Never Late, Never Away

Chapter 3195

The Heart Wants What It Wants

Megan’s self-conscious gaze darted around the room, focusing on anything but Jake. Her brain kept recalling the launch event and the feeling of the warm hand on her shoulder.

That small, simple touch had triggered something unknown inside of her.

“So did you, or didn’t you?” Jake held her chin between his thumb and pointer finger, the smell of his cologne overpowering her as she stared at his handsome face up close, enraptured. Megan knew that this was a trap, but the dazed look in her eyes betrayed her true emotions.

“I did…”

Jake raised an eyebrow, absentmindedly moving his hand upwards to trace his fingers against her face. “Was it because you lied to me?”

Lied…?

back to reality. Goosebumps rose all over her skin; she’d nearly given into

lied

pushed him away with arguably more force than needed, raising her chin high up in the

catching me off-guard? And to think that he’d nearly

so?” Jake looked calm and threw her a

were in, sitting himself down on the bed and patting the empty spot next to him. “Come here.

order people around. Due to this, Megan felt the

not the boss of me. Why should I tell you anything? And even if you want answers, you should

their relationship with each other. Brushing it off, he licked at his lips and wrapped one arm around Megan’s waist, pulling her closer to

could feel his every breath brushing against her face. His intense

narrowed his eyes ever so slightly and leaned in. Megan vaguely registered that he was saying something in

you are really Megan, then your life is mine to own. We have all the time in the world to

but couldn’t deny the fact that her heart had

have no intention of