Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 187

Chapter 187
The person who called Alaric was none other than their business partner.
By the time all the details were hashed out, Alaric immediately hung up before
leaving the rest of the work to Terrance.
Terrance had no choice but to continue working. Deep in his mind, he was still
thinking about the children he had just spotted.
After a few moments of contemplation, he decided to take the risk of mentioning
them to Alaric.
“Mr. Cadogan, I… I just saw two kids,” he said.
Before he could finish speaking, Alaric shot him a warning glare.
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Terrance forced himself to ignore the glare and continue, “They look like the children.
in the stream you watch.”
Alaric’s fingers twitched. He froze midway through packing up his bag.
Then, his head snapped up to look at him.
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“What did you just say?” he demanded.
Terrance awkwardly scratched his cheek. “I-I’m not too sure. I only saw one of their
faces from the side. Still, they look very similar. They’re identical twins, so I’m
guessing…”
“Where?” Alaric interrupted.
He shot to his feet before Terrance could finish his statement.
“Huh? They’re gone…” Terrance pointed out of the cafe.
As soon as he said that, Alaric’s tall figure vanished from view.
Terrance stared into thin air for a moment in shock before snapping back to his
senses. He hurriedly packed up everything on the table and ran after Alaric.
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The airport was huge with crowds of people heading in all sorts of directions. By the
time Alaric ran out of the cafe, not a single familiar face was to be seen.
Occasionally, he would spot someone walking around with children by their side, but
those children were not those twins.
He searched and he searched, but he never found a single sign of them.
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Finally, Terrance came running over to him, panting.
“Mr. Cadogan, the airport is a massive place. It’ll be hard to find them here. W-Why
don’t we just forget about it?” he suggested.
Alaric turned to stare at him upon hearing that.
The stare felt like Alaric was shooting daggers at him.
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” he snapped out.
As expected, d*d if **he spoke up, d***d if he did not.
Either way, he was to blame for everything.
“I was going to tell you, sir, but someone called you. I was afraid…”
“Next time, just tell me,” Alaric interrupted with a scowl.
“Next time? Will there be a next time?” Terrance blurted out.
Destiny was a strange thing.
Some people would only appear in one’s life once. Some people would be
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impossible to meet.
There might not be another encounter.
Alaric’s eyes lowered slightly in astonishment.
True. Would there even be a “next time”?
After a brief moment of contemplation, he pursed his lips and coldly stated, “Get
ready for boarding.”
“Okay.”
Terrance followed behind him with his bag in hand.
Due to his curiosity, he could not resist posing a question to Alaric halfway through
their walk.
“Why do you like those children so much, Mr. Cadogan?”
Alaric’s face went dark as he ignored Terrance’s question.
However, he did not look angry. Thus, Terrance continued to ask, “If you really like
the kids, why don’t you contact them? After all, you have given them so much tips
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on the stream. Surely, they wouldn’t refuse a request to meet up?”
Alaric finally glanced at him then.
“Meet up with two children? Do I look like a human trafficker?”
“Erm, well…”
Would a human trafficker pay the kids that much money in the first place?
Human traffickers were not idiots.
“Didn’t their mother keep telling you to stop with the donations? Has she tried to
return the money to you? If that’s the case, you could seize the chance to meet up.”
Alaric remained silent.
Terrance’s words echoed in his mind, however.
Seize the chance to meet up?
Frankly speaking, Alaric did not know why he was so obsessed with the children.
Perhaps it was because of how bright their smiles were.
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Looking at them felt like looking at the sun.
They were so cute, so energetic, so radiant, so full of joie de vivre.
They were the complete opposite of his life which was drowning in darkness.
He was the epitome of a cold heart, irritable and hard to get along with.
However, his adoration might have others wondering if there was something wrong
with him. After all, why would he like the two children for no reason?
At that thought, he closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, “There’s no need.”
It was good enough that he could watch them through the phone.
The two children were so happy that it was proof that they were leading great lives.
He was only one of their audience members who was leeching off their warmth
through their streams. Why butt into their lives?
He might end up annoying them.
Terrance sensed the abrupt change in Alaric’s thoughts. All of a sudden, Alaric
radiated a dark aura that turned the air around him incredibly cold.
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Well, Terrance had grown used to Alaric’s abrupt mood swings over the past five
years.
Victoria was waiting by the boarding gate.
Ethan had messaged her to say that they would be looking for her, so she stayed in
her seat and waited.
With suitcases in tow, Ethan spotted her from afar, sitting in one of the seats near
the boarding gate with an extremely pale face.
No wonder Mr. Morison told me to take care of her. She looks to be in so much pain
being on her period.
“Miss Selwyn,” he called out.
“Mommy!” Nathan and Nicole cried out.
He walked over and handed the warm cup of hot cocoa to her.
“We just bought it, so it’s still warm. Drink up, Miss Selwyn. It’ll warm you up,” he
said.
Victoria paused and stared at him for a few moments before realizing that he had
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guessed what was going on with her.
She did not play coy and promptly accepted the cup.
“Thanks,” she said.
“You’re welcome. Drink up.”
After a few sips to warm herself up, the pain radiating from her aching abdomen
finally eased up. However, she was still feeling the effects of having eaten
something cold the night before. Hence, her face remained pale.
Nathan, who had been watching the entire time, lovingly placed his warm cup
against Victoria’s abdomen.
“Here, Mommy. My hot cocoa will warm you up,” he said.
Nicole blinked upon hearing that. She wanted to hand over her cup of hot cocoa as
well but realized that she had drunk so much of it that there were only a few sips.
left.
It would not be of use if she did the same as Nathan.
Standing next to them, Ethan sighed. “How nice it would be to have a hot water
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bottle.”
He also realized just how tough periods were on women.
It would be painful for Victoria to run all the way to their boarding gate.
At that thought, he pushed a suitcase over to her.
“Why don’t you sit on this, Miss Selwyn? I’ll push you over to the boarding gate,” he
said.
Victoria, who had been preoccupied with the torment her abdomen was putting her
through, stared at him in confusion.
She glanced at the suitcase before her then back up at Ethan who had a concerned
and kind smile on his face. Her lips twitched uncontrollably.
It was unnecessary, absolutely unnecessary.
“Go on, Miss Selwyn,” Ethan said.
“It’s fine, Mr. Hudson. I can walk,” she responded awkwardly.
She was only suffering from cramps, not a broken leg.
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Moreover, the idea of being pushed around on a suitcase?
She still had her dignity to uphold.
“It’s really fine, Miss Selwyn. Hurry up and sit. I’ll push you,” he said.