Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 268

Turning on her charms, Ashley thanked Finnick sweetly, “Thank you, Mr. Norton,”

However, Finnick was immune towards other woman and their tricks, except for Vivian. “Have a good rest,” He replied emotionlessly.

Finnick kept his promise as he ordered Noah to arrange the call for Ashley and Emma to meet before he left.

In the afternoon, after Ashley was discharged, Noah drove her to a house in the outer suburbs to let her have her video call with Emma.

In the video, Emma was sitting in a shabby-looking house. With its mottled walls and dirty floors, the house looked to be in poor condition. Aside from that, the room was poorly insulated due to the broken windows.

Emma was relieved when she saw Ashley in good condition. However, she couldn’t help but burst into tears at the thought of her current situation.

She looked filthy and skinny. She also looked haggard, as if she had been working tirelessly without rest.

as her heart felt like it was sliced into

The same could be said when a

in a villa with housemaids to serve her. For her to experience such suffering… I couldn’t imagine how

door behind as he left

was gone, Ashley cried while asking,

her mouth as

My days here are like hell! I’m forced to work like a slave,

throw punches at me. Emma’s body was covered with

as she said, “Mom, you’ve lost weight. Please take good care of yourself. W-Wait for Fabian, dad, and I. We’ll come for you. Please hang in

weakly, her arrogant

get him to save me! I

Ashley nodded repeatedly.

then looked around to ensure no one was eavesdropping before asking softly, “Mom, why did you own up to Vivian’s incident two years ago? It was me who did it. If you didn’t admit to it, perhaps you could have saved yourself from all this suffering. This is all my

a mother, after all. And as a mother, she wouldn’t be able to bring herself to let her daughter suffer such a cruel