Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)
Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Seeing Caleb's ashen face, Victoria guessed that he must have

remembered.

"So, Mr. Burke? You didn't forget what you said back then, did you?"

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His friend beside him asked curiously, "Mr. Burke, what did you say?" Caleb's mind was a little blank. He always thought that Victoria looked down on his background and sought after more powerful people, but he never thought that she had heard his boasts.

When he realized that his words caused him to lose out on a potential lover, Caleb wanted to slap himself.

"It's not like that!" Caleb gritted his teeth and explained with reddened eyes, "That was nonsense I spouted just because I found it fun. I had no

intentions of offending you."

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In reality, if he were just playing around, he wouldn't have gone all the way

to the hot spring to look for her just because he heard she was there.

"Fun?" Victoria tilted her head as if she were pondering that word. A

moment later, she slowly spoke up. "Those words are fun to you, huh, Mr.

Burke?"

Caleb said, "I didn't mean it like that! What I meant was-

"Alright, Mr. Burke. Let's get back to the topic at hand. We're here to discuss

business. If you have no intention of working with Cadogan Group, we

shan't stay here much longer."

Caleb refused to back down. He had finally figured out the reason, so how

could he just let it go?

Caleb immediately gripped Victoria's slender, porcelain wrist. "Miss

Selwyn, I can explain."

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Victoria frowned. "Let go."

"No, please, I can explain. Back then, I was just-❞

Boom!

The half-closed door to the room was suddenly kicked open, and

everyone in the room was shocked by the noise..

A few muscular men in black attire rushed into the room.

"Who are you? Who let you guys in?"

Someone had just questioned them when one of the muscular men held

the person's head and slammed it onto the cold floor.

As the host of this event, Caleb had a shift in his expression as he

subconsciously let go of Victoria. He stood up and asked, "What are you

doing? Don't you know where this is? Don't you know who I am?"

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Bang!

Caleb had just finished speaking when a fist landed on his face, and he

was immediately sent flying.

"Ah!" The girl sitting beside Caleb let out a terrified shriek.

Yasmin was also startled as she gripped the hem of Victoria's clothes.

Victoria never thought that she would encounter this scene today. Who exactly did Caleb offend? At any rate, she couldn't stay here longer. Victoria glanced at the door, and her expression fell.

A few muscular men were standing there, completely barring the door. If she took Yasmin with her and got up to leave, would they allow passage? That was what she thought, but Victoria didn't dare act recklessly. She held down Yasmin's hand, gesturing for the latter to stay put. Yasmin was

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so scared that she could only hide behind Victoria.

The people at the scene could see that the muscular men were not to be reasoned with. After all, they had sent even Caleb flying with one punch. Without their backbone, the others were extremely terrified and dared not

make a sound.

An eerily heavy atmosphere hung in the room.

Just when Victoria was wondering if she should move, the muscular man

who hit Caleb suddenly walked up to her and bowed respectfully.

"Greetings, Miss Selwyn."

Victoria was stunned.

What's going on?

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Why does he know me? she wondered.

Victoria could only look at him suspiciously. "And you are?"

"Miss Selwyn, our master requests your audience."

With that, the man even put on a gentlemanly attitude.

"Who is your master?" Victoria asked.

The man smiled and retained his original pose, but he didn't answer

Victoria.

However, when she realized that he wouldn't attack her, Victoria finally let

out a sigh of relief.

She pursed her lips and remained motionless.

"Miss Selwyn, is anything the matter?"

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Victoria then glanced at Yasmin, who was right beside her. "Can you let

her leave first?"

The muscular man was surprised, then smiled as he said, "Of course." After all, their master only told them to fetch Victoria. They couldn't care less about anyone else.

This answer reassured Victoria greatly. Since they agreed to let Yasmin leave, it meant that they weren't trying to do anything bad, so they probably weren't enemies.

If not, they would be worried that Yasmin might ask for help.

"Miss Victoria, I can't leave." Yasmin gripped Victoria's arm tightly. "I'll stay

with you no matter what."

When Victoria heard that, she creased her fine eyebrows. "You should go back first."

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She gave Yasmin a look. She wasn't sure if Yasmin understood it, but the latter was no longer persistent.

After that, Yasmin kept looking back as she left, and under the gaze of the crowd, she walked out of the room.

As soon as she left the room, she immediately ran outside and took out

her phone to make a call.

"Miss Selwyn, can you come with us now?" The muscular man extended

the invitation again.

Victoria didn't move as she said calmly, "Who is your master?"

The man fell silent again at the mention of this.

This was Victoria's second time asking.

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"If you don't tell me, can I not go?" was testing their limits.

The man was stunned, then seemed to be debating something in his

mind. A while later, he said, "Miss Selwyn, our master is an old friend of

yours."

An old friend of mine?

Does that mean I've met him before?

A few names flashed across Victoria's mind.

Seeing how respectful the man was, she felt like there weren't many on

her mind who fit the bill.

No matter what, they probably came in peace. It would be better to follow

them instead of staying here.

With that, Victoria got up and left with them.

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As Victoria left, the muscular men who had barged into the room took

their leave as well. When they were gone, the room was in a mess.

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Soon, Victoria was taken to a presidential VIP room upstairs. It was lavishly decorated, and it looked very much like a place for business talks. There weren't any disgusting smells of alcohol and smoke either.

She never thought that the bar had places like this, and she felt like she

had learned something new today.

"Miss Selwyn, our master is still discussing something, so he'll be right here

when he's done. Please wait here."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came in and served some

snacks and fruits.

When Victoria saw the snacks and fruits laid on the table, her expression

changed; every item on the table was her favorite.

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It was apparent that this man knew her very well.

Who was he, though?

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For some reason, Victoria remembered the intense gaze she felt when she

went out to buy congee at noon.

Could they be the same person?

She didn't touch the food on the table. Instead, she sat there in boredom,

and she even took out her phone. The others didn't stop her, seemingly unafraid that she would call the police or something.

After taking out her phone, Victoria happened to see a message from

Yasmin.

'Miss Victoria, are you alright? I've already left, but I'm still outside the bar.'

When Victoria saw that, she frowned. 'It's not safe for a lone girl to stay

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here at night. You should go back.'

'No, I have to stick with you. Don't worry, I've already called Mr. Cadogan,

and he'll be here right away.'