Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 161

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It was all it took to silence Claudia at once, and her silence satisfied Elaine.
“What’s the matter, Claudia? Why aren’t you saying anything? Say, what do
you think will happen if I mention it to Alaric?”
“Elaine Sutcliffe!” Claudia was instantly worked up. In fact, Elaine could
even hear rushing footsteps coming from the other end of the line. “Please
don’t act so rashly, okay? We can talk this out.” Claudia tried to appease her,
putting a smirk on her face.
I’ve made the right move! She really is scared of Alaric finding this out.
Huh, to think…
“But I’m not acting rashly. I just want Alaric to know the truth, that’s all.
After all, everyone has the right to know it. Don’t you think so?”
“Elaine…” Claudia stopped in her tracks, her tone filled with pain. “Are you
hating me for what happened lately? I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to
ignore you. It’s just that my father has forbidden me from being in touch
with you anymore, or he’ll confiscate all my pocket money.”
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“So, you really won’t talk to me anymore? Have you forgotten what you told
me?” Elaine snorted disdainfully. “You swore you’d repay me when you
finally become Mrs. Cadogan. Is this how you’re repaying me now?”
“I’m sorry. I want to repay you, really. But-”
“Alright, repay me, then. I want 300 thousand. Transfer the money to me
now.”
“300 thousand?!”
“What’s wrong? Too much?” Elaine taunted while taking a couple of steps
forward, scrutinizing the Cadogan Residence’s main gate. “That’s a small
figure for you when your family has successfully clung onto the Cadogans,
right?”
“Elaine, calm down and listen to me. This-”
However, Elaine was too agitated to listen to her nonsense. “I want 300
thousand. If you don’t transfer it within five minutes, I’ll go inside and tell
the Cadogans about Victoria’s pregnancy!”
With that, she ended the call and stood in front of the gates, feeling
incredibly relieved when she saw how afraid and nervous Claudia looked.
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She had thought she would need to plead to Victoria for mercy, but who’d
have thought things would take a dramatic turn?!
Claudia sure has provided me with sweet leverage. If possible, I can control
her wholly with this!
In the past, she was always the one to flatter Claudia, but even so, she never
got much from it.
Beep, beep…
A few minutes later, a large sum of money was transferred to her account,
but she frowned in response, for she found that Claudia had only
transferred her 150 thousand.
But before she could even contact Claudia, the latter came to her instead.
Still, Elaine questioned her as soon as the call connected. “Why is there
only 150 thousand?!”
“I’m sorry, Elaine, but that’s all I have right now. I’ll transfer the remaining
money after I ask my family for some money, okay?”
Elaine felt she could accept it if the reason was simply not having enough
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cash on hand. After all, the actual cash socialites like them could control
was actually quite limited. Hence, she didn’t feel so upset anymore.
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150 thousand can at least alleviate the issue at home. As for the remaining
money… I can continue to hold on to this leverage as long as Alaric remains
unaware of Victoria’s pregnancy, no?
P
Sensing that Elaine had seemingly calmed down a little after receiving the
transaction, Claudia coaxed her, “Elaine, are you still in front of the
Cadogan Residence? I’ll go to you, okay?”
“Sure,” Elaine agreed readily. “It’s been a while since I last saw you too. I’ve
missed you so much.”
Claudia fell silent for a couple of seconds before asking, “Wait for me there,
alright? I’m already on my way.”
With that, Elaine found a shady spot and sat down.
In no time, Claudia showed up and dashed to Elaine with a wary smile after
getting out of the car.
“You didn’t go in, did you?” she probed after taking a gander at the Cadogan
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Residence not far behind Elaine.
Meanwhile, Elaine sized Claudia up. Compared to the latter’s exquisite
appearance, she thought she looked practically like a hobo lately.
Then, at the thought that Claudia, the very reason she ended up in this
state, only came to see her after being threatened, her animosity for the
young woman deepened several degrees. “Why, Miss Johnson, are you
afraid I did?”
Claudia turned grim at once, but she quickly forced a smile and said,
“Please don’t be mad at me anymore, Elaine. There wasn’t anything I could
do.”
“Oh, so you had no other choice before this. So how come you can come out
now?”
Claudia couldn’t help but despise Elaine’s triumphant and oppressive
demeanor, wishing she could just slap that expression off her face.
However, the latter held the leverage in her hands. After all, everything
would be over instantly if Elaine charged into the Cadogan Residence and
asked for Alaric or rambled something at the gates.
Thus, Claudia could only swallow the bitterness and force a smile. “Let’s
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talk inside the car, okay?”
However, Elaine remained unmoved, standing still and glaring at her.
At that, Claudia swallowed her pride and held Elaine’s hand. “I heard your
family is going through a tough time lately. How about we talk about it in
the car and see if there’s anything I can do for you?”
Thinking about her parents and younger brother at home, Elaine
reluctantly nodded. “Very well.”
After bringing her into the car, Claudia glanced at the Cadogan Residence
gates and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
For the past few days, Alaric had been ignoring her.
Despite her multiple attempts to reach out to him, his response has been
exclusively ‘I’m busy’ lately. Eventually, he stopped replying altogether,
making it impossible for her to execute her plan to seduce him.
A major problem had seemingly risen between them, and Claudia knew all
too well where it stemmed from.
His mood seemed to be worsening, and yet they hadn’t divorced yet.
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Claudia’s mind even entertained some other speculations-Alaric actually
liked Victoria.
The thought sent a chill down her spine.
If he can fall in love with Victoria without knowing that she was the one
who saved him instead back then, won’t it only be worse if he does know it
was actually Victoria?! Not to mention, that woman is now pregnant with
his child!
Looks like I have to keep Elaine entertained and make sure this secret
doesn’t go anywhere. But the pressing question now is when will they
finally divorce?!
If she still couldn’t do anything about Alaric, then she would have to tackle
Victoria.
“Earth to Claudia!” Elaine’s voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
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“If you’re thinking about how to get rid of me or planning to scheme against
me, then let me tell you this. I’ve already prepared myself fully regarding
Victoria’s pregnancy. Someone will immediately tell Alaric the news if you.
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dare to do anything to me.”