Chapter 18


    Before she could finish her words, she saw that Jack lifted the quilt andy down in the bed. He


    didn''t say anything to her as if not giving a care in the world.


    Rachel almost pped her hands when she saw this. If he had acted like this earlier, then she


    wouldn''t have needed to say such embarrassing nonsense.


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    As Rachel went to turn off the lights, she realized that it might be a bit difficult for her to fall asleep


    tonight.


    Noticing that the other side of the bed beside him had sunk slightly, Jack slowly opened his eyes


    which were as silent and dark as midnight.


    Rachel slowly pulled the quilt closer to her as she got under the sheets.


    Ten minutester, Jack still couldn''t fall asleep and wondered whether Rachel had already fallen


    asleep beside him.


    Half an hourter, Jack opened his eyes again, but this time he turned his body from lying on his


    back to facing Rachel.


    As he turned his body to face Rachel''s, he could smell a faint and pleasant fragranceing from


    her.


    He felt veryfortable and slowly closed his ■3


    eyes. He hadn''t been in a rtionship with any other woman since he got together with Celine.


    But in the end, when Celine found out that he was a married man, she refused to let him touch her


    no matter what he said to try and coax her.


    "If you really respect me, then you should be fine with not sleeping together until after the divorce."


    That was what Celine had said to him.


    At that time, Jack had treated Celine as a priceless treasure and agreed with whatever she said.


    As if he had owed her in his previous life, she had owned him during this lifetime. He had never


    been this obedient to any woman before, but Celine was different.


    Because of her, he had been living a life without sex for five years.


    Who would believe it?


    Under the nket of the night, Jack shed a mocking smile silently.


    In fact, Rachel didn''t sleep. She kept her eyes open in the darkness. It wasn''t because she didn''t


    want to sleep. But every time she closed her eyes in the silence of the night, she could hear the


    slight breathing not far from her.


    She couldn''t fall asleep. As soon as she closed her eyes, she felt his breathing be heavy as


    she''d grow scared.


    To distract herself, Rachel turned to her side with her back facing Jack.


    When she thought about it, they had never slept ■3


    in the same bed before. Rachel couldn''t sleep till it was already dawn.


    Rachel didn''t know that Jack didn''t fall asleep until that time either.


    A couple of hourster, Rachel woke up from her dream still clearly groggy. The first thing she did


    when she woke up was to reach for her phone on the bedside table.


    Before she reached it she realized that she was not at home, but in the Fu family house. Looking


    over to the window and seeing the bright sky outside, Rachel turned over and got up. It was already


    late.


    She took her phone from the bedside table and checked the time, it was almost noon. She suddenly


    threw back the quilt, got out of bed and quickly took a set of clothes to change into.


    Jack, who was still lying in the bed, was awakened by her sudden movements. He opened his eyes


    still slightly dreaming.


    All of a sudden, Jack saw the familiar ceiling and heard a familiar voice. It was then that he


    remembered everything that happenedst night.


    Jack kept staring at the ceiling, blinking as hey unmoving in the bed.


    He listened to the slight movements around him as hey still. He could hear the sound of running


    water in the bathroom, then it suddenly stopped and the low voice of a woman was heard as she


    answered the phone.


    Her voice was as smooth and as melodious as a song on a warm summer morning. "Okay, okay, ■3


    got it," Rachel said calmly.


    Jack could almost imagine her answer with some sort of serious expression.


    She hung up the phone, and then he could hear the sound of running water again.


    He guessed that Rachel must have been washing her face at that moment.


    After a while, Jack felt bored again. He just stared at the ceiling with his eyes wide open, and then


    he heard footstepsing out of the bathroom.


    As he saw Rachel walking out of the bathroom door, Jack couldn''t lie down anymore and sat up


    from the bed. At this moment, she opened the door and saw him sitting up with his hair and clothes


    disheveled. There was a slight allure to this sight.


    She suddenly stopped, thinking that she might have woken him up. Rachel looked at him gently and


    apologetically while putting her index finger against her lips as a gesture. "It''s all right. Go back to


    sleep."


    He saw the door slowly closing in front of him and Rachel''s face slowly disappearing from his sight.


    He stayed there sitting quietly for a while, and then he decisivelyy back down on the bed while


    pulling the quilt over his body. However, the quilt was filled with a strange but pleasant smell. The


    same pleasant smell fromst night.