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 glance at

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

went into a

felt as if they had bullied Eric and were now being scolded

enough to pretend to be innocent after

in the air. "I gave

shouldn't have let him drink too much," Jack reminded

under as the two sneered at him. 'What the

You know that Eric's not good at drinking. The nanny

said, Eric was forced

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

the birthday party of one of best friends. To be more specific, the celebrant was

all still in their early twenties, they still had a way of celebrating very

rented a yacht and invited his

people he had invited, so he

stayed most of her

most of the time because she

noticed that she had grown even slimmer than before, and her skin was so pale after not going out

excuse to take her out for a

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

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

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

man's eyes quickly vanished, and he said

throughout the yacht as the

sky thoughtfully, not noticing that Jack was staring

you cold?" he

to wear more casual clothes. Before she came out of the washroom as she got ready for

for her if she wanted, but she refused to wear

this was a fear

picked the hat that was sent by Eric and dressed herself in a simple T-shirt and a pair of jeans.

really noticed

went out dressing like that, Jack

like that. Her eyes were bright under

unknown feeling surged through

had dressed too dull and conservative. He had

looked like a girl who had just graduated

the days were approaching autumn, the weather

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

get a coat,"

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