Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 168

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When Alaric saw the person claiming to be the children’s mother, he didn’t
reply as his gaze darkened. Just like that, he looked indifferently at his
phone with his gaze lowered, and he didn’t do anything else.
However, the people in the meeting room were discreetly looking at him
because of his actions. Even the person presenting in front of the projector
was beginning to stutter.
The intern had never encountered such a scene before, and she was so
terrified that she gripped the pen in her hand, wishing she could just bury
her head into her notebook. Terrance was shocked at first, but he calmed
down after that.
He was a veteran in the company, having encountered every possible
situation. After all, there was once when the two children were
live-streaming during a meeting, and Alaric simply took out his phone in
front of everyone.
There was supposedly a rule that no one was allowed to use their phones at
a meeting. But Alaric was the boss.
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If he insisted on doing that, who would dare reprimand him?
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They could only pretend it never happened. The company was his, after all.
As was happening now, Terrance gave a light cough, then pretended
nothing had happened as he said, “Continue.”
In the next second, Alaric had already put away his phone nonchalantly
and clasped his hands together on the table as he put on a cold and stern
look.
Everyone was speechless. They wished he could stare at the phone instead
of staring at them with a look as cold as this. At least they wouldn’t have to
be so nervous.
Hence, they began to regret it and hoped that Alaric would look at his
phone again. However, they were met with disappointment. The meeting
went on for another few hours before ending, and the man in the main seat
never once looked at his phone.
When they adjourned, many people were trembling as they almost passed
out in fatigue from maintaining their concentration for too long.
Alaric closed his folder and got up, walking expressionlessly out of the
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meeting room. It was only then that everyone let out a huge sigh of relief.
“Goodness, he’s finally gone. God knows how torturous this meeting was.”
“Same, I felt like my bottom was on fire, but I didn’t dare to move. Why does
Alaric have such a strong aura?”
In truth, most of those in the meeting weren’t from the Cadogan Group. It
was an international meeting, so many of them were employees from other
companies.
However, as soon as Alaric appeared, everyone was instinctively fearful.
“He held a high position at a young age, and he always did things resolutely.
Who would have a strong aura but him?”
As they chatted, they began to gossip.
“Hey, tell you what, I heard that our president is going to send a woman to
his room tonight.”
When the people heard something unrelated to work, they instantly
switched to gossip mode as they scooted closer to ask for more details.
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“What? Sending a woman to Mr. Cadogan’s room? Are you serious?”
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“I heard that Mr. Cadogan has shocking self-control, and he keeps himself
pure. What is our president thinking?”
“What else? He’s just delusional and thinks that every man is like him, so
he wants to gain Mr. Cadogan’s favor by doing this.”
“Tch, he might fail miserably and make Mr. Cadogan angry instead.”
After dinner, Nathan moved the dishes into the kitchen. Nicole went to the
kitchen to fetch a clean cloth, then took off her shoes and tried to get on a
chair to help Victoria wipe the table.
“Nicole, let Mommy do it.”
Victoria took the cloth from Nicole’s hands, then carried Nicole onto the
floor with one arm.
Nicole, who didn’t get to wipe the table, pouted in dissatisfaction. “But I
want to help Mommy.”
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“Be good, Nicole. I know you’re trying to help, but you’re still small. You can
help me when you’ve grown up, okay?”
With that, Victoria reached out and poked Nicole’s small nose.
When Nicole heard that, she stared at her with her large r***es. She
was wearing milky white pajamas, and she looked so soft and tender that
she looked like fresh mochi.
She seemed to be pondering Victoria’s words, and when she was done, she
nodded earnestly.
“All right, when I’ve grown up, I’ll help Mommy with lots of chores.”
“Okay, it’s a promise, then. Go and play, Nicole.”
“Mm-hmm. Mommy, kiss me.” Nicole pointed at her forehead.
Victoria couldn’t help smiling as she lowered her head and planted a kiss
on the child’s flawless forehead. It was only then that Nicole turned around
and left, satisfied.
Nathan witnessed this scene when he came out of the kitchen, and an
envious look flashed across his
eyes.
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He strode in his little steps up to Victoria, but he didn’t make any sounds.
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Victoria was wiping the table, and when she lowered her head, she found
Nathan standing by her legs, looking at her with an expectant gaze. His lips
were tightly pursed, and he looked like a mini adult.
Victoria was stunned. After a while, she lowered her head and planted a
kiss on his forehead as well.
“Go play with your sister.”
Nathan, who was a little upset, turned visibly happy when he received
Victoria’s kiss. However, no matter how happy he was, he simply pursed his
lips tightly before leaving.
As Victoria watched his receding figure, she somehow thought of someone.
Nathan looked like a younger version of a certain someone.
That person also behaved like that when he was young. He wouldn’t openly
express his joy, so if one didn’t observe him closely, one couldn’t even
fathom his expressions.
Just as expected, the genes had a hand in this.
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Victoria never thought that she would have twins at first. When she went
overseas later on, she finally went for another checkup with her father and
created a file.
After that, she heard from the doctor that she was having twins.
Then, she used up a lot of energy to give birth to Nathan and Nicole. Nathan
was reserved, and he didn’t like to talk. He also frowned very frequently,
just like his father.
Nicole, on the other hand, was cheerful and active. She was a glutton, and
she would eat more than anyone else since birth. Her eyes were bright, and
her cries were loud and clear.
Victoria even suspected that Nicole was the reason she became a glutton
when she was pregnant.
Even though the siblings were born one after the other, and there was only
a slight difference in the times they were born, Nathan became the older
brother while Nicole assumed the position of the younger sister.
After that, perhaps because of his position or because of his personality,
Nathan had always taken extra care of Nicole.
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All in all, one of the two children never worried her, whereas the other
made her worry a lot. No matter what, their arrival brought warmth and
companionship into Victoria’s lonely life.
At that thought, Victoria curved her lips into a faint yet good-looking smile.
Her phone rang, and when she looked at it, she found that it was a call from
her bestie, Summer.
Victoria had to wash the dishes, so she put the call on hands-free mode,
then went into the kitchen as she talked to Summer.
“You’re finally free?”
Summer stretched and yawned, then said, “Nope.”
“You’re calling me even when you’re not free?”
“Come on. I just wanted to ask you something. What do you think of coming
back home?”