Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 279

At the sight of Vivian’s hesitation, Finnick could tell that she must have misunderstood him and chose to give him the cold shoulder.

If this went on unresolved, Vivian’s anger would boil over sooner or later.

“Vivian, I—” Finnick wanted to explain everything to Vivian, but the moment he opened his mouth, he realized he couldn’t exactly tell her everything now. It was still a secret, after all. He couldn’t just ruin the surprise.

He was forced to change the subject. “I was just settling some company stuff.”

After he finished his sentence, the two of them fell into an uncomfortable silence.

The air simmered with reproach.

Vivian started flipping the pages of a magazine, but it felt like she was reading a foreign language.

Deep down, she firmly believed that Finnick was calling to help Ashley and the Miller family. He had once promised to protect her and always stand up for her. What is this all about, then? How could he break his promise?

Finnick was thinking of telling Vivian about how Ashley had saved him when they were younger. After all, the misunderstanding was caused by a lack of communication.

Besides that, he also wanted to apologize to Vivian. He had to admit that it was unfair to her.

silence. “Vivian, to be honest, I actually have been busy with the Miller family’s matters for the few

Vivian no longer felt like listening to him. The moment she heard ‘the Miller family,’ she became

at the door just now, she had already spotted

it.” Finnick started panicking at Vivian’s indifference. “Actually,

and stood up. “Sorry, I have to

up. He hadn’t expected Vivian to hate Ashley so much.

already bad enough without Vivian knowing that Ashley was the mastermind behind everything that happened two years ago. If she knew about it, she’d definitely hate Ashley even

bathroom,

that Finnick would never

low voice. “Please hear me out. There’s a reason why

A reason?

reason possibly be? It’ll just

Vivian chuckled bitterly.

and even gotten back the

her, how could he let Ashley and the Miller family go without teaching them a lesson?

Did he want to let her

she thought of that, her

no longer forgive everything Ashley had done to her. The latter had almost ruined her entire

always talked about how he would help her gain justice, help the culprit who caused

go, but now he was also clearly concerned about her