A Touch of Sweetness
Chapter 488

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 488

No matter how antsy Benedict felt, he knew that there was nothing he could do. So, he resorted todriving in the area around Norton Residence in endless circles.

If what the housemaid said about Vivian having left on foot was true, then she couldn't have gonevery far. God, please help me replace her.

He had failed his little sister by not taking care of her for years, and he had even helped Evelyn toframe her recently.

Benedict felt more and more guilt building up inside him as he lost himself in his thoughts. When Ireplace Vivian, I'll take good care of her. I'll spoil her rotten to make up for all the years of absence. I'mnever letting anyone harm her. She is the only family I have now.

At that same moment, Vivian was absentmindedly walking by the roadside. She had been sodetermined to live by herself, but the realization that she had nowhere else to go hit her only aftershe left the house.

She couldn't go back to the Norton family residence. She couldn't stay at her mom's place; her momwas already sick, and Vivian didn’t want to burden her further.

What about the Morrison family? Could I turn to Benedict? Could she tell her brother abouteverything that had happened? But what if Benedict chooses to believe Evelyn instead of me, justlike Finnick had? What then?

While mulling over her options, she noticed that a car had stopped right next to her. Before shecould react, the car doors opened, several bodyguards rushing out and grabbing ahold of her arms.Vivian nearly jumped out of her skin, digging her heels into the ground and refusing to budge aninch. Who are these people? Is this a kidnapping or a robbery? But then someone else exited thecar, and her eyes widened as alarm bells went off in her mind.

Noah Lotte was walking towards her. And she was almost certain that he was here to take her to thehospital as per Finnick's orders.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't shake off the bodyguards’ vice grips on her arms.Struggling against them, she yelled at Noah, “What do you want? Make them let go of me, Noah!"Noah's head was lowered, too scared to meet Vivian's stare as he mumbled, “I'm sorry, Mrs. Norton.I have no choice.”

“Noah, please, I'm begging you,” Vivian sobbed. She couldn't go to the hospital; she needed toprotect her child. “Let me go, please?”

Vivian's sincere, desperate pleas tugged at Noah's heartstrings, the usually unyielding and firm manalmost moved to tears. But when he remembered his own parents, he regained his composure andwaved a hand, signaling to the bodyguards to take her away.

They nodded and shoved Vivian into the car.

“Let go of me!” Vivian screamed, trying to twist her way out of the bodyguards’ clutches.Unfortunately, a woman's strength was no match for several burly, well-built men.

Then, one bodyguard sat on each side of her, holding her in place as the car headed for thehospital.

Upon arrival, they proceeded to drag her out of the car.

“No! I'm not going! Noah, please... I'm begging you, I can't lose my baby, please let me go...” Vivianscreamed out, her throat hoarse as she held onto the armrest for dear life.

The sight made Noah want to punch himself in the face. Glancing away from Vivian, Noah forcedout the words, “Get her out.”

Upon hearing that, the bodyguards pried Vivian's hands away from the armrest, viciously pulling herout of the car.

“No... I don't want to go..." Vivian tried to resist as much as possible, a shoe dropping off of herfoot. One of her exposed heels was blistered and bloody as her feet scraped against the pavement.She vaguely registered a flash of pain coming from her feet, but she was too busy trying to escapeto care. She had sworn to herself that she would protect this child. She had already lost herhusband; she couldn't afford to lose her baby too.