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."

Eric, Jack froze and snuck a

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

into a coughing

bullied Eric and were now being scolded by

was shameless enough to pretend to be innocent

up in the air. "I gave him

have let him drink too much," Jack

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

"It really is too much. You know that Eric's not good at drinking. The nanny had to help

the nanny had said, Eric

and poked his head in. "It's time for fireworks. Come on. Don't hide

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

all still in their early twenties, they still

yacht and

was one of the people he had invited, so

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

home most of the time because she

time. These days, he noticed that she had grown even slimmer than before, and her skin was so pale after not

finding an excuse to take her out for a

her. After all, there weren't that many people on the yacht, and

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

Glancing at him, Michael snorted. "These girls already have boyfriends," he

light in the man's eyes quickly

the yacht as the

not noticing

cold?" he

clothes. Before she came out of the washroom as she

if she

knew that this was a fear that she needed to overcome

and dressed herself in a simple T-shirt and

really

went out dressing

eyes were bright under the hat, and he couldn't

feeling surged

dull and conservative. He had never seen her dress

now looked even lovelier. She looked like a girl who had just

approaching autumn, the weather was

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

go get a coat," he

need." She grabbed his arm.