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

say anything, Rachel frowned and snapped, "You two crossed the line that

into

Eric and were now being scolded by his parent. When he glanced at Jack, he couldn't even

was shameless enough to pretend to be innocent after

in the air. "I gave

have let him drink too much,"

already been six feet under as the two sneered at him.

agreement. "It really is too much. You know that Eric's not good at drinking. The

said, Eric was forced to drink

poked

one of best friends. To be more specific,

early twenties, they still

rented a yacht and invited his friends

was one of the people he had invited, so he took Rachel out here to

most of her time in her home.

most of the time because she was insecure

with her all the time. These days, he noticed that she had grown

excuse to take her out for a

After all, there weren't that many people on the yacht, and it was mostly filled with people Rachel already

on the deck setting off the fireworks. Three hot girls dressed in bikinis were chasing after one another as they yelled gleefully as the skies

at the sight of the beautiful women. Glancing at him, Michael

light in the man's eyes quickly vanished, and he

echoed throughout the yacht as the fireworks

thoughtfully, not noticing that Jack was staring

you cold?"

was the only 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 of

wig for her if she wanted, but she

a fear

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

one really noticed her

out dressing like

normally wear casual clothes like that. Her eyes were bright under the hat, and

surged

dressed too dull and conservative. He had never seen her dress

She looked like a girl who had just graduated from college. She was bright

days were approaching autumn, the weather was

breeze washing over them, but he was still afraid that she might

get a

She grabbed his arm.