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 a glance at

frowned and snapped, "You two crossed

went into a

it felt as if they had bullied Eric and were now being scolded by his parent.

to pretend to be innocent after

his hands up in the air. "I gave

shouldn't have let him drink too

would've already been six feet under as

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

said, Eric was forced

the door and poked his head in. "It's

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

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

rented a yacht and

he had invited, so he took Rachel

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 the surrounding

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

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

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

to take her. After all, there weren't that many people on the yacht, and it was mostly

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 the skies

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

man's eyes quickly

echoed throughout the yacht as the

not noticing that Jack

you cold?" he

Before she came out of the washroom as she got ready for the

even prepared a wig for her if she wanted, but she refused

that this was a fear that

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

really

out dressing like that, Jack

eyes were bright under the hat, and

feeling surged through

had dressed too dull and conservative. He had never

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

the days were approaching autumn, the weather was still

sea breeze washing over them, but he was still afraid

get a

grabbed his arm. "I'm not