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Chapter 3192
Chapter 3192 The Hard Way
Scorpion? Both Megan and Jonas were taken aback, with the former recalling the situation from earlier.
Don’t tell me she hid a scorpion in that box of cockroaches?
“Show me your hands, Megan! Quick!” Jonas yelled with trepidation.
Without bothering to wait for Megan to react, he snatched up her hands and found a striking red mark
on one of them.
It was then that Megan felt a burning sensation spreading through her fingers and noticed some signs
of swelling. Frantic, her hands started trembling and her lips turned pale.
As she was born in the countryside, she knew that a scorpion sting wasn’t fatal, but she was still afraid
of that possibility.
I haven’t even gotten my revenge yet. Even if I die, it has to be after Mia and Herman!
“Snap out of it! We need to get you to the hospital!” Jonas’ brows pulled into a deep frown. When
Megan remained in a trance-like state, he directly scooped her into his arms. Isabelle, who was still
lying on the ground, almost burst a vein upon seeing this.
But at that moment, no one could care less about her feelings.
As they entered through the hotel’s back door, Megan finally regained her senses and started
struggling in Jonas’ arms. However, he kept a firm grip on her and anxiously rushed toward where his
car was parked while Donna covered him all the way. Within a few minutes, the three of them finally
boarded his car. Jonas hurriedly started the engine and sped toward the hospital.
They reached the hospital ten minutes later. After the doctor examined Megan, he informed them that
the sting wasn’t life-threatening, but Megan could be hospitalized for further observation if they were
really worried.
The moment Megan heard about being hospitalized for further observation, she couldn’t help but do a
double-take at the doctor. She had lost count of how many times she encountered similar situations
back in the countryside, which she then settled with a simple band-aid. Coming to the hospital was
already a luxury. Being hospitalized was simply unwarranted.
“It’s fine. There are so many other patients. I don’t want to occupy a bed when I’m not sick.” After
Megan’s wound was tended to, she moved to leave.
However, Jonas held her back and said in a firm tone, “Stay here for a night. I’ll arrange for a single
room. It was my fan who harmed you, so I should take responsibility for this.”
As they stood in the doctor’s consultation room, Jonas’ features were concealed behind a pair of
shades and a face mask, but Megan could imagine the unrelenting look he was wearing. Since the first
time he came to her rescue, Megan already knew that he was a man with a strong sense of
responsibility and morality.
This time was no different than the last, but Megan was disinclined to accept his gesture of goodwill.
“I don’t blame you for any of this, so don’t worry about it.” Megan briefly looked at the spot where she
was stung, then waved goodbye and calmly walked out of the consultation room.
However, Jonas had no intention of letting her leave. His long legs made a move quickly and stopped
in front of Megan. “Megan, are you really going to make me use the hard way?”
Although he was constantly rejected by her, he wasn’t offended at all because he only had one goal in
mind, and that was to make sure she was hospitalized.
Hearing the way he was threatening her, Megan looked up at him with a cold expression. Growing
impatient, her brows scrunched together as she countered, “Oh, the hard way, huh? Well, I’d like to see
just what you have in mind.”
The next second, Jonas bent down and place her over his shoulder. Megan was stunned for a split
second, then her cheeks flushed a crimson red and she thrashed against him, causing passersby to
look over curiously.
“Put me down!”
Ignoring her struggles, Jonas growled at her in a fierce tone, “Behave yourself!”
Megan had never been yelled at by Jonas, so she blinked in surprise. The words she was prepared to
say were stuck in her throat, and her heart galloped in her chest.
Unexpectedly, this gentle-looking man had a stubborn side, and there was absolutely no stopping him
when he had made up his mind on something.
Ugh. What a difficult man.
Realizing that struggling was futile, Megan stopped moving altogether. Moments later, Jonas carried
her to the east wing of the building. After going through everyone’s curious stares, they finally arrived at
the door to a single room.
Upon entering the clean and tidy room, Jonas put Megan back down. However, as soon as her feet
touched the ground, her body tilted sideways and she almost fell.
Chapter 3193
Wildcat
Fortunately, Jonas had quick reflexes. He caught her in time and supported her to sit on the bed.
After being carried over his shoulder all the way and finally being back on her feet, Megan felt much
more at ease. Slicing a glare at Jonas, her anger surged and she began castigating him, “Don’t you
know how dizzy you made me? You’re such a brute!”
“Oh, really? Well, I only become a brute when it’s necessary,” Jonas shot back with raised brows.
Then, he pulled a chair over and sat down before elegantly taking off his shades and face mask.
Looking at her with his proud eyes, he continued, “You’re like a wildcat, do you know that? Brute force
is required to make sure you behave. Anyway, I’ll watch over you tonight. You can leave first thing
tomorrow morning.”
As soon as he said that, Megan jumped up from the bed. Pointing at him, her eyes went wide with
disbelief as she yelled at the top of her lungs, “You’re going to stay in the same room with me? Don’t
you think we have enough scandals already?”
Seeing her getting so worked up, Jonas felt slightly disgruntled. He pressed his lips together and
questioned with a hint of anger in his eyes, “What? Are you that upset to be involved in a scandal with
me? Don’t you forget that you were the one who started this in the first place!”
“I…” Megan was rendered inarticulate and her cheeks turned red. In the end, she shot him a few
vicious glares and gave up.
Seated on the chair next to the bed, Jonas noticed the deflated look on her face and chuckled softly. In
better spirits, he didn’t continue provoking her.
When the ward plunged into silence, the seconds seemed to stretch out like an eternity.
Jonas’ slightly bleary eyes shifted to look at Megan’s face, which still held traces of anger on it. For
some reason, he found her extremely cute in a unique way.
“Has anyone told you you’re very beautiful?” Jonas propped his temple on a hand and popped this
question out of the blue, his long lashes fluttering in an alluring manner.
“Hah! I wish.” Megan turned her face away and denied it with a dubious expression. She even thought
that he was mocking her. “With Mia around, who would spare me a second glance? As far as
appearances are concerned, I am indeed inferior to her.”
It was a fact. No matter how much she resented Mia, Megan would never lie through her teeth and say
otherwise.
Hearing this, Jonas raised his brows in surprise. Drumming his fingers on his knee, he spoke in a rich
voice, “Really? I think you’re really beautiful though.”
“Huh?” Megan turned back to look at him in astonishment, thinking she had misheard him. With an
embarrassed look on her face, she mumbled, “You don’t have to force yourself to compliment me. No
matter what happened between us, I just hope that it’ll all be over after tonight.”
She did not want to have too much to do with Jonas. This was always her intention except for the first
time. Every interaction from then on was mere coincidences.
If more scandals about them emerged, it would only implicate Jonas. Hence, even if it was God’s will,
she had to put a stop to this.
However, Jonas did not seem to share the same sentiment. He just couldn’t relate to Megan’s reasons,
nor could he understand why she would be bothered by some simple interactions.
He began to wonder if he were the real problem.
Jonas became more confused the more he thought about it. He stared at the woman with a
complicated expression and asked in a bitter voice, “Oh? Is that what you have in mind all this while?”
Apart from anger, Megan could discern a hint of grievance in his tone, but she deliberately ignored it.
Despite that, she still couldn’t bring herself to say anything cruel to him. When their gazes met, her
resolution wavered and guilt snaked into her heart.
“It’s better this way for both of us,” Megan stated calmly, but she already felt her resistance crumbling
under his intense stare.
She gulped twice and had to bow her head to avoid his gaze.
“You think I’d be grateful to you for doing this? Well, don’t kid yourself.”
Jonas stood up angrily as though he was unable to tolerate Megan’s perfunctory responses any longer.
His handsome face clouded over while the frustration and conflicting emotions swirled in his eyes.
Chapter 3194
A Gift With Ribbons
Unable to fathom why he was mad all of a sudden, Megan stared at him in bewilderment. It wasn’t until
the door was slammed behind him with a loud bang that she snapped out of her daze.
“Did he get up on the wrong side of the bed today?” she muttered under her breath. With her thoughts
still all over the place, she scanned the empty ward and sat in silence for a long time. In the end, she
decided not to think about it anymore.
After all, many things were impossible to figure out no matter how much one tried to. That was because
sometimes, the disparity wasn’t merely the gap of mountains and rivers between two people, but four
trillion cells, many memories as well as past events to take into account.
Megan sighed softly. After shoving those annoying thoughts to the back of her mind, she planned to
call Donna to fetch her back.
This girl is really something. When Jonas was manhandling me earlier, she had the nerve to slip away
unnoticed.
She fished out her phone and was just about to give Donna a call when the door to the ward was
opened once again.
But this time, it was Jake.
Megan was stunned to see him, and her mind instantly went blank. Subsequently, all kinds of thoughts
flashed across her mind. In her gobsmacked state, she almost dropped her phone.
“W-What are you doing here?”
“Why are you so surprised?” Jake surveyed Megan who was sitting on the bed. Then, he stepped into
the room and closed the door behind him with a soft click.
“Yes. I’m indeed a little surprised.” Megan school her features the moment the door was closed, but her
heart was pounding in her chest.
She forced herself to meet his eyes, but faced with those amber orbs which seemed to be able to see
through one’s soul, she felt like she could no longer maintain the most ideal facade.
However, Megan knew she couldn’t let Jake notice the guilt she was feeling. Gritting her teeth, she
feigned calmness and stood up, then gingerly went up to greet him.
A hint of intrigue gleamed in Jake’s eyes when he saw her docile demeanor. He could still remember
how nervous she was at the launch event earlier. That vaguely tensed body had evoked curiosity in his
heart for the first time.
It was like a gift with ribbons, but he had only looked at it and hadn’t opened it yet.
“Has Jonas gone out?” Jake naturally took her hand and pulled her to the bed indifferently. Megan
stiffened and immediately tried wriggling her hand out of his.
“Let me go first, then I’ll answer you.”
This sudden act of intimacy made Megan feel uneasy. As she nervously tried to withdraw her hand
again, her face grew hotter and she was convinced he could hear the sound of her rapid heartbeat in
the silent ward.
She didn’t quite understand whether her reaction stemmed from her guilty conscience or some other
bizarre emotion.
In the large room, even the air seemed too thin because of Jake’s oppressing aura. Megan
subconsciously held her breath. Her throat had already gone dry and she couldn’t make a sound.
I never thought I’d be this nervous and uneasy around him. I was fine the last time.
Why is this happening?
“Are you scared?” Jake lowered his head to have a clearer view of her nervous expression. However,
he still held her hand tightly as his eyes shone with an indecipherable emotion.
“I’m… not.”
In the quiet room, the atmosphere grew strained, but both of them did not move to break the silence.
After a long time, Jake seemed to be tired of seeing the same distant expression on Megan’s face.
Thus, he lifted his other hand to tuck a stray lock of hair behind her ear. When his fingertips grazed her
burning hot cheek, her eyes finally showed a ripple of emotion.
“Oh? So you’re not scared of me.” Jake chuckled softly. Suddenly, his face inched even closer to hers.
Megan felt herself go light-headed like she was floating on clouds. For a while, she was unable to
react, but her eyes went wide when Jake’s warm breath tickled her cheeks. As though she was scalded
by hot water, she instinctively wanted to take a few steps backward.
“No…” She failed to calm her galloping heart. Even her mind went haywire.
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…?
Megan blinked owlishly, suddenly snapping back to reality. Goosebumps rose all over her skin; she’d
nearly given into his hypnotic gaze and sold herself out.
“I never lied to you.”
She pushed him away with arguably more force than needed, raising her chin high up in the air and
huffing.
Why is he so insistent on catching me off-guard? And to think that he’d nearly succeeded!
“Is that so?” Jake looked calm and threw her a casual reply.
He scanned the room they were in, sitting himself down on the bed and patting the empty spot next to
him. “Come here. Tell me, what did you and Jonas talk about?”
Jake was never one for niceties or polite introductions; instead, he preferred to order people around.
Due to this, Megan felt the uncontrollable urge to oppose him.
She forced a blank expression onto her face, scoffing coldly. “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 you that well.”
Jake 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 waist, pulling her closer to him.
There was barely a hair’s breadth of distance in between them, and Megan could feel his every breath
brushing against her face. His intense stare made her blush all the way to the tips of her ears.
Satisfied with her flustered reaction, Jake narrowed his eyes ever so slightly and leaned in. Megan
vaguely registered that he was saying something in a deep, husky voice, but couldn’t focus on anything
else except the movement of his Adam’s apple.
“If you are really Megan, then your life is mine to own. We have all the time in the world to get to know
each other.”
I want to wipe that smug grin off his face. Megan gritted her teeth in frustration, but couldn’t deny the
fact that her heart had skipped a beat. The man was just too damn attractive for his own good.
“I am really Megan, but I have no intention of getting to know you.”
She scrambled away from him, knowing that she wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation if she
remained that close to him for a second longer.
However, Jake had no intention of letting her off the hook so easily.
“If you don’t want to get to know me, then would you prefer getting closer to Jonas instead?” He raised
an eyebrow.
Megan read between the lines and gave him a sidelong glance.
So, he even beats around the bush sometimes.
“Not at all. I don’t plan on getting close with either of you. I haven’t even begun to understand why you
care whether I’m Megan or not, and why you showed me those pictures.”
Something flashed through the depths of Jake’s eyes. “That is none of your business,” he drawled out,
running a hand through his hair. “All you need to remember is that if you are Megan, you belong to me.
And if you aren’t Megan, I hope you know that there are consequences for lying to me.”
A veiled threat. Megan clenched her jaw, contemplating belatedly if she’d snuck into the lion’s den.
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.
Chapter 3197
Coming Clean
He had made those weirdly possessive declarations that pissed her off because she was acting as
Megan. However, his opinion of her seemed to be that she would never be anything but an amateur.
Is that so?
Megan couldn’t stop herself from considering the question: if she truly was good-for-nothing, then why
was she reborn into this lifetime?
She understood that clumsiness and luck were things that a person was born with, but whether or not
you could change your own future lay solely in your own hands.
She was fine with being good-for-nothing, or even useless. If she kept up this pace and made progress
one step at a time, she would surely surpass Mia and prove Herman wrong!
Megan prepared to leave the hospital and head home. She was in an incredibly depressed mood after
that conversation with Jake and wanted nothing more than a relaxing hot bath.
Unfortunately, she’d barely taken a single step out of the hospital grounds when a car drove up to her,
sighing heavily when she recognized it as Jonas’ car.
It was already getting dark outside and he still hadn’t left.
The car windows rolled down to reveal Jonas sitting in the driver’s seat. “Get in.”
Knowing that she had no other choice, she obediently got into the car, all the while Jake’s warning from
earlier was still ringing in her ears. It’s not that I have to listen to his advice.
She had gotten into the car only because she was mad at Jake, but Jonas assumed that she’d done so
because she’d realized her mistakes and felt bad.
His cold expression softened somewhat, turning his attention to focus on the road before him as he
started up the car. “Shall I send you home?”
Megan leaned her head against the window as she stared emptily at the passing cars and street lights.
She made a simple sound of agreement, too absorbed by her lingering feelings of frustration and anger
to think of anything else.
Jonas could tell that she was unhappy, but couldn’t figure out why. All he could do was try to lighten the
atmosphere.
“I gathered my thoughts while waiting downstairs just now. Are you sure that we can’t be friends,
Megan?”
He was being sincere. There was a small voice buried in the back of his mind that kept screaming to
get closer to her and to know her on a deeper level.
But his question shocked Megan, causing her whole body to stiffen.
“Are you sure that’s what you want? Won’t we get misunderstood even more if we become friends?”
she argued. “I just really don’t want to get into more scandals with you, and it’s not like they’re doing
you any good either.”
“That’s not something for you to be worried about,” he replied, eyebrows furrowing in dissatisfaction. “I
don’t care even if you reject me. No one can stop me from doing what I want as long as I’ve made my
decision.”
Megan knew that. She shook her head, swallowing the words stuck in her throat.
“If you insist, then I have nothing to say. It’s not like I have many friends anyway. I don’t care as long as
your reputation isn’t affected because of me.”
Megan had never truly hated Jonas in the first place. She merely hated the idea of associating herself
with him because she’d already dragged him into her mess once, and didn’t want to cause any more
trouble for him.
After all, they barely knew each other to even be considered acquaintances.
“Really?” Jonas perked up, unable to hide the sheer happiness in his voice. “I don’t mind at all.”
Megan chuckled, stretching her arms and back out while recalling the events of the entire day. “Thank
you.”
“It was nothing. I’d planned on making you stay at the hospital overnight, but later changed my mind
and thought that it would be better to respect your wishes,” he laughed, scratching the back of his
head.
There was an unfamiliar, gentle look on his face. the passing lights casting striking shadows against the
contours of his face. Megan just nodded and waved her hand in a dismissing motion.
Chapter 3198
The Mastermind Behind The Scenes
Jonas’ car eventually arrived at Megan’s address. Due to multiple reasons, he wasn’t able to send her
to her door, watching her walk up the stairs and driving off as soon as he’d made sure that she was
inside.
Megan was reaching out to turn the knob on her apartment door when Donna suddenly opened it up
from the inside, startling her.
She just took a look at Donna’s expression to figure out that something must have happened.
She changed into a pair of house slippers and pulled Donna to sit on the couch. Her friend’s
anxiousness and fidgety mood were starting to affect her as well. “Why do you look so grim?”
“Luna called,” Donna gulped. Her usual bubbly, cheerfulness was nowhere to be found.
Megan frowned at the mere mention of Luna. “What did she say?”
Donna opened and closed her mouth several times, seemingly racking her brain for the right words to
construct her sentence before mumbling out, “She said that your contract with Starling Media hasn’t
ended yet, so you’re technically still working under them, even if you’ve already decided not to renew
your contract. She wants to schedule a job for you.”
“A job?” Megan’s eyes widened for a brief second before she let out a harsh scoff. “There’s no way
she’d be so kind. Go on. I want to know what tricks she has up her sleeve.”
Her tone was so icily cold that Donna wondered if the temperature in the room had dropped several
degrees.
Luna hadn’t stopped Megan when she first left Starling Media, but now she was trying to force her to go
back by holding her contract over her head!
Donna sounded apprehensive as she went on to say, “You’re going to be filming a commercial. Mia is
the main character, while you got the supporting role.”
That pissed Megan off. She immediately jumped up from her seat, rage flaring up as she exclaimed, “Is
it the kind of supporting role that gets to kill off the main character? Because if it isn’t, then I’m not
doing it!”
Donna had expected this.
It was a shame. This would have been a good opportunity for Megan if it weren’t for the ongoing feud
between her and her co-star.
“Of course, there isn’t. It’s a commercial for a milk brand, and they’ve scripted up some pure, ‘first love’
story that takes place in a high school. You know, the kind of story that Mia is best suited for…”
Donna stood up and tried to rub Megan’s back comfortingly in an attempt to get her to calm down.
Luna was clearly just treating her like a toy; picking her up when she was in the mood to entertain her,
and throwing her away when she felt like it.
Megan’s jaw clenched tightly. With the knowledge that she had to go to the filming, she forced herself
to take a few deep breaths and reorganize her thoughts. Her mind now clear, she suddenly realized
something.
This decision couldn’t have solely been Luna’s idea. Mia had to be the puppeteer behind this whole
mess!
“Did Luna tell you who the male lead is?” Megan plopped back down onto the sofa, schooling her
expression into a mask of calm and serenity.
“It’s Jonas,” Donna sighed. “Arguably the most maddening thing about the script is that your character
was described as ‘the ugly girl’…”
Wow, “the ugly girl”.
Megan now had absolutely no doubt that this was all Mia’s doing.
Mia was trying to use Megan’s supposed “ugliness” to complement her own “beauty”.
“I gotta give Mia props for the creative idea,” Megan laughed out loud. “Even if she wants to see me
look bad on purpose, I won’t give her that chance.”
“Does that mean you won’t go?” Donna’s mouth fell open, all the color draining from her face as she
clutched onto Megan’s sleeve. “The contract states clearly that you have to attend all work events that
Starling Media tells you to, or else you’ll be breaching the terms of the contract! We can’t afford to pay
the compensation for breaching the contract!”
“Relax, I’m going,” Megan forced a smile. Deep within her heart, her hatred for Mia worsened even
further.
Chapter 3199
The Last Straw
It didn’t matter. Transcendent was going to air soon, and it would most definitely be her big break.
“Good,” Donna sighed heavily as if a burden had been taken off her shoulders. “We can’t rock the boat
over an issue as small as this.”
“I know.” After that, the two of them conversed about what had happened at the hospital until it was
eventually time to go to bed. Drained of all energy, Megan took a simple shower before collapsing onto
her bed and falling asleep instantly.
The next morning, she was awoken by the sound of her alarm.
She groaned at the thought of having to play second-fiddle to Mia later today. Not even the lingering
memories of the pleasant dream she had from last night could cheer her up.
After a quick washing up and changing into a simple outfit, Megan and Donna left the apartment
together.
Megan was surprised when they reached the filming set for the commercial; she hadn’t expected the
crew to actually film on a university campus. It seemed like this project was highly important to the
production crew.
“Oh! There’s my beloved sister!”
Mia skipped her way over to Megan as soon as she spotted her, ready to make her day a living hell.
Fortunately, Megan had the forethought to walk in the opposite direction and completely avoid her as
she made her way to the dressing room.
But Mia was like a parasite, popping up wherever Megan would go every single time without fail.
“Hey, Megan! I took a peek at your script and learned that you’re playing the ugly girl who has a crush
on the hottest guy in school! Although, I wouldn’t really consider this ‘acting’ for you, because that’s
what you are in real life, no?”
Mia stood behind Megan as the latter got her makeup done in the dressing room. Their two completely
different faces created a stark contrast against each other in the reflection.
The make-up artist’s jaw dropped when she heard that, unable to stop herself from asking out of
curiosity. “Are you two really sisters?”
Megan was still quite unknown in the entertainment industry, while Mia had built up a considerable
following because of Luna’s constant promotional work. The treatment they received was as different
as the sky and the sea and didn’t seem to be related to each other at all.
“Of course! Megan is my one and only biological sister!” Mia swiftly affirmed. The word “sister” coming
out of her mouth sounded sickly sweet.
This was and always had been her way of pissing Megan off.
Megan clicked her tongue, narrowing her eyes at Mia condescendingly. It would seem that Mia had yet
to learn that she was not someone to make angry right now; even if she was going to play second-
fiddle, she would never willingly do it for Mia.
“She is my sister, but we’re quite different indeed. I’ve never mastered her method of sweet-talking
people and batting her eyelashes to get what she wants, so I could only patiently and honestly work my
way up.”
The other two women were both rendered speechless. The make-up artist looked nervously at Mia, her
hands trembling slightly as they set down her brush.
It was a common opinion for people to think that Mia was just another pretty face due to the fact that
she had debuted only because of her good looks, as well as the fact that she didn’t have any good
works to show for her skills or rather, lack of skill.
“How dare you!” Mia squawked, grabbing ahold of Megan’s newly done-up hair and trying to drag her
out of her chair.
The sharp pain in her scalp made Megan wince. Before she knew it, she’d stomped on Mia’s foot in a
fit of rage and had raised her hand in the air, ready to slap some sense into Mia.
To her chagrin, a pair of strong hands stopped her from doing just that.
“Calm down.”
Blinded by wrath, she whipped around to glare daggers at the sudden intruder when she abruptly froze
up. It was Jonas of all people.
She squinted at him. “Why are you here?”
“Didn’t you know that I’m the male lead of this commercial?” He raised an eyebrow, his grip tightening
around her wrist.
Well, Megan recalled that fact now, but who cared if it was Jonas? Not even God himself would be able
to stop her from teaching her bit*h of a little sister a good, hard lesson if he descended from the
heavens.
“Don’t try to stop me,” she hissed out. With a quick downwards tug, she broke free from Jonas and
turned her attention back to Mia.
Chapter 3200
Go To Hell
Mia was as pale as a ghost, her legs shaking and struggling to keep herself standing upright. She’d
never seen such horrendous, bone-chilling fury in her sister’s eyes before.
Megan used to always take what she dished out with a sarcastic, calm smile.
“W- What do you want from me? We’re on set!” She stumbled backward. She wanted to scream at the
top of her lungs in a show of intimidation, but her throat closed up and her voice only came out in short
gasps.
“What do I want from you?” The light seemed to disappear from Megan’s eyes as she stared up at Mia
through her eyelashes.
“I want you to die.”
There was a collective sharp inhale from everyone in the room. If anything happened to Mia, there was
no doubt that Megan would be the first subject because of this very declaration.
Deciding that he couldn’t let this go on any further, Jonas hurriedly took ahold of Megan’s hand and
dragged her out of the dressing room.
“Let go of me!”
He slowed down when they were in a quiet clearing away from other people, where Megan immediately
took the chance to shove him away from her.
Her cheeks puffed out angrily, she sat down on the steps in the pathway that led to the clearing.
Meanwhile, Jonas stared her down, his arms crossed over his chest.
“Are you still mad at me?”
At first glance, Megan might have appeared to have calmed down, but he could tell from the rough way
she was massaging her sore wrists and the murderous aura around her that that was far from the truth.
“So what if I am?” she spat.
Jonas’ expression darkened even further. “It won’t do you any good to act so recklessly. What if
something really happens to Mia?”
Is he trying to justify being a pacifist..? Megan rolled her eyes and stood up, a cynical smirk playing on
her lips.
“So you want to be the knight in shining armor and save the damsel in distress to get on her good side?
I’m warning you, don’t get involved in the name of your self-righteous ‘justice’ if you don’t know the
whole truth of the situation.”
Her airy, casual tone paired with her blunt words made his blood run cold.
“Is that what you think of me?”
Jonas was suddenly discovering a new side of Megan that wasn’t just endurant and intelligent, but also
surprisingly aggressive and impulsive.
And Mia seemed to be her trigger.
“That’s what it felt like to me,” Megan huffed, brushing her hair over her shoulder and rolling her eyes.
There was a distant look in her eyes as if she wished she was anywhere but here. “But I don’t feel
anything at all.”
Jonas’ fists were clenched so tightly that his nails were digging into his palm, suppressing the
frustration starting to build up within him. He hadn’t felt this angry even when Megan misinterpreted his
earlier actions.
He placed his hands firmly on her shoulders and fixed her with an intense stare, a mixture of emotions
swimming in the depths of his gaze. “I don’t want to hear you say that.”
Huh?
She stared back at him, the anger in her heart dissipating and getting replaced by pure confusion. Now
that the fog had cleared from her brain, she could think straight and even decipher Jonas’ thoughts.
“What do you not want to hear?”
It was a simple question that, for some reason, made Jonas do a double-take. His gaze fell to the
ground, and Megan started wondering what she said that offended him so much.
“Jonas? Where are you? Filming is starting soon!”
A frantic shout interrupted the tense silence between them, successfully snapping Jonas back to reality.
He glanced over his shoulder to see his manager dashing towards him.
Sneaking another dazed look back at Megan, he wondered if he was dreaming, or she was merely too
distant of a dream for him to ever achieve.
He sighed and shook his head, clearing it of all depressing thoughts. With another gentle smile directed
at Megan, he said, “It’s fine. We can talk about it some other time. Right now, it’s time to go to work.”