Trapped In Lace

Jack felt confused by Rachel's rejection. He lifted the quilt, got up and held her firmly. He looked at her with a wide flattering smile. "Honey, stop it!"

He dragged her back to the bed and rolled over on top of her again. She felt that he wouldn't give up, so she pushed him angrily.

"Jack!" she exclaimed in an angry voice. "I said I don't want to. Can you stop forcing me?"

When he noticed that she was a little angry, Jack's eyes immediately sank. He gently caressed her frowning eyebrows with his fingers and said to her gently, "What's wrong? Are you mad at me?"

Rachel didn't know what was wrong with herself. She suddenly felt wronged, so she pushed him away. She turned over and sat up at the edge of the bed, her eyes red.

Jack felt startled. He wanted to calm her down, but he didn't dared to touch her. He carefully reflected on what he could've possible done that made her feel this way.

After thinking for some time, he could only think that he displeased her because he insisted on having sex with her.

All he could do was coax her. "Honey, please don't be angry. I did not mean to force you." He wetted his lips with his tongue and then reached out his arms to embrace her. "You know I would never do that.

Don't be angry anymore, okay? And don't cry."

Rachel did not know how to explain it to him. Her mood changed so fast. She took a deep breath, pursed her lips and stared briefly at the ceiling. After the inexplicable sadness passed,

ly. He then looked at her with a childlike smile. "You should keep an eye on me."

"This is your own health. You should be able to keep an eye on yourself," Rachel said as she rubbed her forehead.

"I know." Jack cleared his throat and pretended to look down at the curtain. "But I want you to keep an eye on me in person."

Rachel turned around and stared at him in disbelief. She almost doubted what she heard him say just now.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with a smile.

"Nothing." Rachel could not understand him.

"I want to go back to work, Jack," Rachel said finally after thinking for a while.

"Then go back to work. You don't have to tell me," Jack replied.

She didn't know how to reply back at him.

She remembered that she was just on vacation, not resigned from her position at the hospital. However, since she had not gone to work for a long time, it made her mind think that she had already resigned.

This line of conversation reminded Jack of something else.

Before they went to bed, Rachel heard him say to her, "A friend's birthday is coming up. I want us to be there together."

Rachel agreed. Then she yawned widely afterwards.

Jack laughed loudly when he saw her. "You've been sleeping a lot lately," he commented.

His words got to Rachel like a basin of cold water on her face. It sobered her up right away. Her mind suddenly wandered to that possibility and she immediately felt perplexed about the thought.