Stuck in you

During the swimming competition, when Jack tried his best to swim to the other side, he heard chaos from behind him. After straining his ear, he heard they shout, "Someone is drowning!"

He immediately came to a halt and turned around. He turned to look where people were looking and caught sight of a struggling figure. He realized it was none other than Rachel. His expression froze. Then he swam towards her using all his might.

Slowly, she was beginning to stop struggling. This scared him even more. "Rachel, hold on! I am coming for you!" he screamed. He was so fast that he ended up reaching there before the lifeguard. However, she had already lost her consciousness.

Her smiling face turned pale and her lips were bloodless. Soaked in ice-water, her body lacked warmth.

It was like she was dead.

Jack didn't dare to think further. He kept pressing her chest with his hands and growled, "Rachel, wake up!" Even after she was okay, he thought about this dreadful scene. It was a nightmare from which he would never get over.

Now at the hospital, looking at his tight muscles and trembling hands, Rachel couldn't help chuckling. In a relaxed tone, she said, "Jack, why does it look like you are the one who almost drowned?"

"I wish I was the one who drowned. It wouldn't have hurt this much," said Jack through gritted teeth.

Rachel was quite touched by his words. "I'm fine, don't worry."

While they were chatting, the doctor entered the ward and began to examine her carefully. "Rachel, you are all right. In fact, your fever has subdued and I can detect no lung infection. You can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow," he informed with a smile.

Hearing this, Jack frowned. "Are you sure? Didn't she need to take an ECG or a brain CT? We are in no hurry. You can look after her properly," he said, not letting Rachel to speak.

Seeing how anxious Jack was, the doctor and the nurse had a hard time holding back their laughter. Even though they had seen several loving husbands, none were as concerned as Jack. Rachel quickly shook her head and said, "Dr. Chen is quite a professional doctor. He makes no mistake."

Dr. Chen laughed, not a least bit offended. He shifted his gaze to Jack and promised, "She is doing fine. I know you are concerned about Rachel, but rest assured, there is no need for these inspections."

After saying that, he couldn't help laughing. When he realized what had happened, he quickly took the medical record to cover his face and hurried away.

Few minutes passed but Jack stood stock-still. Rachel couldn't get any reaction out of him. 'Perhaps he is angry,' she thought and got ready to explain. But before she could do that, he looked at her in a daze. "Is what Dr. Chen said true? Are those scans unnecessary?"

It turned out he was still fixated on that.

To be honest, this shocked Rachel.

She nodded her head and said, "Yes, Jack. It's true. It makes me anxious to see you look so nervous. Cheer up, I'm fine."

"Okay, I see." But deep down, he was still worried.

was the sort of man who wasn't easily rattled. But when she was involved, he would

took his hand

Lea couldn't fall asleep, no matter

her eyes, the image of

sleep wouldn't

turned on the bedside

a muffled voice, "Every time I close my

was wallowing in self-reproach and Henry didn't know what to do. After a while, he put on the gentlest tone and said, "You shouldn't be blaming yourself for what

I made her

bed wearing that oxygen mask, I felt so heartbroken. If I

know. I am aware of the extent to which you

gently patted her on the back. Ever since Rachel drowned, Lea hadn't managed to get a wink

at the hospital. Later, everybody convinced her to go back home. Yet every night, she felt herself fall into the whirlpool of self-blame. No matter how hard she tried, she

second day, somehow she managed to doze for half an hour. 'That's enough sleep!' she told herself. Without wasting any time, she went straight to the kitchen. Her eyes were swollen and

had woken up quite early as well. She hadn't slept well. The truth was, she hadn't allowed herself to sleep well. Every time she

was

sat up and felt much

Jack's hand and said, "How long has it been since you

Jack always smelled good. This was her

"Really?"

He frowned and said, "I don't think so. However, I will ask Austin to

corners of Rachel's mouth twitched. Her

hand, Lea walked in.

She frowned slightly and asked, "Are you

Lea replied,

wrong with

I'm sorry." Lea sobbed as she

to me has got nothing to do with you. Why are you apologizing? Hurry up and show

Finally, Lea raised her head, but she

her eyes, Rachel said, "Of course, I don't. Can

reached out her hand, waiting to see what was inside. "Hurry up. Don't force me to get down the bed

left the ward, giving them the privacy they

corridor and lit their cigarettes at the same time. So far, they hadn't spoken

broke the silence. "Jack, I'm also responsible for what has happened. The work on the site wasn't done well. On top of that, the lifeguards