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.

his answer, Rachel smiled a little complacently. She didn't really want to know

days ago, I dreamed we met when we were children. Perhaps that was when we first

be true. Their families had close relations before. Perhaps they met each other

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

abroad, they rarely contacted any friends they had had back in

Jack smiled. "Really? When?"

clearly," she said,

curious 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 not remember

face

"That's all?"

do you want

to say

the opportunities he had missed

Maybe, he resented being forced to marry, rather than the person he had been

when he had found out that they were getting along with

was still confused about her husband's motives. She had no inkling of why he had created such

Jack would come back home with

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

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

impossible for Rachel and Jack

to take a positive turn in

herself that they were only pretending

professional actors. Their pretense could not

Jonathan cared only about keeping the married couple

were getting close to each other made him

and Rachel were only just getting along, he pictured a grandson waving hello to

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

Jonathan felt excited.

spent two days together, he was sure that he

to dinner at his home. Rachel had no

have dinner, he

that Rachel did not know of this. Otherwise,

even refuse to

only discussed business with him

relationship at all. In his heart,

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

of surprise turned

believe that their son was thinking about someone else

he remembered what Rachel liked to eat.

taken such a