Stuck in you

Jack didn't know whether to cry or to laugh. "Rachel...." He was speechless with fury and amusement.

He had changed so much and let his guard down. He had let her peak into his heart.

She should have known that he was in love with her.

Hearing what she had said, annoyed and amused Jack at the same time. He had never felt so helpless before.

After all this time, she still hadn't realized how differently he treated her.

Confused, Rachel asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Placing one hand at the back of her head, Jack pulled her close and pressed his lips against her forehead.

He did not attempt to conceal his feelings for her. "You stupid girl," he said, affection evident in his voice.

Rachel was trying to make sense of what was happening. She did not understand what his answer meant.

'Why did he call me stupid?

Ugh! What exactly did he mean?'

Rachel's mood was quickly deteriorating.

Jack was still evading giving her a proper response. "You can feel my heart beating against yours. Can you not tell whether I have a crush on you or not?"

Rachel could feel her emotions swim to the surface. She realized what a coward she was being.

She was in a daze, unable to figure out what he meant. Jack could also sense her confusion.

But, he was enjoying watching her struggle. So, he kept his mouth shut.

Rachel didn't dare to ask him to give her an exact answer.

On their way home that night, Rachel watched the night sky from the car's window. "Do you remember when we first met?" she asked, after a while.

Jack was stunned by her question. He thought back to when he was a teenager. Maybe that was when they met.

He had little to no recollection of the past. But, he recalled laying eyes on her when she was with the Fu family.

Still, he wasn't sure when they had first met.

He gripped the steering wheel tight, staring straight ahead. With a faint smile on his lips, he questioned, "Why do you ask?"

"Wanted to see if you still remembered," Rachel replied.

decided to answer

Rachel smiled a little complacently. She didn't really want to know the

when we were children. Perhaps that was when we

close relations before. Perhaps they met each other when they

five years old, her family had moved abroad. A couple

abroad, they rarely contacted any friends they had

Jack smiled. "Really? When?"

remember clearly," she said,

to know what else she had dreamed of. But, he did not see it fit to pry when she had already said that she did

laughed. "You had the same stoic expression on your face like you do now. You grew up, but

"That's all?"

you want to

wanted to say something else," he smiled

the opportunities he had missed in all those

resented being forced to marry, rather than the person he had been pushed to claim as

found out that they were getting along with

confused about her husband's motives. She had no inkling of why he had created such a fuss in the first place only

had thought Jack would come back home with Celine on

had cleared that misconception. With darkness in his eyes, he had said, "Don't worry. Jack will never bring that woman

not take him at his word. She thought Jack wanted to divorce Rachel because he couldn't wait to

impossible for Rachel and Jack to

she had not expected their relationship to take a positive turn in such

convinced herself that they were

actors. Their pretense could not have been so realistic as to

cared only about

were getting close

only just getting along, he pictured a grandson waving hello to him much like Mendes

Jack had heard his father's thoughts, he most definitely would have made

Jonathan felt excited.

out that they had spent two days together, he was sure that he had made

no idea what was going on, but Jack had guessed

back and have dinner, he wanted to know about the development

it was lucky that Rachel did not know of this. Otherwise, she

would even refuse to go there for

discussed business with him at

In

Jack put a spoonful of food in Rachel's

full of

not believe that their son was thinking

think, he remembered what Rachel liked to eat.

taken such a drastic turn in only