Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 140

Chapter 140 

The next day, when Victoria woke up, she found that it was already 

8.00AM. She looked at the familiar surroundings and the snow–white 

ceiling before carefully feeling the soft bed beneath her. Finally, she 

confirmed that she was in her bed at home. 

After a moment of daze, she sat up while holding her head. I can’t believe I 

slept so soundly. I remember falling asleep in the car last night, which 

means that Alaric must have brought me back. 

She sat there for a while, then picked up her phone to check for any 

messages from Alaric. However, there were none, and their chat history 

was still empty. 

After some thought, she called Alaric while walking into the bathroom to 

wash up. The phone rang for a long time before he answered. 

“What is it?” His voice was cold and clear. 

Victoria had already squeezed some toothpaste onto her toothbrush and 

was about to brush her teeth when she heard his voice, so her actions 

came to a halt. “Regarding the matter I told you yesterday, we’re 

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supposed to go-” 

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Before she could finish speaking, he interrupted her coldly and said, “I have 

a very important meeting to attend now. It will probably take three hours.” 

Hearing that, she became speechless. She pressed her lips together and 

tried to control her anger. “Can’t you postpone it a little? You can spare 

half an hour, can’t you?” 

However, he replied directly, “I can’t. This meeting is urgent.” 

If it weren’t for working at the Cadogan Group for so long, she would 

probably have believed him. 

However, before she could say anything else, Alaric said, “I have to go to 

the meeting now. Bye.” He hung up the phone right away. 

When Victoria heard the busy tone on her phone, she stood still with the 

phone in her hand, speechless. Turns out it wasn’t just my imagination 

yesterday. He doesn’t want a divorce, but why? 

With these questions in her mind, she quickly got ready and took a shower 

since she hadn’t taken one last night. 

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When she finished getting ready and went downstairs, she saw Mary in 

the living room. 

As soon as Mary saw her, she immediately walked up to her. “You’re finally 

awake, Victoria.” 

Only when Victoria saw Mary did she remember that the woman was 

taking her to the hospital for a check–up today. 

Initially, she planned on talking to Alaric about getting a divorce on their 

way home last night. If he agreed, she could use that as an excuse to 

leave with him and go get their divorce certificate today. When they 

returned home, she could be honest with Adrian and Mary about the 

divorce. By then, they would be distracted by the news of the divorce and 

wouldn’t think about taking her to get a medical check–up. 

That was the plan that she had in mind. However, she never expected 

Alaric to be uncooperative. Urgent meeting, my foot! It’s just an excuse. 

She felt that he was deliberately avoiding her. 

“Victoria? Victoria?” 

Mary’s voice brought her back to reality. 

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“What’s wrong with you? You look so absent–minded.” Mary looked at her 

with great concern and held her hand. “Did you hurt yourself somewhere 

else that day? It seems like this check–up today is necessary.” 

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“Mom, I don’t want to get another check–up,” Victoria replied. With Alaric 

avoiding her, she couldn’t go to the city hall alone, so she had to refuse 

the medical check–up. 

However, Mary would never let her off so easily. She immediately frowned 

upon hearing Victoria’s refusal. “Why not? You were absent–minded just 

now when I was talking to you. Maybe those people hurt you somewhere 

else.” 

Victoria could only maintain her smile and say, “No, I only hurt my calf that 

day. It doesn’t hurt anywhere else.” 

Furthermore, it was Elaine who kicked her calf. Although Christopher was 

the one who kidnapped her, it was a surprise he didn’t do anything to her. 

Thinking about him and Elaine, Victoria became curious about what had 

happened to them. “By the way, Mom, do you know what happened to 

those two after that day?” 

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Mary shook her head. “I don’t know, but Bane said he would take care of it. 

He’s reliable, so I trust him. Don’t worry, I heard that Al also looked into this 

matter after that, so they will definitely be punished.” 

“Bane is handling this matter now, eh?” 

“Probably.” 

With that piece of information, Victoria planned on visiting Bane. 

“Let’s go. I’ve already made an appointment with the doctor. Although it’s a 

little late now, we can still make it in time.” After speaking, Mary took 

Victoria’s hand and led her out. 

Victoria wanted to refuse, but Mary had already pulled her out of the 

house. In the end, they arrived at the hospital. 

At this point, Victoria was becoming nervous. Is there no way for me to 

escape today? If Mom finds out that I’m pregnant, she will certainly tell the 

rest. “Mom, I just remembered that I have something else to do, I…” 

“Mary Statham?” A surprised female voice suddenly came from behind 

them. 

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This voice… When Victoria turned around and saw who it was, the color on 

her lips gradually faded. How can it be her? 

Mary’s full name was Mary Statham, and she and Samantha, the wife of 

the Rogers Family’s patriarch, were considered frenemies. Samantha was 

jealous of Mary’s excellence and beauty, whereas Mary couldn’t stand 

Samantha’s arrogance and stinginess, so the two of them always acted 

superficially like best friends. This was because the Cadogan Family and 

the Keith Family had business dealings, so they had to maintain their