Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 704

Finnick crouched down in front of Vivian and gently queried, “What happened, Vivian? You seem unhappy.”

His questions sent a pang of sorrow into her heart, and she averted her eyes after a glance at him. Forcing a smile onto her face, she mumbled, “Nothing. How can I not be happy that the surgery went smoothly? I’m happy.”

Finnick would not be easily fooled. He had seen the downcast look in her eyes, and he wanted to know what had happened.

Straightening her and making her look at him, Finnick uttered, “Vivian, you have to tell me if there’s anything on your mind. Trust me. No matter how difficult it is, I’ll do my best to solve it for you.”

The solemn look Finnick had in his eyes touched Vivian, but it also made her feel helpless. To Rachel, she only had one daughter—Evelyn. Vivian, the adopted daughter, was no one to her. How am I supposed to tell him about this? What can he do about it?

him. “Thank you for today. Without you,

him. He thought they were much closer after today, but it seemed like he

was about to continue, Rachel began

Evelyn, c-come

on her face, Finnick finally realized what she was upset

overthink it. Evelyn’s her biological daughter, so she’ll think about her a little more. Don’t take it

again. That’s right. Evelyn’s her biological daughter. It’s normal for a mother to think about her daughter. To Rachel, I’m still the adopted one. Naturally, I’m not as important to her as Evelyn. Why am I sad

he wished he could punch himself. Why did I have to say that? I’m only making her even more

matter what happens, you’re always the most important person to

plenty of sweet words to her while he was courting her, but none had moved her as much as the words

his arms, tears streamed down her cheeks. Yet, as her tears escaped her eyes, so did the sorrow