A Touch of Sweetness
Chapter 718

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 718

Seeing the tortured expression on the face of the woman he loved, Finnick’s heart hurt so much thathe could barely breathe. He swept her up in his arms and ran towards the front door.

As he ran, he said, "Vivian, it's Finnick. Can you hear me? I'm Finnick. Try to endure it for a whilelonger. I'll bring you to the doctor immediately.”

Behind him, Hunter yelled urgently, “I already told the maid to fetch the doctor, and they're aboutto come back very soon! Where are you bringing her?”

However, Finnick continued to make his way out of the front door. Vivian was in so much pain thathe couldn't just sit around and wait for the doctor to arrive anymore. He had to get her to thenearest hospital as soon as possible.

He bundled Vivian into the car and jumped into the driver's seat. With a loud screech of tires, thecar made an emergency turn and flew in the direction of the hospital

However, Vivian had no idea where she was. All she knew was that her body was about to explodebecause of the heat. She waved her arms about, brushing against something cooling all of asudden. She made a wild grab at it, as though it was a lifebuoy and she was drowning. Unable tostop herself, she brought her entire body against that patch of cold.

Finnick turned to see Vivian half-hanging off his body. Her blouse was half-open, revealing some ofher skin. Finnick felt a loud buzz in his ears as though something was about to explode any minute.Immediately, the images of their past intimate experiences together flashed through his mind.

He slapped himself on the face aggressively, trying to make himself calm down. He couldn't affordto think this sort of rubbish right now—he had promised to protect her for the rest of her life, andhe couldn't do something so dastardly to her while she was essentially passed out.

With one hand on the steering wheel, Finnick forced Vivian against his chest with the other toprevent her from thrashing about anymore. He wasn't a priest—he would do his best, but the allureof the woman he loved could be too much at times.

Hearing the pitiful moans from Vivian again, Finnick felt his chest tighten. He floored theaccelerator, praying that they would get to the hospital soon.

As he gazed at Vivian on the hospital bed, Finnick felt his heart ache. Turning to Hunter, who arrivedjust after they did, he asked in an icy tone, “You said Evelyn drugged her, didn’t you? Whathappened?”

Looking at Finnick worriedly, Hunter explained everything to him. “Today, Evelyn sent me a textmessage with an address. She told me that she was having dinner with Vivian and asked me to goand join them and drive Vivian home afterward.”

“Afraid that Evelyn might do something to her, I went and joined them for dinner. When I arrived,however, they had already finished eating, so I drove Vivian home instead.”

"While we were on our way back, Vivian complained that she felt a little uncomfortable. I thoughtshe was having a fever at first, but when I got home, her behavior started to get a little strange.That's when I realized she might have been drugged.”

Hearing that, Finnick looked suspiciously at Hunter. “Why did Evelyn get you to send Vivian homeafter drugging her? What's your relationship with Vivian?”

“Don't look at me with that expression,” Hunter said, matching Finnick's gaze defiantly. “I can'texplain everything clearly to you. It's enough that Vivian knows I don’t harbor any ill intentionstowards her.”

Finnick's eyes darkened a little. What did he mean by that? Why couldn’t Hunter explain hisrelationship with Vivian clearly?

He turned to look at Vivian again and didn't say anything else. He would question her again whenshe woke up.

When she finally did, Vivian found herself to be in a white, sterile room. Feeling rather dazed, shemumbled, “Where... Where the hell am 1?”

"Vivian, you're awake!”

"Vivian, you've finally woken up!”

Finnick and Hunter, who had remained by her bedside all this while, quickly hovered over heranxiously. “How do you feel now? Do you still feel uncomfortable anywhere?”

Seeing the two of them in front of her, memories of that evening flooded into her mind. Afterhaving dinner at Rachel's house, Hunter had arrived to drive her home. What happened after that? Ican't seem to recall anything. And why am I at the hospital?