Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 154

Chapter 154 

Not expecting such an answer, the clerk looked at Victoria and then at 

Alaric while asking carefully, “What about you, sir?” 

When she was asking, she saw a glimmer of hope in the man’s eyes. 

However, he did not even look up and replied coldly, “Just do as she says.” 

That was it. It seemed like she could not change their minds anymore. As 

such, the clerk said nothing and quietly helped them finish their divorce. 

Thud! Thud! 

Once the divorce document was stamped, the clerk pushed them toward 

the two. Victoria and Alaric stood there, dazedly looking at the papers for a 

long while before retrieving their copies. Then, they left the Civil Affairs 

Bureau. 

After exiting the building, she felt the cold winter breeze coming at her, 

blowing her hair and scraping her cheeks like paper cuts. While clutching 

the divorce papers, she reached out to Alaric and spoke calmly, “Thank you 

for taking care of me all these years.” 

However, he did not hold her hand or even look at her. Instead, he left after 

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saying, “You’re finally free.” 

There stood Victoria alone as the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau 

seemed to become noisier. 

Her soft hair was a messy creation of the winter breeze; it even felt wet and 

cold as it slapped against her face. Unknowingly, tears raced down her 

cheeks uncontrollably like an open faucet. 

She had spent recent days mentally preparing herself and thought she 

would not care, but when it came to this moment, she felt like her heart had 

been ripped out of her chest. It was suffocating. 

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People were coming and going from the Civil Affairs Bureau. Some happily 

got married, while some dejectedly got divorced. It was common for people 

like Victoria, who were bawling their eyes out, to appear there. There were 

quite a lot of couples who ended up as enemies, but even if they had gotten 

divorced, they would still cry over the happy moments they had spent 

together in the past. Therefore, it was not peculiar for people like her to sob 

in front of the building. 

The tiny difference lay in her beauty. She wore a white coat with her hair 

draping over her shoulders and had snowy–white skin. When she cried, her 

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eyes and cheeks turned red, which made her look delicate and fragile. That 

rendered all the passersby to glance at her. 

When Summer called her, Victoria was crying hysterically into the phone. 

“Yes… W–We got divorced. We just did.” 

Summer was in the middle of work, but when she heard Victoria sobbing, 

she immediately stopped her action and went to ask her boss for a leave. 

“Boo, stop crying, okay? Where are you now? I’ll come to get you.” 

Victoria remained right where Alaric had left her. “I’m at the entrance of 

the Civil Affairs Bureau.” 

“Okay. It’s cold today. Why don’t you find somewhere warm nearby? I’m 

coming over now.” After hanging up, Summer immediately ran to find her 

boss. 

On the other hand, Victoria stayed where she was and did not listen to 

Summer’s advice about finding someplace warm. At that moment, her legs 

felt like they were made of lead. It was not because she did not want to 

leave but because she could not move her legs. 

She stood in place, thinking she could only walk after Summer arrived. 

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After some time, a figure suddenly appeared beside her. She glanced up 

upon hearing the scuffles. In her blurry gaze, she could only make out that 

the person before her was thin and tall, but it was a pity that she could not 

see who it was. However, she looked back down after discovering that it was 

not Summer. 

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Seconds later, an oversized warm coat draped over her, followed by a sigh. 

“You must love him so much to be crying so hard.” 

It’s… Bane’s voice. 

Victoria raised her head and looked at him with blurry eyes, sobbing. “I 

thought you were a stranger.” 

Hearing that, he chuckled softly. “A stranger wouldn’t be so nice to give you 

a coat.” Then, he took out a handkerchief and wiped away her tears. 

As her vision became clear, she could finally make out Bane’s visage. His 

eyes were filled with worry, and there was a bruise on his chin and the 

corner of his lips from when Alaric punched him. 

Not long after that, her vision became blurry again. The tears that had been 

wiped away surged in guilt. It was fine when she was alone, but now that 

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Bane was here, she felt rather embarrassed. While crying, she apologized 

to him. “I’m sorry. I think… I can’t control myself at the moment.” 

A strange glint flashed across Bane’s eyes as he continued to wipe away her 

tears. However, her tears kept returning, and the handkerchief he took out 

was soon drenched with her tears. Since the weather was cold today, the 

handkerchief felt both wet and chilly. He could not help but suggest, “It’s 

cold out here. Why don’t we head to my car?” 

Victoria was still silently crying and did not give him a reply. 

Seeing her state, he wanted to carry her to the car but was afraid that might 

startle her. So, he put his arms over the coat and wrapped it around her 

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shoulder, urging, “Come on.” 

With him leading her, she finally moved. However, her feet felt extremely 

painful after just one step. Perhaps she had been standing too long, and her 

feet had gone numb. She almost fell, but Bane managed to catch her just in