Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132 

What does he mean by that? Hasn’t Victoria done a check–up yet? Does 

that mean she’s fine? After all, the only way she doesn’t need to do a 

check–up is because she isn’t in a severe situation. This isn’t right. After all, 

she would have lost a lot of blood if the baby was gone. 

As she thought about it, Alaric’s voice snapped her back to her senses. 

“She has already done a check–up.” 

At that moment, she felt shivers crawling up her spine. 

She’s already gone through a check–up, yet nothing is wrong with her. In 

other words, Alaric probably knows that she is pregnant. If that’s the case, 

does he know I deleted the message? If he knows about it, then… As 

Claudia thought about it, she trembled in fear. 

In the meantime, Alaric did not miss any slight expression on her face. He 

narrowed his eyes when he saw that Claudia’s expression had changed 

after he mentioned the check–up. 

“What’s wrong? Are you worried because she has not done a check–up?” 

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Claudia returned to her senses and forced a smile on her face. “Of course! 

I’m certainly worried about her. After all, Elaine and Christopher did such a 

horrible thing to her. Since Elaine is my close friend, I’m also responsible for 

this.” 

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No, I have to stay calm. Although Victoria has already done a check–up, 

that doesn’t mean they’ve found out about her pregnancy. At the very 

least, I need to keep calm before Alaric clarifies things between us, she 

thought. 

“You are responsible for this. I’m pretty sure I warned you before not to let 

her come again, right?” 

Hearing his words, Claudia didn’t say anything. 

“Have you forgotten?” asked Alaric. 

Sh*t. Claudia hadn’t thought much about this. She knew that Elaine had 

offended Alaric, and that was why she told Elaine to stay out of Alaric’s 

sight whenever he was around. However, since Alaric hadn’t been at the 

hospital for the past few days, she allowed Elaine to come and go as she 

wished. After all, she still needed the latter’s help. 

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“Al, I’m sorry… I didn’t forget it. It’s just that we have been friends for such a 

long time, and she insisted on visiting me because of my injury. I can’t say 

no to her, can I? Plus, I thought she only argued with Victoria because of 

her bad temper. I didn’t know she would kidnap her. Don’t worry. Now that I 

know what a terrible person she is, I won’t stay in contact with her 

anymore.” 

After Claudia said many things to prove her loyalty, she realized that Alaric 

was still looking at her with the same cold eyes. At that moment, her heart 

dropped. 

“Why are you looking at me like that, Al? Do you not trust me?” 

Alaric pursed his lips and said nothing. 

While looking into his eyes, Claudia put on a mocking smile and said, “I 

see. You don’t trust me at all.” 

Only then did Alaric say, “If anyone wants to hurt Victoria, they have to do 

it when I’m not around. When the incident happened, you went missing. 

That was why I was forced to leave her side to look for you. The timestamp 

between your disappearance and the incident matches, Claudia. I’ve told 

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you before that I trust you because you saved my life. Thus, you’d better 

admit it if you’re the one behind this.” 

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“What should I admit to?” Claudia smiled bitterly. “Should I admit the things. 

that I did not do? You said that I was the one who made you leave her, but 

weren’t your parents by her side back then? Do you think I’m able to 

predict when they’d leave her side too?” As she spoke, tears started to fall 

again. “You just don’t believe me. You think that my disappearance wasn’t 

a coincidence, yet… I didn’t mean to leave at that time. It was because of 

Grandma’s surgery! I just wanted to check up on her!” 

“Yeah, it was during Grandma’s surgery, and you knew it as well. That’s 

why you used the opportunity to cover up your tracks,” Alaric replied 

calmly. 

At that moment, Claudia’s face went pale, and she staggered. “I see… You 

have already convicted me long ago. You never trust me. Why don’t you 

believe me, Al? Is it because I deliberately hurt myself to save my 

reputation? Is that why you think I’m a vicious woman?” 

Hearing her words, Alaric squinted his eyes and said, “So you finally admit 

that you hurt yourself intentionally, huh?” 

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Claudia trembled and replied, “I admitted it the last time, didn’t I? I will 

admit the things I did, but why should I also take the blame for things that I 

didn’t do? We have known each other for a long time. I hurt myself instead 

of others to protect my reputation. Moreover, I even risked my life to save 

you. Victoria is your friend, and she has a fake marriage with you to put 

Grandma at ease. I’m grateful for what she’s done, so why would I ever 

hurt her?” 

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Alaric’s determination swayed at her words. After all, Claudia had indeed 

risked her life to save him. If things went downhill, she might’ve even 

drowned in the river. Thus, she wouldn’t have saved him if she had been 

vicious and selfish. No matter what, Claudia saving him would forever be a