Never Late, Never Away (Vivian and Finnick)
Chapter 2513

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2513

Larry uttered in response, "Of course I do! I just... I have a lot on my plate recently, things that I need to deal with one by one."

"You'd better come clean now. What kind of relationship do you and Della have?"

"She saved me once..." Larry explained everything to Nancy and asked her to relay this information to Joan. This was because he knew that he was the last person Joan wanted to see now. "You're kidding! Love at first sight?" Nancy's eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.

Larry shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe she lied about it. I can only guarantee that I have no attraction whatsoever for her."

Seeing how frazzled the man before her looked, Nancy decided against asking any more questions. Her main goal for being here was to replace the truth. And now, she had finally connected the dots. "So what will you do?"

"I'm going to ask Joan to marry me," Larry answered without a trace of doubt.

Nancy's jaw dropped at this. He thinks that by marrying Joan, these problems will be eliminated and averted. Little does he know... in this very moment, Joan has lost all intention of ever marrying him.

In another office, Jory invited, "Why don't you come over to my place today?"

"Sure. Are you personally preparing me a meal then?" Dustin responded.

"Of course! Let's go!" The two then exited their office and merrily hopped onto their car.

When they arrived, Dustin was shocked to see a familiar woman sitting on Jory's sofa. "Joan? Why are you here?"

"I came to visit Nancy and the baby," Joan answered softly whilst rocking the baby.

"Where did Nancy go?" Jory asked. He had glanced around earlier but realized that Nancy was nowhere to be found.

"She went out for some errands. I'm sure she'll be back soon," the butler hurriedly responded.

Jory twitched uncomfortably after hearing this. How could she trouble our guest like this? Having them watch over our baby? Ridiculous! Where are this woman's manners? Jory removed his coat and tossed it aside. A terrifying glint flickered in his cold gaze.

"Aren't you a sweet little thing? Come on, give Uncle Dustin a hug," Dustin cooed whilst approaching the baby.

"Here." Joan let out a burst of bubbly laughter, then gently placed the baby in Dustin's cradling arms.

An air of harmony surrounded the two as they lightly tickled and wiggled their eyebrows to entertain the baby. Jory watched them from the kitchen. He shook his head, replaceing it a shame that the two weren't romantically involved.

If only Joan reciprocated Dustin's feelings... she would lead a much happier life than the one she currently has. Not wanting to dwell on such thoughts, Jory turned away to focus on preparing the meal. "I'm back, Joan!" The main door opened to reveal a cheerful Nancy who had a skip in her step as she rushed in.

"Come and rest now that you're back," Joan greeted warmly.

In the kitchen, Jory had heard Nancy's voice but refused to acknowledge her return. He focused on chopping up the ingredients instead, pretending as if nothing happened.

The truth was that Jory and Nancy's marriage was starting to decline.

Many said that married couples would have to pass the "seven-year itch" before their relationships were sturdy enough to last forever. However, Nancy and Jory's marriage were nowhere near seven years, but it already had its itches.

"Hubby!" Nancy hopped into the kitchen and wrapped her arms around Jory's waist.

"Hmm?" Jory asked.

"When did you get back? Did you have to entertain any business clients? Were you around any other prettier women..."

Nancy's questions came one after the other like multiple train wrecks all at once. For some reason, Jory felt repulsed by her interrogative behavior.

"Nancy, I really don't want to fight when we have guests over. Go rest up somewhere while I prepare the meal," Jory instructed coldly.

Nancy bombarded him with these questions whenever he got home from work. He wouldn't have minded if it were once or twice. However, his patience was wearing thin now that he had to put up with these questions every single day.

Truthfully, Nancy only reacted this way out of insecurity. It was because she no longer felt like herself ever since she had given birth. Her skin had become textured, and she had lost her toned physique. On top of that, she barely had time to do her makeup or dress up nice anymore.

Everything was different now; she had sacrificed almost every glamorous aspect of her life for the sake of her child.

Her worries intensified whenever Jory went out to entertain potential business partners. She was afraid that he would abandon her to be with some prettier woman at any given moment. However, what she didn't know was that Jory would never do that to her.

Joan could sense that something was wrong in the kitchen. Deciding it wasn't her place to say anything, she side-eyed Jory but kept her mouth shut.