Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)
Chapter 91

Chapter 91

Victoria stayed silent.

Realizing that she hadn't responded, Summer sighed.

"I know you're biased toward her because she had helped you before, so your opinions are affected by that. But you should think about this for a moment. She might have the motives to set you up. Sure, she had helped you before, and you should repay her someday, but it doesn't have to be now. Honestly, just because she had helped you once doesn't mean she won't harm you now."

"Yeah, I get it." Victoria nodded.

Summer noticed that Victoria was feeling down. Thus, she suggested, "Why don't you come to my place later? I can keep you company. We can chat throughout the night, and I can take the day off tomorrow."

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"It's alright." Victoria shook her head. "Grandma is still at home. I have to go back."

Besides, the incident tonight had woken her up. When she initially heard Norwood's words, she still held onto a sliver of hope that the situation was not as bad as it made it out to be, but now even that hope had been destroyed.

Whose fault was it?

She could only blame herself for pathetically clinging onto some hope that couldn't possibly exist.

"Alright. In that case, you should hurry back and stop sitting at the hotel's entrance. The wind is so strong tonight. Even I can feel my eardrums reverberating from the howling sound of the wind. Don't you feel cold at all?"

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said quietly, "Okay, I got it. I'm heading back now."

Noticing that Victoria's voice had returned to normal, Summer sighed in. relief. "Good. Hurry back home, and remember to tell me when you've arrived."

"Okay."

After hanging up, Victoria wasn't in a hurry to leave, however.

She closed her eyes as she felt the cold breeze tonight.

The weather was getting cold.

When she saw the weather forecast yesterday, it mentioned that the

temperature would drop significantly lower tonight. There would be a

sudden influx of cold air, so people ere advised to

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themselves

When Victoria went out tonight, she hadn't felt the coldness in the air.

However, she could now feel the cold.

Victoria sniffled. It's so cold tonight, she thought.

While sp ac ing out, she felt a presence beside her.

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Just then, a warm coat covered her body, and she could smell the sharp.

scent of tobacco lingering in the air.

She opened her eyes.

"Does it hurt?"

Bane's voice rang out next to her. He reached out, trying to touch the

wound on her cheek, but his fingertips had just grazed her skin when she instinctively dodged to the side, avoiding his touch.

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His fingers froze in the air.

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Victoria had sustained the injury from when Elaine gripped her hair. Elaine's fingernails had scratched her skin, leaving a long blo ody line, across her cheek. If one hadn't looked closely, they would've missed the

mark since her hair was a mess and had covered the wound. Now that she had tucked her hair behind her ears, the wound was exposed for everyone to see.

Perhaps, because the wind was so strong that it was already hurting her face, Victoria didn't feel any pain from the wound. It was only when Bane mentioned it that she realized there was a wound on her face.

"I'm fine."

Bane withdrew his hand before looking at her in slight exasperation.

"Why didn't you explain yourself?"

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"What's the point?" Victoria's expression was cold. "He loves her so much. If

I said she fell on her own, would he believe me?"

When Bane heard that, he couldn't help but chuckle as he said, "True. He has always prioritized Claudia since he was young. You're right not to explain anything."

With that, he couldn't help but caress her on the back of her head. "Let's go. You haven't eaten much for dinner, so I'll treat you to supper." Victoria noticed that Bane had changed quite a bit from his younger days. He was no longer so sharp-tongued when he spoke.

"Claudia has someone to pamper her, and you have me. Don't forget; we grew up together, too."

Victoria did grow up with Bane, but they only got to know each other a little later. When she first met him, she and Alaric were already long-time friends, and she had also liked Alaric quite a bit.

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So, any men who came after Alaric were just friends to her.

"What are you zoning out for?" Bane urged, "Get up. Don't you feel cold sitting here?"

It was only then that Victoria came to her senses. She pursed her lips before saying, "Forget about supper; I'm not hungry. Besides-"

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"Don't you think I'm so pitiful now that the welcoming party turned out like this? Can't you make it up to me with supper?"

When Bane put it like that, Victoria did feel a little sorry for him. Tonight was supposed to be a celebration of his return, but because of the

incident between her and Claudia, the party ended on a sour note. Even though she wasn't the one who caused the trouble, she still bore some responsibility.

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After thinking about it, Victoria finally nodded. "Alright."

Bane curved his lips into a smile. "What would you like to eat?"

The two had arrived at a food store specializing in making seafood congee 20 minutes later.

There weren't many people out for supper at this hour, so the store was quite empty. Victoria picked a table by the window and sat dow hen she turned around, she saw Bane had remained standing, looking a little lost.

It was only then that Victoria remembered something. She said, "I forgot you've been staying abroad all this while. Are you unaccustomed to food like this? Why don't we get something you want to eat?" When Bane heard that, he returned to his senses and smiled as he pushed his glasses.

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"No, it's just that I'm so used to food in foreign countries that when I see

local food all of a sudden, I feel very warm inside."

As he spoke, Bane pulled out a chair opposite Victoria and sat down. Victoria didn't know if he meant it, but his answer was decent and gentlemanly.

When the two sat down, the waiter came over to take their orders.

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Victoria wanted to get seafood congee at first, but when she saw the picture on the menu, she feared she might throw up when she caught a whiff of the fishy smell of the congee later, so she ordered corn vegetable congee instead.

After taking their orders, the waiter left.

Bane took out some tissues and wiped the cutlery clean before passing it

to her. Then, he asked naturally, "Why do you like congee so much?"

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When Victoria heard that, she froze momentarily before looking up at him.

As if remembering something, she asked, "Was that car yours?" Bane nodded, smiling. "Yes, it was me."

Victoria realized then that when she went downstairs to buy congee that

day, he was the one watching her. No wonder she felt like she was being watched.

"I thought it was an illusion."

Bane smiled. "What illusion? If you can sense it, then it's essentially real."

Victoria froze at his words. Then, she looked at Bane in suspicion as she

felt like he was referring to something else.

After thinking about it, she changed the subject.

"Where's your car? Also, why didn't you get out of the car? Why did you just

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sit in the car and stare at me? It's really scary, you know."

"I probably wanted to give you a surprise." Bane sighed, still smiling. "I heard you're working at Cadogan Group, so I came over as soon as I got off the plane. I wanted to test my luck during after-work hours to see if I

could run into you."

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After saying that, he paused for a bit and curved his lips. "And I was in luck. You really did go downstairs. It has been five years, Ms. Snowball. It's no easy feat to see you. But fortunately, I'll be living here from now on, so I can see you every day."

When Victoria heard that, she couldn't help but look up again. She coincidentally caught sight of the gray tie clip he was wearing. The tie clip was a gift to him from Victoria herself.

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that day, so Victoria couldn't decline.

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However, she hadn't expected him to be wearing the tie clip even after so

many years.

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