Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 383

Victoria didn’t bother to explain herself when she heard the waitress calling Bane her

boyfriend. “We fought so I don’t want to see him. Why don’t you do me a favor and help

me annoy him a little?” Victoria decided to play along with the idea of Bane being her

boyfriend. She stepped forward and held onto the waitress‘ arm in hopes that the

waitress would help her.

The female staff was soft–hearted, and she gave in after hearing Victoria’s words. “Well,

I’ll have to talk to my manager. If my manager agrees, then-”

“Okay. If your manager doesn’t agree, hand me the phone, and I’ll speak to her,” Victoria

added. The other woman smiled before she pulled her phone out to make a call. “I’ll

head to the washroom, but you can tell me what your manager says later,” Victoria

added with a smile.

“Sure.”

After heading into the washroom, Victoria hastily pulled her SIM card out to change it.

She didn’t have the needle that was necessary to remove the SIM card, but fortunately,

she had put on a pair of earrings earlier that day. She had figured that the earrings

would add a splash of color to her since she wasn’t wearing any makeup. Her earrings

also became a crucial tool right then.

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table.

Victoria still felt rather uneasy as she was eating. Her plans had been disrupted when

she was in the washroom earlier, and she didn’t want to stay too long in the washroom

as she wanted to keep her guard up. There might not be any surveillance cameras in

the washroom, but there might be some out here. If I send a text here… Well, to be safe,

I should just return to the washroom halfway through the meal, she thought.

However, Victoria had only managed to have one mouthful of food before the front

door was thrown open. Bane walked in and scanned the room with his sharp eyes.

Soon enough, his gaze landed on the waitress who was sitting at the dining table. He

was puzzled to see the waitress sitting opposite Victoria, so he walked over with a look

of confusion in his eyes. “What’s this, Victoria?”

Victoria hadn’t managed to swallow her food, so she simply spat out her half–chewed

food into a tissue before glaring at Bane. “Is there a problem with getting someone to

have a meal with me?”

Upon hearing her words, Bane shot the waitress a glare before looking back at Victoria.

“Why didn’t you ask me to eat with you if you simply wanted companionship? I would be

more than willing to accompany you.”

Since the two of them were talking, the waitress felt like it was inappropriate for her to

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continue eating. She had no choice but to sit around and observe their conversation

awkwardly. They were using their native language to converse with one another, so the

waitress couldn’t understand what they were saying. She could only guess their

emotions from the looks on their faces and the tones of their voice. The man had a

rather helpless look on his face, but the woman had her arms crossed and didn’t look

interested in having a conversation with him. They’re probably fighting, and the man is

probably the one who is making the woman angry. Is he apologizing to her?

Moments later, Victoria let out a loud scoff. “Do you think I’d want you around just

because you’re willing to have a meal with me?” She looked up and shot the man with a

fierce glare before speaking in an icy tone. “You know what you did, right? Do you think

I can still keep my cool and have a meal with you after all of that? Well, if you don’t send

me back, I’ll continue to find other people to have meals with me. I’d rather eat with a

stranger than with you.” Her words felt like a dagger that was being driven straight into

Bane’s heart.

Anyone who heard what Victoria said would have found her extremely offensive, but

unfortunately, the waitress couldn’t understand her words at all. After Victoria finished

speaking, Bane was silent for a long while. However, he stood still in his spot without

budging, almost as if he was too concerned about Victoria to just leave.

Victoria smirked. “Or do you have a problem with me eating with someone else as well?

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Fine, then.” She placed her cutleries down and got to her feet. “You can take her and all

of this food away. Then, you can lock me up in a tiny room and make sure that I never

meet anyone for the rest of my life. How does that sound?”

“Victoria.” Bane sounded as helpless as ever. “You know that I don’t want to do this to

you. You may think that you’re hurting yourself by refusing to eat, but you’re really

hurting me when you do this.”

He took a few steps forward before picking up her cutleries and forcing them into her

hand. “You just want someone to accompany you for a meal, so I have no reason to

object to it. But… If she ever tries to help you out with something, I won’t let her go so

easily.”

Victoria lifted her head after hearing his words. There was a look of disbelief in her

eyes. “What do you mean by that?” she asked.

Bane’s expression was still warm and gentle as always. “I mean what I say. You should

know that I’d never lose my temper at you, Victoria. I won’t lash out at you regardless of

what you do.” He sounded like he was making an emotional confession, but there was

an underlying message that he was trying to convey. He wants to make sure that I’m

only having a meal with this waitress without trying anything else. If this waitress helps.

me with anything, he won’t attack me, but he’ll harm the waitress. In other words, if I

tried to do something, then I’d be indirectly harming this waitress. I can’t believe he’s

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doing this to me.

Fury burned in Victoria’s gaze. “Are you threatening me right now?”

Bane gently fixed the collar of her shirt. “How is this a threat, Victoria? I’m just letting

you know about this. After all, I can’t allow bad guys to get close to you. I was the one

who brought you here, so I’m responsible for your well–being. I can’t allow someone else

to harm you.”

He was clearly threatening her, yet he made himself sound like he was being kind and

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near him made her feel like she was getting trapped in an icy cave.

“I hadn’t expected you to be this sort of person.” Victoria decided not to eat after that.

“Fine. Since you’re so worried, then she can leave. I don’t want to drag anyone down