A Touch of Sweetness
Chapter 713

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 713

Farewell, Mom.

As she watched Vivian walk into the kitchen, Evelyn shot Hunter a dark and meaningful look acrossthe doorway.

Seeing the shady smile on her face, Hunter had an ominous feeling in his heart. “What do you meanby calling me over here?” he hissed, sounding very wary indeed.

Evelyn shrugged, looking rather nonplussed. She wheeled herself back to the living room andreplied blandly, “I called you here to pick Vivian up, of course. You have a crush on her, don't you?Since we've been friends for so many years, I decided to lend you a hand and create an opportunityfor the two of you to get together. No need to thank me!”

Hearing that, Hunter felt even more suspicious. There was no way Evelyn could be so kind-hearted.He stalked towards her, intending to ask more questions, but Vivian chose to come out of thekitchen at that very moment.

“Hunter, let's go,” she said. She didn't seem to notice the tense atmosphere that was hanging overthe two of them.

Hunter shot one last look of consternation at Evelyn before he turned and left with Vivian withoutanother word.

As she watched them leave, Evelyn's eyes were dancing with amusement. Hunter, you'll have tothank me this time! I've delivered the most amazing present right to your doorstep.

As they got into Hunter's car, Vivian suddenly realized that Finnick might come over later and replacethat she was gone. Hence, she sent him a text message and told him to wait for her at the Morrisonresidence.

She put her phone away and turned to Hunter. In a curious voice, she asked, “Hunter, did Evelynreally call you over to have lunch with us today?” She couldn't help but feel that Hunter was hidingsomething from her.

“Yes,” Hunter said, nodding. “She sent me the address just now, told me that she was having lunchwith you, and asked if I wanted to join. But you know how we got into that horrible fight the otherday, right? I wanted to ignore her, but I was afraid that she might have done something horrible toyou. I was so worried that I decided to drop by in the end.”

Then, he shot a look of concern at Vivian. “You're feeling alright, aren’t you? Did she do anything toyou?”

Hearing that, Vivian felt a little warier. However, as she thought back on the events of the evening,she couldn't replace anything suspicious about it.

“I'm alright. Honestly, Evelyn seemed pretty normal today. She's probably just persisting in trying tomake a couple out of us again,” Vivian said.

"Who cares what her motive is? It's enough that she hasn't done anything to you.” Seeing thatVivian was fine, Hunter let out a quiet sigh of relief.

Vivian looked gratefully at Hunter. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry towardshim. He was truly concerned for her well-being, but she couldn't replace it in herself to reciprocate hisfeelings.

“Thanks, Hunter,” Vivian said in a very serious voice. “I'm very grateful that you're so concernedabout me, but I'm afraid that I..."

“Well, you can at least see me as your friend, can't you?” Knowing what Vivian was about to say,Hunter cut her off immediately. He glanced at her and smiled. “Vivian, can't we stay friends, atleast?”

"Oh, of course!” Vivian exclaimed immediately, feeling a little harried. “It's my honor to have you asmy good friend.”

“Then there's no need to say anything else. I already understand your intentions.” A bittersweetsmile appeared on Hunter's face—Vivian didn't reciprocate his romantic feelings, and there wasnothing he could do about it.

He turned his head to concentrate on the road again. Vivian didn’t know what to say to fill theawkward silence, so the atmosphere in the car became a little tense again.

As they sped along the road, Vivian suddenly felt her entire body heating up. Her throat felt a littleparched, as though she hadn't drunk any water the entire day. At first, she didn’t think much of it—perhaps the interior of the car was just a little stuffy, that's all.

As time passed, however, her body temperature soared to alarming degrees. She felt as though shehad been placed in a slow-cooker.

Unable to bear it anymore, Vivian tugged irritably at her collar and frowned. What is going on? Hadmy past two days of exhaustion culminated in a fever?

Back at Rachel's house, Evelyn felt that there was no point in her staying anymore since Vivian hadleft.

She took out her phone and gave a call to her housemaid, ordering her to come to fetch her homethis very minute.

Hearing that Vivian was going to go home soon, Rachel felt a little sorry. “Evelyn, you've been inpoor health recently. Why don’t you stay at my place for some time? I feel a little worried when Ithink about you living in that house alone.”