Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 126

Chapter 126 

Victoria frowned in response to Elaine’s comment. What did she mean. 

when she said I want to steal everything from Claudia? Claudia and Alaric 

have never been in a committed relationship; if they had, I wouldn’t still 

have feelings for Alaric and be willing to stage a wedding for him. It is 

simply because he and Claudia never established a relationship. At that 

thought, Victoria sneered, “Is Alaric the one who told you that he belongs. 

to Claudia?” 

“Don’t be so stubborn, Victoria. I’ll let you know whether or not Alaric is 

Claudia’s,” Elaine said as she pushed Christopher’s hand away and 

hunkered down in front of Victoria. “Do you have your phone on you?” she 

asked as she got closer. 

Victoria looked at her warily in response. 

“Why are you looking at me like that? I’m only conducting an experiment.” 

Then, Elaine flipped Victoria over to search her pockets. 

At that moment, Victoria was worried for her unborn child when she 

noticed Elaine rifling through her body, so she struggled in fear because 

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she did not know what Elaine intended to do. 

“Don’t move!” Elaine warned her in a low voice. “If you keep moving, I can’t 

guarantee you won’t get hurt.” 

“What do you want?” Victoria asked, her face turning pale. 

“I just need your phone for a fun experiment. Are you worried about that 

little b*stard in your belly?” Elaine’s voice was low, so Christopher couldn’t 

hear her, and she even said proudly, “I heard Claudia say that you wanted 

to protect that little b*stard. Why? Can you use him to keep your title as 

Mrs. Cadogan forever?” 

Victoria’s eyes narrowed as she heard the word “b*stard,” and she couldn’t 

help but headbutt Elaine, who was right in front of her. 

“Ah!” Elaine was knocked backward and yelped in agony. 

“Don’t talk about him like that!” Victoria gritted her teeth and glared at 

Elaine with a fierce look. A moment ago, Victoria had a gentle expression; 

now, she appeared angry and ready to fight. 

The sudden change was frightening even for Elaine. After being 

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headbutted, her ear was still ringing as she stood up. She was furious and 

wanted retaliation, but when she met Victoria’s eyes, Elaine was paralyzed 

with shock. 

It wasn’t until Christopher ran over and grabbed her arm that she returned 

to her senses. “What do you want to do?” he asked, pulling her up. 

On the other hand, Elaine didn’t dare provoke Victoria anymore after the 

last incident. What if, despite being tied down, she tried to fight back, and I 

got hurt? At that thought, she turned to him and asked, “Where’s her 

phone? She can’t have gone out without it.” 

After hearing that, he glared at her and released her arm. “It’s none of your 

business.” 

“Yes, and I need to use her phone to make a quick call,” she said. 

Christopher frowned, feeling that Elaine would mess things up. 

“Hurry up and give it to me. Otherwise, I’ll call Claudia and tell her.” 

He was about to refuse when she threatened him with Claudia’s name. 

Ultimately, he gave in and handed over the phone. She immediately took 

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it and started to fiddle with it. 

“What are you going to do?” 

“Just sit back and watch.” 

Christopher glanced at Elaine in disgust, and then his gaze fell on Victoria, 

whose forehead was swollen from the headbutt. The contrast with her 

terrifyingly pale lips was startling. I’m curious about what Elaine may have 

said to her because Victoria was very composed when I brought her here. 

“I found it.” Elaine browsed Victoria’s phone contact list and effortlessly 

found Alaric’s number. Due to the earlier attack, she didn’t dare approach 

Victoria directly, so she crouched far away. “Do you think Alaric will answer 

if I call him with your phone now?” 

Victoria looked at Elaine coldly with an indifferent gaze as if she didn’t 

want to bother Elaine at all. 

Seeing her like this, Elaine couldn’t help but angrily say, “At this point, do 

you still think you’re some pure and noble fairy? You clearly want to be 

Mrs. Cadogan, but you’re still pretending. Just wait and meet your end!” 

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“Whether or not I choose to become Mrs. Cadogan is none of your 

business!” Victoria snorted. “Or do you want to be Mrs. Cadogan too?” 

Hearing this, Elaine’s face turned red, and her words stuck in her throat. 

“W–What are you talking about?” 

“I’m just saying casually. Are you so worked up because I hit the nail on the 

head?” Victoria sneered. 

Elaine’s whole face twisted in anger, and her features resembled worms 

crawling across her face. “Victoria, you’ll regret this!” With that, she dialed 

Alaric’s number on Victoria’s phone. Then, she curled her lips and said, 

“You probably already know who he’s with now, but if his wife calls him for 

help, will he come?” After saying that, she paused and pretended to be 

surprised, covering her mouth with her hand. “Oh my, I forgot to mention 

that he might not even answer the phone, let alone hear your plea for 

help, right?” 

Beep. Beep… The call was connected. 

Meanwhile, Christopher, standing next to Elaine, realized what she had in 

mind and frowned. “Do you want others to come here? Are you crazy?”