Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 228

Thankfully, she could finally rid herself of the influence from the Miller family.

Vivian felt as if a boulder had been lifted off her shoulder. She had no idea she had been bearing countless burdens by herself all this while.

Finnick sat by her side, holding her in his arms silently.

Once Vivian finished crying to her heart’s content, he lowered his gaze and asked, “Are you feeling better now?”

After Vivian nodded in return, he asked once more, “Are you willing to tell me about your past yet? I’m all ears for you. I believe this will help to take things off your mind as well.”

He kissed her on the cheek once he finished his sentence.

Vivian wiped her tears dry and started sharing her miserable past with Finnick.

I was thrilled because I had never been

placed Vivian’s head on his

it gives me a sense of security. Back then, we dropped by the beach at Mauritius, which was a romantic place that I had been longing to go to for a long time. Mom wasn’t able to accompany me for the trip because of her work so she approved of the idea of me tagging along with the

through her orated statement, Vivian heaved a long sigh of despair because the upcoming part of the trip wasn’t

she had deliberately dropped her doll as a way to get the better of me. I’m not accusing her but I could still vividly recall the vicious grin on her face when Emma instructed me to pick it up on her behalf. Emma said I was a skinny girl. Therefore, I was the best candidate available to

entire incident she had

down her cheek once again as she muttered, “I was afraid because I had never approached the ocean before. The boulders were covered with slippery seaweed and sharp seashells. I managed to make my way to the bottom of the pit and retrieved the doll, but as a result, I was wounded by the shells.

the scars that

incident associated with the scars. All along, he thought she must have accidentally wounded herself when she was young, thinking that perhaps

ignored me and hailed a cab back to the hotel in advance. They said Dad was waiting for them to have their dinner together and left me alone. In

she was starving and in pain due to the wounds, yet she had to pull herself together and walked a great distance to reach the

had finished their dinner. They didn’t even bother to keep their leftover meal for her. As