Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 141

Chapter 141 

If it weren’t for meeting Victoria at the hospital back then, Samantha 

wouldn’t have been so cautious in her actions afterward. After all, she 

didn’t want anyone to know about the things her daughter had done. 

Her family was wealthy and powerful, so she felt that her daughter had to 

be matched with the best man in the world. At first, she was close to Mary 

because she saw Alaric, the only heir to the Cadogan Family, as a 

potential match for her daughter. If the Keith Family and the Cadogan 

Family could become in–laws, their combined developments would be 

unbeatable. In any case, they wanted to get on board the Cadogan 

Family’s ship. However, they didn’t expect the Johnson Family to intervene. 

In fact, she had openly and secretly disliked the Johnson Family’s 

daughter for a long time. Yet, she didn’t expect that the woman who would 

end up marrying Alaric would be Victoria. As such, she redirected her 

jealousy and resentment toward Victoria. 

The last time she saw Victoria going to the hospital, she guessed that 

Victoria was probably going to have an abortion, but she didn’t know why. 

With a family background like the Cadogan Family’s, if the child was 

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Alaric’s, Victoria would have revealed it directly to the Cadogan Family, 

and it would be even better for her to rely on the son. Yet, she had secretly 

gone to a small hospital to have an abortion. 

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Samantha never thought that Victoria, who seemed unattainable on the 

surface, would cheat on her husband. If it weren’t for her daughter also 

doing things that she found unspeakable, she wanted to expose what 

Victoria had done. At the same time, she was afraid that Victoria would 

retaliate by exposing her daughter. 

Thinking of this, Samantha tugged at her lips and said, “I haven’t been 

feeling well lately, so I came for a check–up.” 

After she said that, Sandy walked toward them while holding a registration 

form. “Mom.” 

At her daughter’s voice, her face changed. 

“Is your daughter here too?” 

Before Mary could finish her sentence, Samantha said, “I have something 

else to do. Let’s catch up another day.” With that, she turned around and 

walked away with Sandy. 

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Mary wanted to ask more, but they had already gone out of sight. 

After a while, Mary said to Victoria, “Victoria, don’t you think there’s 

something strange about Samantha? She seemed very nervous.” Yet, 

even after she threw the question out, she didn’t get a response. She 

looked at Victoria and saw that the latter was lost in thought, standing still. 

“Victoria? Victoria?” Mary called her several times again, pulling her back 

to reality. When she saw Victoria coming back to her senses and looking 

at her apologetically, she sighed helplessly. “Why have you been 

absent–minded all day, Victoria? Did something happen? Why don’t you 

tell me?” 

“It’s nothing. I was just thinking about something. Don’t worry.” Victoria 

chuckled lightly after coming back to her senses. 

When she saw Samantha and Sandy, she thought of what had happened 

in the restaurant that day. Perhaps she sympathized with Sandy, who was 

in a similar situation, and she felt sorry for the girl. 

I consider myself emotionally mature, but it seems like that young girl 

still living under the control of her mother. Does she know that the man 

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has other women in his heart? I want to tell her so badly. Suddenly, she 

had this thought in her mind. 

Before this incident, she had seen Sandy a few times. Despite Sandy’s 

introverted personality, she would always smile shyly at her whenever 

they met. Victoria couldn’t even imagine someone as malicious as 

Samantha could have such a cute and shy daughter. 

“Victoria? Victoria!” Mary’s voice rang in her ears once again. 

When Victoria came to her senses, she realized that she had zoned out in 

front of Mary for the third time today. It made her feel embarrassed and 

guilty. “I’m sorry, Mom. I’m really not in the mood today. Can’t we skip the 

check–up for now?” This time, she was very straightforward. 

Mary was taken aback for a moment but finally nodded in agreement. “If 

you don’t want to do it, we can do it another day.” 

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“Thank you, Mom.” Victoria smiled. “I have other things to take care of, so I’ll 

deal with them first. I’ll visit Grandma in the ward later.” 

Since Mary was an extremely understanding person, she agreed. “Well, go 

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ahead and deal with it. I can see that your mind is not here today. I think 

you won’t have the mood to do the check–up if you’re not done dealing 

with that.” Then, she waved her hand at Victoria. “Go ahead. If you need 

my help, just let me know.” After a pause, she continued, “If you can treat 

Grandma as your own grandma, you can also treat me as your own 

mom.” 

Victoria was originally planning to leave, but she didn’t expect Mary to say 

these words. Her actions came to a halt, and emotions seemed to be 

surging within her. 

Treat her as… my own mom? What a touching statement. If I had heard it 

earlier, I would have been happy for a long time. It doesn’t seem too late 

for me to hear this now. At least from now on, I will always remember this 

statement. 

Thinking of this, she suddenly took a big step forward and hugged Mary 

tightly. 

Mary thought she was about to leave, but she didn’t expect Victoria to 

suddenly hug her. At the same time, she could feel the emotions in this 

hug. For some reason, she felt a little strange. This little girl must be hiding 

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