Never Late, Never Away (Vivian and Finnick)
Chapter 2480

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2480

In the hospital ward, Caspian was sitting by Larry's bedside, feeling simultaneously desperate and helpless.

"When can we go back to the country, Larry?"

"What? But you've just arrived?" Larry shot back with another question. Caspian hung his head.

Able to tell that Caspian likely missed his lover back home, Larry spoke up, "Go make a phone call to Jessica."

The man slowly pulled out his phone and shot Larry a grateful smile before running out of the room. Larry took a glance at his own phone and opened up the gallery app, staring wistfully at his photos. Ding! A text had come in from Joan.

What are you doing?

Those four simple words encompassed all of the love and care she had for him.

I'm working, he instantly replied. His phone didn't ring again after that.

He'd sent that on purpose, knowing that she would not bother him while he was at work. He didn't have any other idea as to how he could hide everything that was happening from her. "Where's Larry?" Nancy asked Joan pointedly.

"He's out of the country for a business trip," came Joan's flat answer.

"When is he coming back?"

"I don't know. He seems a little busier than usual, but he said he'll be back soon."

So Joan was still unaware. Nancy sighed, staring at her friend with sad eyes.

She'd always been of the opinion that Larry and Joan's love was one of the purest, strongest things on earth. Now, that didn't seem to be true anymore.

"What's wrong, Nancy? Is something on your mind?" Joan instantly paused what she was doing.

There was indeed something on her mind, but she couldn't tell her that it concerned Joan's and Larry's future together.

"Nothing! All I'm thinking about is my husband and my child," she shrugged it off.

Patting her shoulder reassuringly, Joan said, "You're so lucky. Look how cute your kid is! Hi, sweetie!"

She reached her hand out, laughing as she tickled the baby happily.

Her heart skipped a beat when she realized that it'd been a long time since she'd seen such a young child.

"If you like babies so much, why don't you try for another one with Larry?"

"What are you talking about? I don't have the time," Joan rolled her eyes. Nancy's face fell, doubting that time was the real problem at hand.

Jory, also on a business trip out of the country, had unexpectedly bumped into Larry and Della.

He'd seen how closely she clung to Larry and had told Nancy about it, which was why she couldn't bring herself to look Joan in the eye without feeling a pang of guilt.

"I heard that Gabriella was discharged from the hospital," she brought up. She saw Joan's movements freeze for a split second before returning to playing with the baby, pretending as if she hadn't heard anything.

"Are you listening to me, Joan?" Nancy pressed on.

"I did. I just never want to hear that woman's name ever again."

Joan was trying to hold onto her hard-earned lesson of "forgive and forget", instead of reminiscing the past.

She'd experienced negative emotions such as betrayal, pain, sadness, agony, and so forth for the first time in her life all because of Gabriella.

"I've arrived!" Jessica's voice suddenly called out loudly, snapping Joan back to reality.

"How'd you replace the time to come visit? I thought you were swamped with work," Nancy gasped, wrapping an arm around Jessica's shoulders.

"I'm here to visit my fiancé's ex-wife, of course," Jessica joked.

Joan's mind blanked. She glanced at Nancy, then back at Jessica, feeling the atmosphere around them grow tense.

The next second, both women burst out into laughter, leaving Joan reeling from shock.