You Never Asked Me to Stay

By J.C. Gabrielson

Jake gives other women his body. He gives Megan everything else.

Then Chris offers her both.

For years, Megan has been the person Jake trusts with everything that matters-his fears, his failures, and the future they've built around the music venue they both love. Other women have come and gone, but Megan has remained his constant.

Jake has never questioned why she is always there.

Megan has never admitted how much it costs her.

Then she meets Chris.

Patient, thoughtful, and unafraid to make his feelings clear, Chris offers Megan the kind of love she has spent years pretending she doesn't need. With him, she never has to wonder whether she matters. He doesn't merely need her. He chooses her.

And for the first time, Megan realizes she has a choice too.

But when she begins pulling away, Jake is forced to confront what he has taken for granted. The woman he assumed would always be there may be the only woman he has ever truly loved-and he may have waited too long to tell her.

Chris gives Megan the security her heart deserves.

Jake awakens the passion it has never been able to forget.

Choosing Jake could destroy the good man who offered her everything. Choosing Chris could mean walking away from the one love she has never been able to escape.

Either way, someone's heart will break.

You Never Asked Me to Stay is an emotionally intense standalone contemporary romance about two good men, one impossible choice, and the devastating difference between being needed and being chosen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HKCLV3XH
• ISBN13: 9798175476577
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"