A Touch of Sweetness
Chapter 147

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 147

Vivian was shell shocked by now as she felt that Finnick’s incident sounded eerily similar to the firethat happened to her last time.

Nevertheless, she didn't ponder on this thought very much, and she focused on what he was aboutto say instead.

How did Finnick manage to escape back then? Did he actually abandon Evelyn?

As Finnick stared at the tombstone, he continued his account, “When I regained consciousness, Inoticed my hands were untied. On top of that, Evelyn was nowhere to be found.”

This development shocked Vivian.

I always wondered how Finnick was able to himself, but it turns out he was untied by someone else?Most importantly, how did Evelyn disappear?

Vivian was not expecting such a development, so she asked, “Are you sure?”

Finnick narrowed his eyes at Evelyn and questioned, “You don't believe me too?”

“It's not that I don't trust you,” she rushed to defend herself. Everything just sounded strange to her,and when she realized he had used the word “too,” she continued, “Wait, there are others who donot believe your account?”

“That's right,” Finnick said as he looked down. “I told everyone about what happened after Imanaged to escape, but no one believed me. Even the police said I was making up stories, so theystopped investigating my case after a while.”

Vivian was dumbfounded.

She didn't expect this to be the “truth” that she had been searching for all this while.

She really wanted to believe what Finnick said, that he didn't abandon his then-girlfriend. As sheracked her brains to come up with a reasonable explanation, she said, “Could it be that Evelyn lefton her own, or was taken away by someone?”

Finnick answered, “When I regained consciousness and realized that Evelyn wasn't around, Isearched the entire warehouse but couldn't replace her. Seeing that my hands were untied, the onlytwo possibilities I thought of was that she had left or that someone had taken her away afteruntying my hands. Later on, the police in charge of this case told me that wasn't possible.”

“How so?” Vivian questioned.

“During her post-mortem, they found that she had indeed been tied up by a rope, and DNA analysisconfirmed that it was indeed Evelyn. Moreover, the knife they found at the scene was the one usedto cut the rope around my hands, and there were knife cuts on my hands,” said Finnick.

Vivian was utterly astounded

All evidence at the scene proved that Finnick himself cut the rope around his hands and escaped onhis own, showing no concern for Evelyn.

However, he recalled otherwise.

Common sense would say that Finnick was lying to cover up the immoral things he had done.

"So, that was what happened back then,” Finnick concluded. He then turned to look at Vivian andsaid, “There are two versions to the incident, one based on my memory and the other based on theinvestigation. Which one do you believe, Vivian?”

Vivian was caught off guard as she did not expect Finnick to question her like this.

She looked into his dark and mysterious eyes which seemed to be calling out for her empathy.Looking into his eyes, her heart ached for him, and she whispered, “I believe you.”

Finnick's eyes flickered in response, and his lips twitched, he then said, “Regardless of whether youreally mean what you said, I'm happy to hear your answer.”

Just then, Vivian suddenly knelt before him, bringing herself to his level on the wheelchair.

She held his hands and said earnestly, “I really mean it. I believe you like how you chose to believeme back then. No matter what the evidence points to, I choose to believe what you say.”