Never Late, Never Away (Vivian and Finnick)
Chapter 3252

Chapter 3252 Everything Fell Into Place

"Oh no, it's already eight. The villagers must be asleep at this hour... where do we go now?" Megan mumbled.

Jake had held her hand securely during their journey back. She initially struggled, feeling uncomfortable with how intimate the gesture was. However, she gradually gave in as she knew that there was no escaping his hold.

"Let's head to a different orphanage that's listed as one of my assets." Jake had just sent an email and was looking up from his phone in a nonchalant manner.

He cast a sideways glance at Megan. Her face had taken on a pearlescent glow under the moonlight, and even her lashes appeared to be dusted with fluffy speckles of snow. Warmth fluttered in his chest at the sight of this.

Is this what it's like to care for someone?

Jake couldn't believe what he was feeling; yet, it also felt right at the same time. Everything fell into place. From the moment he and Megan first met; to how he wasn't repulsed after replaceing out that she deliberately approached him; and how he later felt bothered by Megan and Jonas' relationship...

All this had been pre-determined by destiny, but he was just too stubborn to admit it. There was only one person who could ruffle his emotions with such ease-Megan. She would bring both joy and sorrow into his life and make him the main character in his own story.

"I was wondering why you chose to rebuild a new orphanage instead of renovating the existing one..." Megan murmured.

She was still struggling to break her hand away from his. Discomfort plagued her as if an army of ants were crawling inside her chest.

The two navigated through the village that had slumbered away. The silver moonlight dappled around them as gusts of cold winds blew. Jake then tightened his hold on Megan's trembling hand in an attempt to warm her up.

He gave some serious thought to Megan's question before answering in a casual tone, "Because I don't want others living in the one place where I can revisit my past. There's also another reason; there are too many Megan impostors out there. Each year, one or two people claim to be Megan. However, they end up giving themselves away when asked to point out the way to the orphanage."

Megan's eyes widened at this. She couldn't believe that he had taken the extra step to set up such defensive measures.

Unable to hold herself back, she looked up at him. Conflicted emotions washed over her as she felt both terrified yet relieved by the warmth that radiated from his palm into hers.

Megan felt even more conflicted when she considered the many dire consequences of lying to him. Shrugging inwardly, she decided that it was pointless to worry about all that at this point. All she could do was purse her lips in silence.

It was unclear how long they had been walking, but Jake eventually slowed to a halt and glanced back at an absent-minded Megan. Concern got the best of him as he leaned in closer to her. "What's wrong?" he asked.

Exhaling a misty cloud into the air, his warm breath tickled her frozen skin. Megan was confused about what he meant. By the time she snapped out of her daze, his handsome face had already leaned in front of hers.

Megan was stunned momentarily. A bright scarlet burned across her cheeks as she felt a rapid pounding in her chest. Cringing, she then whipped her head in the other direction-all because of Jake's sudden approach.

Megan desperately wanted to get out of this situation, so she pulled on a straight face and changed the topic. "I'm fine. Have we arrived?"

Jake decided against questioning her unnerved reaction, lest it made things more uncomfortable between them. He shrugged and turned to look at the orphanage ahead.

"Yeah. This is the newly built orphanage that I own in Queenston Village. I've already contacted them earlier, so we'll be staying here for today."

Megan wasn't used to hearing him speak in such a toned-down manner which was nothing like his past arrogance. She curiously glanced up at Jake's protruding cheekbones, feeling as if his current and past personalities were as different as night and day.

At this, Megan felt even more conflicted about her love and hatred for him. It was like her heart had lost its way in a dense fog, she wasn't sure if it was right to go on like this; yet, she also wanted to stay this way with him forever.

Perhaps it was because Herman was the perfect man she had ever dated in her past life. Hence, the current Megan was extremely picky when it came to sifting through flawed men. Although Jake's personality was by no means a good one, she felt that he certainly wasn't a flawed man either; at least he lived his life according to his wishes. He was not even afraid of showing his true emotions when it came to Megan

Megan chuckled dryly at the thought of this. If the real Megan replaces out that I'm basking in Jake's care and concern that should have belonged to her, I bet she and Jake would hunt me down alive.