Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 114

Chapter 114

The room fell into silence the moment Elaine said that.

No one had expected her to say that.

As for the reason they went quiet, it was because her words suddenly made them

realize Christopher was not as useless as they thought.

He was a thug, a gangster who wandered on the edges of society.

He was the best at tasks like teaching others a lesson.

Everyone admired how fast Elaine came to that realization. It seemed like her fight

with Victoria had made her thoroughly hate Victoria.

After a very long moment of silence, Claudia abruptly gasped in shock. “What are

you saying, Elaine? How could you tell Mr. Drevel to do that? She’s just joking.

Please ignore her.”

He pursed his lips. “What if I take her words seriously? Claudia, I have never done

anything for you before, but I swear, from now on, I will not allow any harm to come

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to you. Anyone who does so will be my mortal enemy. I will never forgive anyone

who hurts you.”

“Mr. Drevel, the situation was very chaotic back then. It might not have been

Victoria,” Claudia pleaded.

“Claudia,” Elaine said, interrupting with a stern look on her face, “you don’t have to

defend Victoria. You have defended her for ages, but has she even come to visit you

since you got hurt? She doesn’t even feel any remorse for her actions.”

Claudia looked down. “I just…”

“Enough, Claudia. We know you’re kind and can’t bear to blame her for anything, but

we’re not like you. We can’t just do nothing when someone’s being a bully.”

Christopher kept quiet, but the murderous glint lurking in his eyes was an obvious

indicator of his future actions. Claudia could make a good guess at what those

would be.

Deep down, she was laughing in glee. She had been worried that the people around

her would be suspicious of her when they heard Christopher did something to

Victoria after Claudia invited him up to her ward.

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However, things were different now that the suggestion came from Elaine.

She had not expected her plan to go so smoothly. With Elaine as her scapegoat,

what did she have to worry about? She tried to stop them. It was not her fault that

they ignored her words.

Griselda’s test results were out, and they looked good.

As the nurse brought her back to her room to rest, Benedict summoned the

Cadogans to his office to inform them of her condition.

“Old Mrs. Cadogan is recovering well, and she seems to be doing well mentally. It

looks like she’s better suited to life outside a nursing home,” he stated.

Mary happily smiled. “Of course. She adores my daughter-in-law. This must be all

thanks to Victoria.”

Everyone, including Benedict, in the nursing home knew about the fact that Victoria

was taking care of Griselda. Hence, he nodded in agreement.

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“That’s true,” he said.

“When can she go under for the operation, Dr. Sully?” Mary asked.

“If preparations go by quickly, she will be operated on in the next two days.

Otherwise, the operation would happen later this week.”

She nodded. “Very well.”

After leaving the office, she turned to Adrian and said, “Since she’s going to be

operated on this week, why don’t I stay? I’ll let you know when the operation date is

set.”

While there was a lot of work to do, the elderly family members were more

important.

He nodded. “I’ll do my best to hurry back in the next two days.”

“Okay. I’ll book a flight for you now, honey.”

“Thank you, darling.”

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They kept an affectionate exchange of endearments as they continued to walk

away.

As for the pair behind them, their interaction left the air cold and tense.