Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 783

“Sure, sure.” That was the first time Finnick had ever heard someone promising to protect him, and it was his own son at that. All at once, joy bloomed within him.

“However, you’ve got to love me a lot. You must love me more than you love Mommy,” Larry blurted worriedly as something seemingly occurred to him out of the blue.

At that, Finnick thought that he was jealous of Vivian. Conversely, Vivian knew the true reason behind his request.

“Why?” Finnick couldn’t resist asking.

“Because you’ve already doted on Mommy so much in the past, yet you’ve never doted on me, Daddy. So, you’ve got to compensate me.”

Larry knew that he had misspoken earlier, but since the words were already out of his mouth, he didn’t change his tune. Instead, he bit the bullet and uttered it with laughter in his voice.

It sounded as though it was a joke, but Finnick finally realized that he wasn’t jealous but lacked fatherly love.

It’s because I wasn’t by his side ever since he’s young that he never had any fatherly love. And though he said it in a joking manner, it’s even more distressing than if he’d done so in a disappointed tone. What had he gone through that he’s even speaking of something unhappy with a smile?

twisted in agony time

moment, Vivian, who was

years you could’ve been with your daddy. If it wasn’t because of me,

in this matter, but she had always thought that Larry wasn’t bothered about his father, whose identity he didn’t even know. Never had she expected him to have always been longing

quite a revelation to

don’t take all the blame on yourself. And don’t worry, Larry. I’ll never again abandon

of anguish lanced through Finnick when he heard Vivian shouldering all the blame, so he spoke and

keep your word, okay?” Larry put on a cute expression after hearing that, making them both

met each

hand, warmth

docilely sit on Vivian’s lap and did his best not to

minutes later,

things, Finnick reckoned that Benedict had reached a long time ago, and he was now drinking

who said nary a

his mistake back