Stuck in you

Cherry saw the interaction between the couple and smiled. "You know, I used to have a secret crush on Jack, but that was all in the past."

"You don't have to tell her that."

At her senseless words, Jack immediately frowned at the implication. He turned to Rachel and explained himself, "She was just an immature girl that time. The only thing she knew back then was to chase handsome boys around."

"It seems you've grown an even bigger head since the last time I saw you." Cherry slapped the back of Jack's shoulder heavily before turning to the other woman. "I hope you don't misunderstand, Rachel. This is just how I joke around."

"It's fine."

Rachel didn't think too much into their relationship. She just found the two very interesting. In fact, she never heard that Jack had a female friend before.

To be even more frank, she had never seen this side of him before—the one that was more playful without any inhibitions.

Jack turned serious. "Isn't the exhibition over by nine?" he asked. "Where are you going now?"

Cherry rubbed the back of her neck. "Well, something had gone wrong with our hotel, so now my husband and I have to find another one. Otherwise, we will be sleeping on the streets."

"How many days will you be staying in the city?"

There was silence before she answered, "About a week."

"If that's the case, then you don't have to find another hotel." He shrugged. "You can stay at my place. I can ask the maid to clean the guest room. You're welcome to go there in a while."

Cherry's eyes widened in surprise. "And where will you live?"

Turning his head to glance at Rachel, Jack flashed a smile. "I can stay somewhere else."

The moment Rachel heard his words, a shiver shot down her spine.

After a while, the matter had been settled. Cherry and her husband would stay at his place while Jack would seek refuge somewhere else.

Once they said goodbyes, Rachel immediately removed his hand from her waist and furrowed her eyebrows. "You're lending your house to Cherry and her husband," she stated as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "Where are you going to stay tonight?"

Jack didn't answer. Instead, he simply grinned at her.

It was strange.

She furrowed her eyebrows. Seeing that she might not be able to figure it out herself, he sighed.

He pointed at her. "Your place."

What?

jaw dropped.

Celia stayed at your apartment, right? I can

understood why she felt uncomfortable earlier. It seemed that her subconscious

you have other

for a long time, so they're messy,"

a hotel." When she thought that he was going to live with her,

the two of them had been getting along in the past few days, living together might reopen the wounds they had tried their

and I haven't found

about staying in your parents'

know what kind of people they are. I'll be nagged to

with, Jack would find

then, Rachel didn't want to agree. She had planned to go to eat at a Japanese restaurant earlier, but after learning what was going to happen, she had no appetite. When she returned to her

she had fallen in love with him three

fall for him

had already left, what if there was some other woman clouding around his life? She had already told Lea that she was willing to set

letting him stay here made

Instead, he simply waited by the doorway. He knew

should've been more patient, he couldn't find himself waiting any longer. He wanted

worries, he believed that

he would say, time would lead them to its final

had waited outside for at least an hour. He leaned against the doorframe and listened carefully.

door. When she saw

don't have anywhere else to go," he said pitifully. "It will really just be a week. When Cherry and her husband go back, I'll

heart softened. She motioned towards the living room. "Just

I promise." Jack immediately walked into the room, afraid that if he delayed any longer, she'd change her mind.

Rachel didn't agree, he was afraid that their relationship would've stepped back, and she would sink back into her protective

didn't even know what she felt. Complicated feelings rose in her heart, but she shook them away. "I'll cook some noodles for

"Okay."

here with her, he didn't even

picked up his phone and sent a message to Cherry. "Thank you

he accompanied Marcus into the furniture store, this

was washing tomatoes in the kitchen. She had

fell on Jack's lap. She went to her room while he was cleaning

when she saw him leaning against the doorway. She placed a hand on her chest. "Why

notice

of the room. "It's late. You should

had other

Rachel found herself twisting and turning in her bed. She stared at the ceiling with her eyes

creaked open, slicing through the