Never Late, Never Away (Vivian and Finnick)
Chapter 3196

Chapter 3196

A Helping Hand

She had long since lost her freedom and her rights from the moment she'd admitted that she was Megan.

When that realization finally dawned upon her, she let out a long-suffering sigh. Jake was a cruel, merciless, domineering man and there was nothing she could change about that. "Sure. If that's the case, then I'm leaving." Too lazy to argue with him any further, she stood up and made to leave only to get pulled back by him once more.

"Did I say you could leave?" His displeasure was written all over his face, sending chills down her spine.

"What do you want?"

Rolling her eyes, she sat down on the hospital bed.

"Give me your arm." He reached his hand out. "You got stung, didn't you?"

She did a double-take, hesitant to follow his orders. But when she looked up and caught a glance of Jake's darkening expression, she quickly made the decision to reach her arm out.

"I'm fine. I really don't know why Jonas insisted on me staying at the hospital... Actually, how did you know that I was here?"

She'd wanted to ask that ever since he stepped foot within her ward, but hadn't had the proper chance to do so until now.

The only possibility she could think of was that he'd followed her all the way here, but she quickly banished that creepy thought from her mind.

"Because someone was following you," Jake told her in a very matter-of-fact tone, the tips of his fingers tracing lightly over her wound. Just as Megan was about to panic, he suddenly applied pressure to the swollen spot on her skin.

"You were too near to him."

He lifted his gaze to watch Megan inhale sharply at the prick of pain that shot up her arm. Her reaction did nothing to ease the upset feeling squeezing his chest. Megan couldn't pull her arm away, gritting her teeth in an attempt to keep any sounds of pain from escaping her. She glared at him fixedly, furrowing her eyebrows. What a self-centered, narcissistic man!

He literally has nothing going for him except his looks! And to think that I felt attracted to him just now!

Wait... attracted?

Her mind blanked as she blinked rapidly. Although Jake had a dark, gloomy expression, she couldn't deny the fact that he still looked handsome while doing so. So this is the reason why my heartbeat was speeding up and going into overdrive...

Self-hatred filled her chest, and she turned away from him. She didn't want to admit that she was interested in a man whom she'd only met a few times. There had to be something wrong with her, or some other explanation for what she was feeling. Perhaps she was just more sensitive to Jake's touch compared to others.

"Are you done pressing on my wound?" she snapped, her attitude completely flipping around.

Jake kept staring at her.

After what felt like an eternity, he finally let go of her arm and stood up. "Remember what I told you today. And I have to remind you that showbiz is an industry that depends on connections and resources. If you leave me and try to make a name for yourself by solely depending on Jonas, you'll always stay an unknown rookie."

Megan knew that all too well, but his spiteful tone made her all the more stubborn.

Clicking her tongue, she got to her feet and stood up straight, a newfound determination burning in her eyes.

"I don't need your help. As long as you don't try to sabotage me, I'll definitely rise to the top of this industry!"

Jake nearly let out a bark of laughter. The cynical pessimist in him didn't bother to entertain her baseless hopes and dreams.

"In that case, I'll be watching and waiting."

With that confusing statement, he walked out of the room and never looked back. Megan was left fuming, clenching her fists tightly as she watched him leave.