Stuck in you

Jonathan shook his head with a smile.

After a while, as Tracy was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard her husband calling out her name.

She opened her eyes and frowned. "What's wrong?"

There was long silence before he finally spoke again. "Jack and Rachel are incredibly troublesome."

It turned out that he was also concerned for them. Tracy's heart rose uneasily as her sleepiness dissipated.

The old man sighed. "Well, we can just agree to let them divorce if they truly wouldn't get along with each other."

Her eyes widened. "What? Are you sure?"

"What else can I do?" Jonathan shrugged helplessly. "He isn't young anymore. He might as well do what he likes."

The woman gaped at him. Her mouth opened and closed like a fish blubbering for water.

"Besides, Rachel is already a grown woman." He smiled. "We're using him to make up for her loss, but look at the way he treats her.

Don't you think it's just plain torture? Doesn't she deserve better?"

Tracy pursed her lips and tilted her head. "Do you know something?"

"What? No." He shrugged. "I just thought about it now. Let them handle their own matters. They're not children anymore."

"That's true." Tracy sighed. It was much easier to tell Jack what to do when he was much younger.

In the hospital, Rachel moved under her sheets. "I can't sleep," she uttered.

Hearing her words, Jack couldn't bear to lie down anymore. He sat up and looked around, only to see her lying quietly.

Her eyes were as black as night.

As the rain splattered against the window pane, Jack pushed aside his quilt and got out of bed. He quickly fetched her a cup of warm water.

Rachel shook her head, implying that she didn't want to drink it later. He set it on the bedside table.

"What's wrong?"

After a moment's silence, her fingers fidgeted.

She hesitated at first before replying, "Every time I close my eyes, I feel scared."

Jack's heart ached at her words. He quickly sat on the edge of the bed and reached out his hand. He smoothed over the messy strands of her hair.

"I can't sleep either. What are you thinking about? Talk to me."

Rachel tilted her head. "You can't sleep either?"

Something flashed in his eyes. His gaze quickly fell on her lips.

her, he said,

"What?"

out a cotton bud from one of the hospital's drawers. Without missing a beat, he poured it with water and dabbed it against her

no need. I want some

the cotton bud on the table and helped

leaned against the headboard and let his arm support her head.

glass,

bed didn't suit his tall height,

her body, so he

such a way, his warm hands gave

do you have to sit beside me? Didn't you hear what the

she teased.

smiled. "Of course I did."

here while no one's around to scold me." He landed a kiss

couldn't help but be

your wound still

around her head.

up the wound on her head, they needed to shave strands of her hair

woke up that day, Jack's words were interrupted

forgotten what he had

rose in her

what had happened back in the rubble, but she found that her mind couldn't connect things together. It was partly due to her exhaustion. Her body still hadn't recovered from

her thoughts shifted to what Jack had said and did. Her fingertips grew cold as she pulled the hem of her clothes. She wanted to ask

thought that she was just uneasy from

fall asleep?" he asked, gazing down

affection, she tried to withdraw her hand, but he didn't let her

gave up soon

wrong? You

remember

ask for my forgiveness then?'

I feel like I'm

she couldn't go back to

suppressed under the rubble appeared in her mind over and over

would open her eyes immediately as

rain outside added more to her fear. Whenever she turned her head, she could smell the soil underneath her, as if trying to

couldn't

"Give me a minute."

as he let go of her hand and

bed wasn't that narrow, so he didn't need to lie on top of

for them to lie side

body to adjust her position on

help but cuddle up in his arms. She could hear his heartbeat as her head was pressed against

room for himself

what he was going to do, she

stretched his arm and wrapped it around