Stuck in you

Rachel didn't need to tell her plan to others in advance when she lived alone. So she forgot to tell Jack about the dinner in the Zhou family residence.

Jack's face darkened. "I was overreacting."

"You were."

She didn't even bother to deny the fact.

As she thought about it, maybe this was the opportunity to make everything clear between them. If she left it like this, the problems they had would simply grow bigger and bigger.

Thinking of this, Rachel pursed her lips and stared up at him once more. "Do you have anything to tell me?"

When she recalled what Celine had said so arrogantly in the morning, her heart throbbed against her chest.

Anger, sadness, disgust—all these emotions overwhelmed her like a net surrounding a fish. It was as if she couldn't find it in herself to move because she was afraid that she'd simply get even more tangled in her own prison of thoughts.

Back then, Celine had been staring at her with a smug look.

"Well, I was never fond of children in the first place. I'm not pregnant. I just have a stomachache. Sorry to rain on your parade."

Rachel sneered and left.

However, every step she took felt like she was hauling across bags of lead. It was painful, and it was something that she wouldn't subject anyone to.

She wanted to see if Jack would confess to her.

Rachel didn't care if what Celine had said was true or not. This had happened before the two of them were together. Back then, Jack loved Celine wholeheartedly, so it was natural for him to do such a thing.

However, now that he was with Rachel, she expected honesty. It was as if he took her as a stupid shrew.

When she recalled all the times he had whispered in her ear about having a baby, she could feel the knife twisting deeper into her heart.

As if nothing had happened, Jack smiled and held her in his arms. He rested his chin on top of her head. "I won't be so narrow-minded in the future. Trust me."

'Trust him?'

Rachel shook and avoided his gaze.

He noticed the change. Frowning, he asked, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Nothing. I had some fried rice cake for lunch. I probably ate too much."

She waved her hands dismissively. "I felt a little nauseated in the afternoon. In fact, all the nurses in the hospital thought I was pregnant."

Jack chuckled. These two days, they were both feeling agitated because of the suspicion they had for one another. Now that she was willing to tell him about these mundane events, he felt that everything was finally falling into place.

As always, their relationship jumped up just when they thought everything was lost.

Holding her face in his hands, he kissed her on the lips several times. "Even the nurses are worried about you," he whispered. "Maybe it's time for us to give then what they've been speculating."

point, she couldn't stop

the sight of

Can

on his feet, but now it felt as if his entire mind had crashed before him. He didn't know what

the look on his face, Rachel concluded that Celine's words

hiding it from her from the beginning. He probably

Was she that gullible?

was a little sore, and her

a man who has had a vasectomy have a baby?" she asked. "Let

was finally revealed. He wanted to explain, but he couldn't

found himself

me. Let me

Rachel shook her head.

All she wanted to know was whether

"Well? Is it true?"

answer in her heart, she still

Jack was silent.

would be over for the both of them.

"Was it for Celine?"

but when he saw Rachel's clear eyes, it felt as if the lump in his

it more or

silence calmed her

her assumption was

was natural for him to do things for Celine,

expect that she would fall for his lies

away as she was done

the second floor when Jack grabbed her

didn't want to

just couldn't let

he didn't explain things clearly now, then it would just get more and more

already made an appointment for a vasectomy

a baby soon.

her withering gaze,

wanted to hide things from

never happened

coldness rushed through her

Do you even

did the vasectomy for your mistress. Then you pretended as if nothing had happened and all you could ever talk about

having an affair with Celine because they were

a real couple, she found that he had been hiding such a big

What a joke!

her hand to wipe the tears running down her cheeks

Furrowing his eyebrows, he noticed that the

folders from the other end of the table and slowly pushed the door. Suddenly, he heard Jack's voice.