Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)
Chapter 74

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As Victoria felt the world spinning around her, only one thought remained

in her mind. Wasn't he supposed to count to three? What happened to

that?

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With Alaric's tall stature and long legs, they quickly made their way back to

the room.

Victoria originally thought that once they returned to the room, he would put her down. However, after Alaric entered the room, he remained standing as though someone had put him under a spell.

"Put me down."

It seemed like he didn't hear her, for he simply lowered his head and

stared at her silently with his dark eyes. "I will make things clear with

Claudia."

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At his words, she became startled. What does he mean? Why does he want to make things clear?

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"Didn't you say that my relationship with her feels ambiguous? From today onward, she won't appear in front of you anymore. I won't let her go to the company, nor will I let her come to our house, and I definitely won't let her wear your clothes."

Hearing this, Victoria felt her heart skip a beat. What does he mean by

that? Not letting Claudia go to the company or visit our house? Why is he doing that all of a sudden?

"Why?" she asked, no longer feeling resentful.

Meanwhile, Alaric stared at her seriously.

His intense look made her slightly alarmed, for she didn't understand why

he was suddenly acting like this.

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"You can't call him anymore," he suddenly said.

At this moment, she was totally confused. What?

"Also, don't call him 'baby' or show concern for him anymore." Alaric was

gritting his teeth as he spoke.

When she heard that, she was almost scared out of her wits.

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She finally understood why Alaric had gone mad and said those things in the study yesterday. Turns out he did hear something yesterday and thought I was referring to Noel when I said 'baby'! I thought he didn't hear anything. When he heard me mentioning the word 'baby, he thought I was referring to Noel. Is that why he brought up Claudia's matter to make it fair? There's nothing between me and Noel, though. Ever since becoming Mrs. Cadogan, I have only occasionally been in contact with him. Sometimes, we don't even communicate for months. How did Alaric have

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"What's on your mind?" Just as Victoria was lost in her thoughts, Alaric's icy voice suddenly rang out. When she snapped back to reality, she found

him glaring at her with a sharp gaze.

As the corner of her lips twitched, she patted his shoulder gently. "Could

you please put me down first?"

He's really something else. How is he still carrying me?

Not only did he ignore her, he even held her tighter and looked at her with

a piercing stare. "Don't change the subject."

"Why don't you put me down first? Do you think it's appropriate to talk like this?" she asked helplessly.

His face remained cold as he replied, "There's nothing wrong with it."

Upon hearing his answer, Victoria became speechless. Well, whatever you

say.

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When he noticed her silence, the atmosphere around him grew even

colder. "You don't want to cut ties with him, huh? Victoria, do you realize that you are a married woman now?"

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Since things had come to this, she didn't want to beat around the bush anymore and asked directly, "What about you? Do you know that you are a married man? Do you realize the state you're in while saying all these things to me?" She then added, "Don't forget that our marriage is fake." After saying that, she felt him freeze for a moment, and his grip on her seemed to loosen. Since she was in his embrace, she could sense it.

Suddenly, she lowered her gaze and laughed at herself. It seems that he's well aware of this fact, but he has momentarily forgotten about it. Perhaps his ego was clouding his judgment. It's ridiculous that I still have some hope in him. I'm such a joke. I should have realized this when Claudia returned; he had been kissing me passionately but left abruptly when he heard the phone ringing. When he lay beside me but brought up divorce, it Chapter 74 Don't Call Him 'Baby'

sealed off all possibilities between us.

In the end, she pushed him away and landed on her feet. Even after she

returned to her room to rest, Alaric didn't chase after her.

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Strangely, on that day, Claudia didn't call or message her. She remained quiet throughout the day. Since she didn't come to her, Victoria didn't feel

inclined to reach out as well.

The next day, Griselda insisted that she didn't need to be taken care of and pretended to be angry, fearing it would delay the young couple's work, so Victoria couldn't argue with her and went back to the company. She and Alaric had mostly stayed at home these past few days to deal with work. However, their progress was still falling behind.

It was still manageable when she wasn't at the company, but once she returned, she was immediately swamped with work, hardly having any spare time to rest.

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In the afternoon, Victoria finally had some time to rest, and she found

herself lying on the desk, unable to keep her eyes open.

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In the past, she could handle such high-intensity work for a day or two without any issues, but now, just a morning of work left her feeling drained. Yasmin even brought her lunch from the cafeteria.

Yet, the cafeteria food wasn't particularly tasty, and Yasmin was probably

afraid that she would go hungry, so she had ordered several meat dishes

for her. Victoria felt a wave of nausea and immediately closed the lid on

the container.

"Are you not eating, Miss Victoria? Is it because I didn't get something to your liking?"

"That's not it." Victoria shook her head, denying it. "I'm just too tired, and I

don't feel like eating something heavy. I'll go downstairs and get some

congee."

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At her words, Yasmin immediately volunteered. "Let me go and get it for

you."

"It's fine. I'll go myself."

She got up and left as she spoke, leaving Yasmin alone in the office,

poking at her lunch dejectedly. Why do I feel like I can't be of any help at

all?

There was a congee store below the company. It was usually more crowded in the morning than at lunchtime, so there weren't any lines

when Victoria went there.

"I'd like a bowl of congee and some custard bread, please." While paying

for her food, she thought to herself, To be honest, Mr. Campbell makes tastier food. Next time, I should ask him to prepare lunch for me in advance and pack it in a lunchbox. Then, I can take it to work and have it

for lunch.

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While waiting, she felt bored and decided to look at the work she had to handle in the afternoon on her phone.

Just as she was engrossed in it, she suddenly felt a piercing gaze on her

back. After freezing for a moment, she blinked several times before lifting her head from the phone to look around.

There were all sorts of people and cars around her, but everyone was

busy with their tasks, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Perhaps I'm just overthinking. With this thought in mind, she lowered her head again. However, after a while, that sensation of being watched intensified, even more so than the previous time.

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As she pressed her lips together, she looked in that direction and realized

a black Bentley was parked there. Its body looked like a black fog, and it

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do I feel like someone inside is looking at me?

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