself to finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make it up to you" were not the

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

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

she didn't need him to do such

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

pounding in her head, making it impossible

deny that

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

with Jack not getting along with her. But

all these things out loud, Jack

his sincerity with

he held her 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.

Jack had a strong feeling that

had seen the change in her

he was afraid of now was not that

man by Rachel's side who did not have such a messy past with her, he would be at

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

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

was willing to do anything to

at his father

who was clearing the table and preparing Eric's medicine, turned around and said,

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

I'll stay

the past few days, she had been staying in one of the spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had