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."

mention Eric, Jack froze and snuck a glance at

frowned and snapped, "You two crossed the

went into

it felt as if they had bullied Eric and were now being scolded by his parent. When he glanced at Jack, he couldn't even believe the man's

was shameless enough to pretend

the air.

drink too much," Jack reminded

kill, Jack would've already been six feet under as the two sneered at him.

had no idea what had happened, so she nodded in agreement. "It really is too much. You

said, Eric was forced to drink

themselves, a man knocked at the door and poked his head in. "It's time for fireworks. Come on. Don't

friends. To be more specific, the celebrant was actually a friend of

all still in their early twenties, they still

a yacht and invited his

invited, so he took

most of her time

that she stayed at home most of the time because she was insecure about

he 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

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

there weren't that many people on the yacht, and it was mostly

hot girls dressed in bikinis were chasing after one another as they yelled gleefully as the skies lit

women. Glancing at him, Michael snorted. "These girls already

in the man's eyes quickly vanished, and he

the yacht as the fireworks

not noticing that Jack was staring at

cold?"

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 of

her if she wanted, but she refused to wear

this was a fear that she

dressed herself in a simple T-shirt

one really

out dressing like that,

wear casual clothes like that. Her eyes were bright

feeling surged through his

the past, she had dressed too dull and conservative. He had never seen

now looked even lovelier. She looked like a girl who had just graduated from college. She was

days were approaching autumn, the weather was still warmer than

he was

get a

grabbed his arm.