Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 387

Victoria lay down to rest after drying her hair.

was perhaps because the effects of the medicine in her hadn’t completely worn off

that she quickly fell asleep.

When she regained consciousness, she heard faint voices coming from outside.

“Mr. Morison, Miss Selwyn is still asleep?”

“Yes.”

“But our car is ready. We need to leave now.”

Bane glanced at the closed door and pursed his lips. “She’s tired. Let her sleep a little

longer.”

“But Mr. Morison…” Ethan sounded hesitant.

Bane’s voice turned cold in an instant. “Did you not understand what I said? Do I need

to repeat myself?”

Caught off–guard by his sudden outburst, Ethan didn’t dare to speak and simply

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nodded.

“I understand.”

Ethan then retreated and exchanged a few words with the people outside before

staying outside to keep watch.

He actually wanted to remind Bane that they had been in this place for too long, and

Victoria had seen others in the meantime.

It wouldn’t be easy to control those people since they were not Bane’s men.

If things got out of hand, it wouldn’t end well.

Ethan might have thought that Bane had gone mad. However, since what was done

was done, as Bane’s assistant, he could only accompany him to the end, even if it

meant risking his life.

We’ll just let Miss Selwyn sleep a little longer. She will probably wake up on her own in

half an hour or so.

Victoria was shocked after listening to their conversation. She was grateful she

overheard it.

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Or else, she would have to go with them if they discovered that she was awake.

With that thought in mind, Victoria closed her eyes and continued to pretend to sleep.

She soon heard some slight noise at the room’s door.

She immediately furrowed her delicate brows. Did Bane come in?

The light footsteps that resounded finally stopped by her bed; Bane was silently gazing

at Victoria as she lay in bed.

Compared to when she was awake, Victoria appeared particularly peaceful while

asleep. Her features, especially her eyes, were beautiful and filled with liveliness as if

they contained all the vitality in the world.

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He especially liked her when she smiled. With her arched eyebrows and sparkling eyes,

she resembled the bright moon hanging in the sky.

But now, that bright moon no longer smiled at him. When she saw him, her eyes held

caution and wariness.

That one incident changed their relationship to being less than strangers.

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If only…

If only she could continue to smile at him like she used to… How wonderful would that

be?

Bane then lifted his hand and gently touched her cheek.

As Victoria was pretending to be sleeping, she had to remain still like a corpse.

However, the contact made her uncomfortable. She would have surely swatted his

hand away if she weren’t pretending to sleep.

Fortunately, Bane’s fingers didn’t linger on her face for long as he soon retracted his

hand.

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After he left, Victoria breathed a sigh of relief and opened her eyes. She needed to drag

out the time as much as possible.

She stayed awake after that.

It was quiet outside at first, but as time passed, she could faintly hear the sound of

footsteps.

The sound was so faint as if someone was deliberately being quiet about it.

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Eventually, she even heard the sound of the next room’s door opening.

Did I hear that wrongly?

She had changed rooms to rest so she could blow–dry her hair earlier. The next room

was where the two little ones slept.

What are they doing in the next room?

In an instant, Victoria sat up from the bed and got out to open the room door.

She immediately saw Ethan and another person, each holding a child, heading outside.

And when Victoria opened the door, they turned around at the same time and met each.

other’s gazes upon hearing the sound.

This scene nearly shattered Victoria’s composure, and she rushed forward to

interrogate them. “What are you doing to my children?”

Ethan also hadn’t expected to encounter Victoria while doing this. He had waited for

her for nearly two hours, and she had been asleep the whole time.

And so, he devised a plan to take the two children out of the room first. When Victoria

woke up, she would have to obediently follow them for the sake of the children even if

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she didn’t want to leave.

He never expected her to wake up at this moment.

“Miss Selwyn, this is a misunderstanding… Please let me explain.”

“What kind of misunderstanding would lead you to secretly sneak in and take away my

children?”

Victoria approached them and snatched one of the children away before stalking up to

the other one. “Put my children back where they were!”

The person hesitantly glanced at Ethan then. Seeing Ethan nod, they reluctantly placed

Nathan back on the bed in the room.

Victoria retreated with the child into the room and then chased that person out.

Ethan watched her and respectfully bowed. “Miss Selwyn, now that you are awake, let

us leave.”

“Leave? What do you mean ‘leave?”

“This place is only for us to temporarily rest. We are heading to the place where we will

be staying in the future.”

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Victoria’s lips tightened when she heard those words.

“Mr. Hudson, you are not Bane. Just because he doesn’t know what he’s doing, do you

also not know what he’s up to? Do you realize that some responsibilities are

interconnected?”

It wasn’t like Ethan couldn’t understand the meaning behind her words.

He chuckled bitterly and sighed. “But Miss Selwyn, what can I do? I’ve been working

with Mr. Morison all these years. It’s a given that I follow his wishes. After all, it wouldn’t

make sense for me to run away now.”

Victoria knew what he was thinking upon hearing that.

Although it was frustrating, Ethan had to ensure he took care of everything for Bane.

“Do you think that what you’re doing is for his own good?” Victoria felt a pang of sorrow.

“If you truly have his best interests at heart, then what you should be doing at this

moment is advising him against this, not aiding and abetting his wrongdoing.”

“Miss Selwyn, do you think I haven’t tried to reason it out with him? You’ve known Mr.

Morison for so long. Aren’t you supposed to understand him better than I do?”

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Victoria fell silent. After pursing her lips, she ordered him out of the room. “Since you’re

not willing to persuade him, then you may leave.”

Ethan hesitated and glanced at her, but he finally left with his men.

As soon as they stepped out of the room, they ran into Bane and immediately briefed

him on what had happened inside.

Bane frowned after hearing the news. He looked displeased as he stared at Ethan.

“When will you start being more reliable in handling things?”

“I apologize, Mr. Morison. There won’t be a next time.”

After a moment of contemplation, Ethan spoke again. “Mr. Morison, forgive me for

speaking out of turn, but you must either turn back now or you take decisive action. We

must be on our way. It will be detrimental to us if we delay any longer.”

“I know. I will go in and try to persuade her.”

“Mr. Morison, you’ve tried persuading her enough along the way, and you’ve lowered

yourself for her the entire time. But has it been effective? Respectfully, either you send

her back where we took her from, or we leave now.”

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Although he had always thought Bane had made a crazy move, it seemed that Bane

was still somewhat indecisive when it came to Victoria after they arrived in this foreign

country.