Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2680

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“Alright, you can go home now,” Jake finally said in annoyance.

What a fool. It was such simple reasoning, and yet she couldn’t grasp it!

“Nothing bad will happen, right?” Della couldn’t help but ask.

“No. Don’t worry.”

Despite Jake’s confidence, Della still couldn’t shake off her anxiety. What made it worse was that nothing happened between Larry and her, yet she had to play along.

Jake noticed the change in her expression and decided to probe. “Ms. Duff, I suppose you and Larry have already… “

“No.” Della’s reply was quick, and the disappointment on her face was clear as day.

Jake stared open-mouthed at her. Is she joking? He had gone to so much trouble to set this all up, yet she didn’t fulfill her part of the deal? Jake paced around Della in frustration, wondering if he should believe her.

Does she really like Larry? They spent the night together in a hotel room and nothing happened?

me exactly what happened last

of how a drugged man could have resisted that much temptation. Under those circumstances, there was no reason Della wouldn’t have gotten her way

slept in the bathroom the whole night,” Della

No wonder!

man! Jake turned to look

though they hadn’t done the actual deed, the fact that the

You just have to insist that you had done it with him,” Jake said with a

the suggestion, but it was Della who had to live with the guilt. She usually opposed such despicable acts,

don’t want to? You can choose not to admit it.

and looked

right. All this is for Larry. I have to keep

being so indecisive. “Don’t be silly! If you don’t take the

as she

to this point, let’s just throw caution to the wind! With a renewed determination, Della straightened up and looked Jake in his

Jake smiled as he patted her shoulders, pleased that she

was pacing around in

have gotten a room with Della?”

Caspian had always strongly believed that Larry loved only Joan and would never let her down.