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.

answer honestly.

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

when we were children. Perhaps that was when we first

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

Rachel was about four or five years old, her family had moved abroad. A couple of years

they rarely contacted any friends they had had back in Ninwell

Jack smiled. "Really? When?"

remember clearly," she

it fit to pry when she had already said that

face

"That's all?"

else do you

you wanted to say something else,"

all the opportunities he had missed in all

why he disliked Rachel back then. Maybe, he resented being forced to marry, rather than the person he had been pushed to claim

when he had found

She had no inkling of why he had created such a fuss

back home with Celine on

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

take him at his word. She thought Jack

thought it was now impossible for Rachel and Jack to

relationship to take a positive turn in such

and convinced herself that they were only pretending in front of

Their pretense could not have been

retired, Jonathan cared only about keeping the married couple

were getting close to each other made

he pictured a grandson waving hello to him

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

Jonathan felt excited.

that they had spent two days together, he was

no idea what was going on, but Jack had guessed what his father was

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

Rachel did not know of this. Otherwise, she too would have been mad at

would even refuse to go there for

Jonathan only discussed business with him at the dining

never mentioned their relationship at all. In his heart,

eye on them. To meet his expectations, Jack put a spoonful of

full of

Jonathan could not believe that their son was thinking about someone

he remembered what Rachel liked

having trouble believing that their relationship had taken