Never Late, Never Away (Vivian and Finnick)
Chapter 2545

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2545

"Nothing happened," Dustin quickly replied after a slight hesitation.

B*llshit! Delilah had noticed the minute gestures and the look they gave each other. Hence, only a fool would believe nothing was going on.

"If you're not going to tell me the truth, you can forget about coming here ever again," Delilah threatened.

"Please don't be like that, Ms. Young. There really is nothing going on between us," Dustin answered.

No, he must be lying!

Although Dustin had loved Joan all this while, he had never come by as frequently as he did now.

"Since you have chosen not to tell me, then out you go! Shoo! And don't ever come back!" With that, Delilah chased him out.

"Ms. Young, fine! I'll talk, I'll talk.”

Finally, Dustin compromised. He couldn't accept the fact that he couldn't see Joan.

"Erm, actually, it was an accident..." Dustin recounted what had happened and spiced up some parts while he was doing so.

In a short while, Delilah's mind was blown.

It was beyond her wildest imagination that Joan would do something like that. Delilah's impression of her was that she was someone emotionally loyal. But now, after her brazen actions, Delilah no longer held her in such high regard.

"Dustin, are you lying to me?" Delilah questioned in an agitated tone.

"Ms. Young, there's no way I would lie to you. Besides, given how experienced you are, can't you easily tell if I'm lying?" Dustin suggested on purpose.

"I'm back, Ms. Young. What would you like to eat? I'll cook." Just as she spoke, Joan entered with her hands full of bags.

In the living room, both Delilah and Dustin watched warily as Joan sauntered in. Dustin was worried that Joan would be furious at him for telling Delilah the truth. Now, Delilah had become more vigilant toward Joan after learning about her preposterous actions.

"What are both of you doing?" Joan walked up to them with an awkward smile.

It took both of them a while to regain their senses.

"Nothing, let's start cooking." With that, Delilah got up and headed into the kitchen.

The atmosphere was filled with awkward tension as the three of them keep their own secrets while having very different expressions.

"What's wrong with Ms. Young?" Joan asked as she pushed Dustin's arm gently.

"Joan, there's something I need to do. So, I'll take my leave first." Just as he spoke, Dustin got up and left.

What's wrong with them? Glancing at the busy figure in the kitchen and then at the silhouette of the one who just left, a sense of unease crept upon Joan. She could feel that there was something wrong with both of them, but neither would tell her what it was.

"Joan, give Larry a call and ask him to come home for dinner," Delilah shouted loudly from the kitchen on purpose.

"Alright," she answered at once.

During dinner, all of them ate their food quietly.

"Lucius, how was school recently?" Larry suddenly asked.

"It's pretty good," Lucius replied with his mouth full.

"I heard there was a parent-teacher conference at school," Larry continued.

"That's right. Mom attended and we even met Caiden there. Dad, you should attend next time, alright? My classmates in school all want to see you," Lucius continued.

The moment Lucius mentioned Caiden, Larry's hand visibly froze as he was serving himself seconds.

"That's good." He then stuffed the food into his mouth as he replied.

"Larry, if you're not busy next time, you should try coming home earlier," Delilah suddenly remarked.

Larry raised his gaze and gave Delilah a puzzled look.

Why is she bringing this up all of a sudden. Don't they understand the demands of my work? The company was in an expansion phase which required a lot of his attention.