Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 166

Chapter 166
The woman’s blurry and slender figure was shown in the corner of the
screen for only a few seconds before disappearing.
At the same time, the two children’s footsteps could be heard as they ran
toward the woman.
“Mommy.”
“Mommy, you’re back. You did great today, Mommy.”
The two children were very considerate as they asked the woman caring
questions.
The woman was far away from the phone, so her mumbling voice was
unclear.
Soon, the two little children went back to the screen.
“Everyone, our mommy is home, so we’ll stop streaming now.”
When Nathan came back, he explained the situation to the screen.
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His twin sister began making heart gestures at the screen again.
“Bye, see you!”
The viewers were a little sad about it since the two children only streamed
once or twice a week, and this time, they had to stop streaming so soon.
Despite their reluctance, the viewers bade the children goodbye.
The screen turned black with a notice that the stream had ended. Alaric
was instantly stunned as he stared at the phone.
Terrance’s voice was heard.
“Mr. Cadogan, if we don’t leave now, we’ll be late.”
The next second, Alaric turned off his phone, then silently got up and
walked outside.
Terrance was standing outside along with a newcomer they recently
recruited. There were lots of matters to deal with in the company, so Alaric
needed more than one assistant.
When the two saw Alaric coming out, they immediately greeted him.
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“Mr. Cadogan.”
“Greetings, Mr. Cadogan.”
Alaric nodded coldly, expressionless as he walked past them.
The two immediately went after him.
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Alaric’s strides were large, and the other two followed behind at a close
distance.
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The new assistant was a girl who had just graduated, and she was interning
under Terrance. Seeing that they were quite a distance from Alaric, she
asked Terrance, “Terrance, was Mr. Cadogan watching the cute children’s
live stream again?”
Terrance nodded and said in a low voice, “Yes, I heard their voices when I
was at the door just now.”
“I sneaked a peek last time. Terrance, have you seen the children before?”
Terrance nodded.
“Yeah.”
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“Really?” The intern seemed to have found a comrade as she scooted closer
and whispered, “Terrance, do you think that the children look a lot like Mr.
Cadogan?”
When Terrance heard that, his expression shifted as he immediately
warned in a suppressed voice, “Don’t spout nonsense.”
“Huh?” The intern was startled by his stern expression.
“If Mr. Cadogan hears you, he’ll throw a fit.”
When the intern heard that, she put on a confused expression.
“Why? Mr. Cadogan loves the two children, doesn’t he?”
Terrance glanced at the slender figure ahead of them, then explained, “You
just joined the company, so you don’t know this, but a woman once took a
child to see Mr. Cadogan, claiming that she had given birth to his child. The
staff saw that the child looked a lot like Mr. Cadogan, but after some
investigation, they found that the woman gave her baby plastic surgery just
to deceive Mr. Cadogan. Even now, the child hasn’t fully recovered yet. It’s
heartbreaking.”
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The intern was speechless.
Did she give the baby plastic surgery?
What in the world?! Why would people stoop so low?
“Doesn’t she know that DNA exists?”
“Criminals never think about getting caught while committing crimes; they
all hope to get lucky. Anyway, don’t mention these things in front of Mr.
Cadogan.”
The intern was a little confused.
She wanted to say that the two children in the live stream didn’t look like
they had gone through plastic surgery. Even the most meticulous plastic
surgery would look slightly unnatural and lifeless, but the children were
very lively.
However, even if they looked like him, Alaric couldn’t possibly have
children that big.
After all, in this world, if a woman truly gave birth to Alaric’s children, she
would’ve brought them to Alaric right away.
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All of this was too puzzling for the intern.
Thus, she began asking about other things.
“But of all those children, hasn’t Mr. Cadogan suspected even once that it
might not be plastic surgery, and the child is actually his?”
When Terrance heard that, he sneered.
“Who do
you
take Mr. Cadogan for? Even if he’s completely drunk, he
wouldn’t touch a woman he doesn’t know. No normal person could achieve
that amount of self-control.”
As if remembering something, Terrance added, “Forget strangers. Miss
Johnson has been with Mr. Cadogan for years. She was considered his close
friend and had saved his life before, but he wouldn’t touch her even if he
were drunk.”
He had been Alaric’s assistant for years, so he had witnessed Alaric’s
self-control with his own eyes.
When he saw it, he could only describe it as shocking.
The intern widened her eyes. “Not even Miss Johnson? That’s indeed some
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shocking self-control!”
She had met Claudia before. The woman was gentle, beautiful, and elegant.
In the intern’s eyes, Claudia was the ideal partner for men, for she looked
like someone entirely out of reach, but men still couldn’t help coveting her.
Alaric was even able to withstand Claudia’s allure.
At that thought, the intern remembered a piece of gossip circulating, so she
asked meekly, “Terrance, I heard that Mr. Cadogan has an ex-wife. Was he
very reserved toward her too?”
At the mention of that, Terrance showed a face of regret.
“I’m not sure about that. Mr. Cadogan was already divorced when I took
over my cousin’s job, but I think Mr. Cadogan treated her the same. After all,
she wasn’t pregnant even after so many years of marriage.”
“That makes sense.” The intern rubbed her chin, gossip filling her mind.
“But I heard from my cousin that Mr. Cadogan’s ex-wife was extremely
pretty.”
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“How pretty? Was she as beautiful as Miss Johnson?”
“I’ve never met her before, but my cousin said that she’s a thousand times
prettier than Miss Johnson.”
The intern couldn’t help but widen her eyes at that exaggeration.
“Your cousin seems to be fond of Mr. Cadogan’s ex-wife.”
“Yes, I heard that she’s especially nice to the subordinates, and she’s very
capable as well.”
The intern thought for a moment. It must take someone special to become
Mrs. Cadogan.
At that thought, she looked ahead and began imagining the sort of woman
who could stand next to Alaric.
However, before she could form an idea, a cold voice sounded in front of
them.
“What are you whispering about? Are you trying to get fired?”
Terrance and the intern were still whispering, but Alaric’s voice startled
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them. They parted ways and walked at their own pace as they hastily
caught up with Alaric.
The intern was also chilled awake by Alaric’s cold voice.
She thought that she must be hallucinating to even entertain the thought
that a cold person like Alaric was capable of love.