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 honestly. "I

little complacently. She didn't really want to know

I dreamed we met when we were children. Perhaps that was

before. Perhaps they met each other when they

her family had moved abroad. A couple of years later,

any friends they had had back

Jack smiled. "Really? When?"

can't remember clearly,"

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

expression on your face

"That's all?"

do you want to

thought you wanted to say something else,"

realizing all the opportunities

idea why he disliked Rachel back then. Maybe, he resented being forced to marry, rather than the person

happiest when he had found out that they were getting along with

motives. She had no inkling of why he had created such a fuss in the first place only to have her

Jack would come back home with Celine on his

husband had cleared that misconception. With darkness in his eyes, he

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

now impossible for Rachel and Jack to live

relationship to take a positive turn in such a short span

skeptical and convinced herself that they were only pretending in

Their pretense could not have been

retired, Jonathan cared only about keeping the married couple

were getting close to each other made him

were only just getting along, he pictured a grandson

Jack had heard his father's thoughts, he most definitely would have made fun of him.

Jonathan felt excited.

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

to dinner at his home. Rachel had no

them to come back and have dinner,

lucky that Rachel did not know of

to go there for

discussed business with him at the

never mentioned their relationship at all. In his

the old man was keeping an eye on them. To meet his expectations, Jack put a spoonful of food in Rachel's bowl. "Fried

full of surprise

their son was thinking about someone else besides

think, he remembered what Rachel liked to eat. Jack was a

still having trouble believing that their relationship had taken such a drastic turn in only a couple