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 don't

smiled a little complacently. She

when we were children. Perhaps that was

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

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

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

Jack smiled. "Really? When?"

can't remember clearly," she

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

"You had the same stoic expression on your face

"That's all?"

do you want to

you wanted to say something else,"

all the opportunities he had missed in all those

no idea why he disliked Rachel back then. Maybe, he resented being forced to marry, rather than

he had found out that

had no inkling of why he had created such a fuss in the first place only to have her son agree to

Jack would come back

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

thought it was now impossible for Rachel and Jack to live

not expected their relationship to take a

Tracy was skeptical and convinced herself that they were only

could not have been

cared only about keeping

fact that they were getting close to each other made him

were only just getting along, he pictured

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

Jonathan felt excited.

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

dinner at his home. Rachel had no idea what was going on, but Jack had guessed what his father was

time Jonathan asked them to come back and have dinner, he wanted to

know of this. Otherwise, she

would even refuse to

with him at the

at all. In his heart, Jack

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 to

that their son was thinking about

what Rachel liked to eat.

their relationship had taken such a