Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 61

Vivian only remembered now that she had left the spaghetti Bolognese she made for lunch at home as she left in a hurry yesterday.

She figured that Finnick must have eaten one of them and kept the other in the fridge.

Vivian felt embarrassed. She perched on her toes and tried to reach for the serving of spaghetti Bolognese in Finnick’s hand. “You don’t have to eat the leftovers from yesterday. Since I’m here, I’ll make you something fresh.”

Seeing Vivian struggling to get ahold of the spaghetti, Finnick only writhed his lips. Instead of lowering the plate of pasta in his hand, he bent down to face Vivian.

Vivian was shocked by Finnick suddenly moving so close to her. She lost her balance and tripped over. Fortunately, Finnick was quick to react. With one scoop around her waist, he pulled her back upright.

“Be careful,” Finnick muttered under his breath. “No need to make me anything. I really like your spaghetti.”

For some reason, Vivian blushed at Finnick’s words even though they were nothing special. Perhaps it was because of his deep and husky voice.

“If you like my spaghetti then let me make you more.” Vivian was afraid that Finnick would notice her queasiness and lowered her head. “Leftovers are not healthy to eat.”

and popped the spaghetti into the microwave. “I don’t want to

and backed off. She watched as Finnick

was consuming the plate of spaghetti. Even though it was just homemade food, he acted

hands clasped together. “I will try to pay you back

at Vivian’s words. He was in the middle of twirling a few strands

his deep voice, “Did you forget the

what Finnick was talking about. “Oh, you mean the promise I made to come to you if I ever

Vivian’s face. “I thought we are close

eyes were like scalpels that could dissect Vivian’s mind right away. At that moment, Vivian felt as if she was standing naked in front of him.

as she tried to keep

moment, Finnick was a friend to her. Still,

kept what he initially wanted to say to himself when he saw the conviction

to repay me…” Finnick’s eyes shifted to the spaghetti ahead and had an idea. “It’s okay if you don’t pay me the money. I am in no need of it anyway. You can repay me in

couldn’t figure out