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."

that point, she couldn't stop

sneered and shoved him away. At the sight of his furrowed

Can

was quick on his feet, but now it felt as if his

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

from her from the beginning. He probably took her as a fool every single time

Was she that gullible?

was a little sore, and her eyes were

breath. "Tell me, how can a man who has had a vasectomy have a baby?" she asked. "Let me tell

Jack had been hiding from Rachel all this time was finally revealed. He wanted to explain,

himself frozen into

to me. Let me explain,"

Rachel shook her head.

was no need for that. All she wanted to know was whether

"Well? Is it true?"

heart, she still wanted him

Jack was silent.

be over for the both of them. Their relationship

"Was it for Celine?"

head, but when he saw Rachel's clear eyes, it felt as

more or

silence calmed

seemed that her assumption was

him to do things for Celine, but to keep it from Rachel was

that she would fall for his lies yet

as she

go up the second

didn't want to

just couldn't let her leave like

now, then it would just get more

made an

can have a baby

her withering gaze, he

wanted to hide things from

the operation never happened in the

coldness rushed through

even know what

happened and all you could ever talk about was having a child

affair with Celine because they were not a real

real couple, she found that he

What a joke!

to wipe the tears running down her cheeks

his eyebrows, he noticed that the

stack of folders from the other end of the