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.

of answering her, he said, "Your

"What?"

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

want some

placed the cotton bud on the table and helped

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

put away the glass, but he didn't withdraw his arm

on the bed and tried to make little room for himself. However, seeing as the hospital bed didn't suit his tall height, he had to curl one

around her body, so he was

In such a way, his warm hands gave her comfort that she had never felt in

beside me? Didn't you hear what the nurse had

she teased.

course I did." He moved closer

while no one's around to scold me."

be surprised by

your wound still

hand to touch the bandage wrapped around her head. She smiled bitterly. "It's not

need to sew up the wound on her head, they needed to shave strands of her hair off. At the thought, she snorted.

Jack's words were

had forgotten what

rose in her

had happened back in the rubble, but she found that her mind couldn't connect things together. It was partly

fingertips grew cold as she pulled the hem of her clothes. She wanted to ask him, wanted to clear all

thought that she was just uneasy from

you fall asleep?" he asked, gazing

with tenderness. Shocked by the sudden show of affection, she tried to withdraw her

up

wrong? You look

up her eyebrows as she tried to remember what

to ask for my forgiveness then?' she

my eyes, I feel like I'm being buried

she couldn't

of being suppressed under the rubble appeared in her mind

would open her eyes immediately as her heartbeat

she turned her head, she could smell the soil underneath her, as if trying to suffocate

the lamp couldn't

"Give me a minute."

him as he let go of

at the bed. The bed wasn't that narrow, so he didn't need to

for them to lie side

quickly carried her body to adjust her position on the

so gentle that she couldn't help but cuddle up in his arms. She could hear his heartbeat as her head

room for himself to snuggle

what he was going to do,

stretched his arm and wrapped it around