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.

was a light breeze blowing on the balcony, it couldn't do anything

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

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

of a sudden. Finally, she

What's wrong?" Jack

her senses, she

didn't budge 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 and sees us

muttered, "He will be happy if he

didn't catch his words even from

him and asked

back to give her some

"What?"

I am too idle

taken aback by this

continued, "Rachel, I really want to start over with you.

in the past again. I just hope you don't reject

me a chance to

couldn't bring himself to finish that sentence out loud because he knew that "make it up to you" were not

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

say that he was doing all these things just to

she didn't need him

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

her heartbeat pounding in her head, making it impossible for her to think

deny that she was moved by

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

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

these things out loud, Jack knew what she

prove his sincerity with

it. If you think I've changed, you

that Rachel would not say

change in her attitude in the past

certainly wasn't indifferent to him anymore. What he was afraid of now was not that he couldn't

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

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

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

to do anything to help Jack

nodded at his father in

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

son and replied, "Jack can drive me

I'll stay

one of the spare rooms meant for family members. Both Eric and Jack had suggested that she hire a nurse,