Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 150

Chapter 150
“That’s not happening.”
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Victoria thought it was possible if Alaric wanted to come after knowing that
she was having lunch with Bane.
However, the chances of him rushing over in a hurry were close to zero.
“Looks like we have different views on this. Our bet is confirmed, then. If he
really comes, I’ll help you.”
Victoria couldn’t say anything else since Bane had already expressed his
wishes. She could only ask, “How are you going to help me?”
Bane smiled without saying anything.
Why is he acting all mysterious? Victoria wondered.
The restaurant where they had placed their reservation was still a distance
away. It took them a good thirty minutes to arrive. When they reached and
got out of the car, Bane came out and held the door for her again.
“It’s okay,” Victoria told him. “I can get the door myself.”
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“If we want to put on a show, we might as well go all out.”
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Having nothing to say to that, she went out of the car and followed him into
the restaurant.
Before they came, Bane had already instructed his assistant to reserve a
table in a small corner by the window on the second floor of the restaurant
in advance.
It took about eight minutes for them to head upstairs, sit down, and place
their orders.
Victoria, who still remembered Bane’s words, remained absent-minded.
She kept wanting to look back to see whether Alaric would show up as Bane
had predicted, but she restrained herself every time she was about to give
in to her curiosity.
You can’t look back! she reminded herself. Alaric will think that I’m waiting
for him if he sees me turning around.
She intended to divorce him as she decided a long time ago. To make, she
must break. There is nothing for me to have second thoughts about.
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“Nervous?” Bane suddenly asked.
Victoria returned to her senses when she heard his question. When she
realized what Bane asked, she subconsciously denied it. “Nah.”
“But you don’t even know what I’m asking you.”
She was at a loss for words then.
Right then, Bane, who sat across from her, looked at a distance not far
behind her. The corners of his lips proceeded to curve upward. “You are
about to lose the bet.”
Victoria’s heart s***ed a beat the second she heard those words.
“I’m going to fulfill my promise.”
Right after that, she saw Bane getting up and approaching her.
Before she could even react, he had suddenly wrapped his arms around
her, enveloping her in the clear smell of tobacco.
After she realized what Bane did, she froze and subconsciously tried to
break free from the embrace.
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“Don’t move,” he whispered into her ears. “Alaric is right outside.”
Victoria only turned stiffer at those words.
Bane’s words continued to ring in her ears. “Haven’t you always wanted to
get rid of him? This is your best chance.”
He hugged her tighter as he spoke, closing the distance between them.
Even though Victoria instinctively placed her palms on his chest, her body
clearly showing her resistance to the intimacy, Bane remained in the same
posture.
Perhaps, just like he said, he was only fulfilling his promise of helping her
out. He didn’t harbor any other thoughts.
“Al is a highly egotistical man. If you tell him that you want to be with me,
he won’t force you to stay with him.”
Victoria fell silent when she heard that. As she had known Alaric for many
years now, she knew that Bane was right.
Bane’s suggestion was the fastest method there was at present.
There was no reason to stop her anyway if she insisted on the divorce.
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Claudia, Alaric, and I will be stuck in this entanglement if we don’t get a
divorce.
Victoria felt nauseous at the thought of Claudia being the third party to
their marriage if she and Alaric didn’t get divorced.
Claudia was Alaric’s savior. Alaric was always going to look at her through
rose-tinted glasses and shower her with privileges.
And what do I get out of this?
Forget it. So be it. Bane’s method isn’t that bad after all.
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Thinking about this, Victoria no longer resisted Bane and complied as if she
accepted her fate.
Bane also felt her compliance.
No, rather than saying that she was compliant, it was better to describe her
as a piece of wood that had been adrift in the ocean for a long time. Worn
out by the wind and rain, she no longer wanted to fight back. All she wanted
to do now was follow the waves wherever they brought her.
Seeing Victoria like this left him in a state of distress and helplessness.
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Although she was a piece of drifting wood, she still needed to be carefully
loved and cared for.
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Without even being aware of it, Bane grabbed her hand and cautiously held
it tight.
At that moment, he raised his gaze, locking eyes with Alaric, whose face
was contorted with anger as he strode angrily in their direction from
outside through the maze of tables and chairs.
There was a victorious glint in Bane’s smile.
This was the first time in their years of knowing each other that Bane had
shown Alaric such an expression.
Bam!
Alaric rushed forward and punched Bane’s jaw before he pulled Victoria
behind him.
However, one punch didn’t douse the fire in his chest.
After getting Victoria behind him, Alaric grabbed Bane by the collar of his
shirt and punched him again, the veins on his forehead twitching. His eyes
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were red as he glared at Bane.
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Blood trickled from the corner of Bane’s lips, and even his glasses had been
punched off his face, revealing a pair of narrowed, chilling eyes. Those
piercing eyes were now staring into Alaric’s enraged and indifferent black
orbs.
Ha! It’s so easy to piss him off, Bane thought.
He managed to restrain himself at the hospital last time, so why can’t he
control his temper now?
“Why?”
Alaric sounded like he was gritting his teeth as rage danced in his eyes.
However, he saw a trace of humor in Bane’s eyes. It even looked like Bane
was teasing him.
“Don’t you already know that I have feelings for her?”
“But I never knew that you were this shameless.”
Bane’s smile was stained with blood when he laughed. “So what if I’m
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shameless? I don’t care as long as I can have her.”
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The moment Alaric heard those words, he was so enraged that he raised his
fist at Bane again.
“Stop!”
Victoria finally snapped back to reality and grabbed Alaric’s hand to stop
his swinging arm.
Although she had used all of her strength, there was still a huge difference
between a man’s and a woman’s strength. She couldn’t push him away at
all.
Her anxiousness flashed in her eyes when she saw Bane bleeding from his
mouth.
“Get the hell up, Alaric.”
Bane helped her because she desperately wanted a divorce. He even
masked his help under the pretext of a bet because he didn’t want her to
feel guilty.
It resulted in Bane getting socked by Alaric because of her.
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She only felt she owed him a bigger favor after this episode.
Alaric’s eyes were emotionless and cold when he turned to Victoria. “Let
go.”
Victoria subconsciously tensed up upon hearing that. “I’m not letting go.”
She shook her head. “Not if you get up first.”
After saying that, she tightened her grip on Alaric’s hand. She feared that
he would continue to rain blows on Bane if she let go.
Bane had already been punched twice for her sake. If he continued to get
hit…
I can’t imagine how sorry I would feel for him.
Alaric glared at Victoria with a gaze that could freeze an ocean. “I’m saying
it again. Let go.”
Victoria shook her head. “No!”
He must have been instigated by her actions, as he kept staring at her
before he suddenly got up. He then grabbed her by the hand and dragged
her out of the restaurant with him.
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Because of his powerful grip, Victoria st***red as she struggled to follow
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him. And right when he walked out with Victoria behind him, Bane’s gentle
voice rang out. “Alaric, let Snowball go.”
Alaric stopped in his tracks and cast a fierce glance at Bane.
Bane swiftly stood up and wiped the blood at the corner of his lip before he
softly uttered, “She doesn’t want to be with you anymore.”