Stuck in you

Marcus' words failed to goad Jack in surrendering. Rubbing the space in between his eyebrows, Jack sighed. "I've been exhausted lately."

Michael snorted. "And why is that?"

Eric was the only one who knew exactly why Jack was so tired.

"He has been taking care of Rachel," he stated proudly.

Eric patted Jack's shoulder. He didn't notice the smile that carved into his lips.

Rachel was half asleep when the bed sank. The smell of alcohol wafted across her, and she couldn't help but wrinkle her nose.

"Did you drink?" she murmured.

Jack's eyes widened. "Is the smell that strong?"

He made sure that he took a shower before coming to bed in fear that the smell might cause her to vomit.

Rachel slowly opened her eyes, yawning. "I have a good nose."

She tapped her nose to emphasize her point. "It's not that strong though. Did they leave?"

Jack pulled her into a kiss. "No, they're still in the living room."

"Why did you leave them?"

"Eric is with them right now."

"Eric?"

"Yes. There's no need to worry about them. Let's sleep now."

Michael and Marcus had initially planned to drink with Jack. However, Jack decided to run away and let Eric serve as his scapegoat.

Eric's head hurt so much in the morning from all the drinking he did. In fact, it took him a few hours to get over his hangover.

When Rachel saw the two men again, they began to complain to her.

While Jack was playing with his lighter indifferently, Michael took his time to ridicule them. "You're so awesome, Rachel. You've already turned this playboy into a good husband."

She almost choked on her juice at the man's words. At the sound, Jack immediately set aside his lighter and patted her on the back. "Drink it slowly," he instructed.

Marcus couldn't help but be surprised by the scene. Even when Jack and Celine were together, he had never seen them in such an intimate relationship. Most of the time, Celine would take it upon herself to please Jack, not the other way around.

Marcus coughed awkwardly. "By the way, how's Eric doing? He was so drunk he couldn't even stand up when we left."

Jack froze and snuck a glance at

anything, Rachel frowned and snapped, "You

went into a

if they had bullied Eric and were now being scolded by his parent. When he glanced at Jack, he

shameless enough to pretend to be innocent after betraying

in the air.

have let him drink too much," Jack

under as the two sneered at him. 'What the fuck?

what had happened, so she nodded in agreement. "It really is too much. You know that Eric's not good at drinking. The nanny had to help him go back

nanny had said, Eric was forced to drink loads

the door and poked his head in. "It's time for fireworks. Come

of one of best friends. To

early twenties, they still had

a yacht and invited his

of the people he had invited, so he took Rachel

than half a month, she stayed most of her time in her home. The only place she ever went to was

she stayed at home most of the time because she was

busy with his work, he wasn't always with her all the time. These days, he noticed that she had grown even slimmer than before, and her skin was so pale after not going

an excuse to take her out for a walk, the birthday invitation

decided to take her. After all, there weren't that many

Three hot girls dressed in bikinis were

eyes glinted at the sight of the beautiful women. Glancing at him, Michael snorted. "These girls already have boyfriends," he

flickering light in the man's eyes quickly

laughter echoed throughout the yacht

the sky thoughtfully, not noticing that Jack was

you cold?" he

one who chose to wear more casual clothes. Before she came out of the washroom as she got ready for the party, Jack had been so worried that she'd be insecure

her if

this was a fear that she needed

by Eric and dressed herself in a simple T-shirt and a pair of jeans. The brim of her

really

she went out dressing like that, Jack was

that. Her eyes were bright under the hat, and he couldn't help but

feeling surged through

conservative. He had

lovelier. She looked like a girl who had just graduated from

days were approaching autumn, the weather was

he was still afraid

can go get a

need." She grabbed his arm.