Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 372

After he left, Victoria remained standing in the doorway and took a few deep breaths to

calm herself down. She touched her cheeks after some time and found that they were

still hot. It was just a hug. She was surprised he trusted her without any hesitation. So

that means he’s always liked me more, then.

“Mommy?” a boy asked from behind.

Victoria froze for a moment and turned around only to see Nathan staring at her. It

surprised her. “Nathan? Why are you still up?” I thought he was asleep. She averted her

gaze. How long has he been standing there? He didn’t see anything, did he? She walked

toward him and crouched down to pick him up. “You should’ve worn more clothes.

Don’t want to catch a cold, do you?”

Nathan wrapped his arms around Victoria’s neck.

Nervously, she asked, “So how long have you been up?”

“Long enough to see Mr. Night out here.”

Oh, um… He saw it, huh? She smiled awkwardly. But eh, it’s fine. He’s seen it tons of

times anyway. She patted his head. If he’s not bringing it up, I won’t either.

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However, Nathan brought it up. “Are you really going to date Mr. Night?”

Victoria paused for a moment. She was reminded of what Nicole told her and sighed. “I

can’t be sure, but you shouldn’t butt into this. If anything comes of this, I’ll tell you and

Nicole, alright?”

Nathan nodded. “Okay.”

“Good boy.” Victoria took him back to his room and tucked him in.

Claudia eventually fell asleep. Scarlette was the one taking care of her, but since Alaric

didn’t show up, Scarlette eventually got tired and went home, telling her servants to

deal with the matter instead. Claudia kept mocking the servant after they came, and

even when they just wanted to give her some fruits, she shooed them away.

Eventually, the servant wouldn’t even go close to Claudia and stood in the corner, only

responding when Claudia needed them. When Claudia fell asleep, the servant heaved a

sigh of relief and left her corner.

Even though Claudia was asleep, it was a fitful sleep, for she had a dream where people

found out that she took credit for Victoria’s work. She fell from grace and became

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public enemy number one. Everyone called her a shameless whore for taking credit

that belonged to someone else just to get close to Alaric.

Without the Cadogans‘ protection, her family quickly fell into decline, and a big part was

thanks to the Cadogan’s animosity toward them. She woke up with a start, and the only

thing that greeted her was a silent ward. There was not a soul inside, not even the

servant her mother sent, much to her chagrin. “Where the hell are you, Lila? You’re here

to take care of me, not slack off!”

Lila quickly came in. “Miss Claudia, I–1

Claudia grabbed something and hurled it at Lila. “Where the hell were you?”

Shocked, Lila moved away and tried to explain herself, but someone came in. When she

realized who it was, the look on Claudia’s face changed. “Alaric…” What? Why is he

here? Claudia thought she was seeing things. She didn’t think Alaric would come when

she was having a fit. This is awkward. She had always presented herself as a gentle

and soft–spoken woman, not a wench. This was far from her usual facade.

Panicked, she quickly got out of bed. “Alaric!” She started crying and pounced at him. “I

thought you’d never speak to me again.”

Alaric looked at her wrist. “Why the fury?”

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Claudia quickly explained, “I–I was in a bad mood because I thought you didn’t care

about me anymore, so… I’m sorry, Lila. I didn’t mean it. Are you alright?”

Lila nodded. What a two–face b*tch. She then took a few steps back and said, “I’ll be

going now. Please, enjoy yourselves.” She left and closed the door.

Claudia had no idea what time it was, but it must be late. She couldn’t believe Alaric

would come over at this hour. “Are you still mad at me? I-I can explain. Don’t listen to

them. I didn’t sleep with any guy.”

A smirk curled Alaric’s lips. He didn’t talk about that. Instead, he went around and sat

down on a chair.

The distance he was putting between them was not unnoticed. Panicked, Claudia

followed behind him. “You don’t believe me?”

Alaric poured himself a glass of water, but he didn’t answer.

Claudia sat down. “Where did you go last night?” She bit her lip. “Did you go to see

Victoria? You still can’t forget about her, can you? But she hurt you five years ago. Even

if you two date, she’ll still dump you again, but not me. All I care about is you. I won’t

abandon you, Alaric. I saved your life, remember?” She gritted her teeth. “Please, trust

1. me. I saved your life, so I won’t lie to you. I almost got myself killed just to save you. It

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was so cold, and I even hurt my hand. I…”

“Yeah, it was cold. Really cold.” Alaric couldn’t hold it in at that point. “The girl who

saved me must be freezing. She must’ve lost all her strength after she saved me.”

“Yes.” Claudia nodded. “It took me everything I had just to save you.”

“Really?” Alaric looked at her coolly. “It took you everything just to save me?”

Claudia was in a hurry to present herself as a damsel in distress. Alright, let’s go with

Mom’s plan and make him marry me. She was oblivious to the trap Alaric was setting

up, and she nodded.

Alaric cocked his brow. “If you did lose all your strength just to save me, how did you

get me onto dry land?” After Victoria told him the truth, Alaric thought back to that day

and realized something was off. Even he fell sick after falling into the river. If Claudia

did jump in to save him, she should have been down with a fever or worse, considering

she was injured. After all, the river was freezing and the weather was cold.

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