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. "I don't

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

when we were children. Perhaps that was when

Their families had close relations before. Perhaps they met

her family had moved abroad. A couple of

abroad, they rarely contacted any friends they had

Jack smiled. "Really? When?"

can't remember clearly," she

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 clearly. Instead, he asked, "What was I

stoic expression on your face like you do now. You grew up, but nothing

"That's all?"

else do you want

to say something else,"

realizing all the opportunities

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

happiest when he had found out that they were getting

She had no inkling of why he had created such a fuss in the first

had thought Jack would come back home

in his eyes, he had said, "Don't worry. Jack will never bring that

Jack wanted to divorce Rachel because he

thought it was now impossible for Rachel and

expected their relationship to take a positive turn in such a short span of

convinced herself that they were only pretending in front

they were not professional actors. Their pretense could not have been

cared only about

close to each other made

Rachel were only just getting along, he pictured a

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

Jonathan felt excited.

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

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

have dinner, he wanted to know about the development of their

that Rachel did not know of

would even refuse to go there

Jonathan only discussed business with

never mentioned their relationship at all. In his heart, Jack

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

full of surprise turned to

their son was thinking about

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

taken such a drastic turn