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."

him mention Eric, Jack froze and snuck

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

into a coughing

cool gaze. In fact, it felt as if they had bullied Eric and were now being

shameless enough to pretend to be innocent after betraying

his hands up in the air.

drink too much,"

looks could kill, Jack would've already been six feet under

is too much. You know that Eric's not good

said, Eric was forced to drink

to explain themselves, a man knocked at the door and poked his head in. "It's

of one of best friends. To be more specific, the

early twenties, they still had a way of celebrating

host rented a yacht and

people he had invited, so

half a month, she stayed most of her time in her home. The only place

she stayed at home most of the time because

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 out

of finding an excuse to take her out for a walk, the birthday invitation came by just

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

Three hot girls dressed in bikinis were chasing after one another as they

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

quickly vanished, and he said nothing

the

the sky thoughtfully, not noticing that Jack was staring

you cold?" he

washroom as she got ready

even prepared a wig for her if she wanted,

was a fear that she

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

one really noticed

went out dressing like

were bright under the hat, and he couldn't help but

surged through his

the past, she had dressed too dull and conservative. He had never seen her dress in something that

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

the weather was still warmer

was no sea breeze washing over them, but he

go get a coat,"

need." She grabbed his arm. "I'm