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…?

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

lied to

away with arguably more force than needed, raising

on catching me off-guard?

so?” Jake looked calm and threw her

bed and patting the empty spot next to him. “Come here. Tell me,

instead, he preferred to order people

“I haven’t signed the contract with Sky Entertainment yet, which means you’re not the boss of me. Why should I tell you anything? And even if you want answers, you should be asking Jonas, not me. I don’t know

wondered if she thought that the “I don’t know you that well” phrase was all she needed to dismiss their relationship with each other. Brushing it off, he licked at his lips and wrapped one arm around Megan’s

brushing against her face. His intense

was saying something in a deep, husky voice, but couldn’t focus on anything else except the movement of his Adam’s

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

but couldn’t deny the fact that her heart had skipped

really Megan, but I have no intention