Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 188

Chapter 188 

“No, no,” Victoria repeated, 

“There’s really no need, Mr. Hudson,” she continued, 

“Please, Miss Selwyn. I’m strong enough to push you along while pulling the other 

suitcases,” Ethan insisted. 

“If you must push someone…” Victoria said, “Nicole, get on the suitcase and let Mr. 

Hudson push you around.” 

“Okay, Mommy,” Nicole responded, 

She was a smart kid. Soon after Victoria’s suggestion, she climbed onto the 

suitcase. However, she had a somewhat difficult time with the climb. She held a tiny 

hand out to Ethan and sweetly called out, “Mr. Hudson, help me.” 

Ethan subconsciously grabbed her arm and helped her up to sit on the suitcase. 

Ethan only realized what had happened after Nicole was properly seated. 

“Wall, Miss Selwyn, what I mean is…” 

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“Nicole is tired. I leave her in your hands, Mr. Hudson. Nathan, grab your suitcase. 

Pull it yourself,” Victoria interrupted. 

“Okay,” Nathan said. 

The two children were especially obedient. They basically did anything that Victoria 

told them to. 

Eventually, Ethan had no choice but to push Nicole along on the suitcase. 

“Thank you, Mr. Hudson,” Nicole apologetically repeated to Ethan. She was so cute 

that the only reply Ethan could muster was, “Good girl. Hold on tight. We don’t want 

you falling.” 

They had booked first–class tickets. 

Ethan had planned on leading Victoria to the lounge to rest for a while, but they had 

spent so much time dilly–dallying that boarding had started by the time they arrived 

at their gate. 

Thus, they had to board the plane first. 

Victoria was eager to finally sit down. The plane should be warmer than the airport, 

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and she could even ask the air hostess for a blanket later. 

“We can board the plane now, Mr. Cadogan,” Terrance remarked from beside Alaric. 

Alaric nodded with a blank face. 

“Oh, right. Mr. Cadogan, I have more news,” Terrance said, 

Alaric turned to look at him in confusion. 

“We have to line up later,” Terrance continued. 

“What do you mean by that?” Alaric froze in his tracks. 

“Well, when I bought the tickets last night, there were no first–class seats available.” 

With Alaric’s intense gaze trained on him, Terrance forced himself to continue his 

explanation. “They were out of business–class seats. In the end, I had to book 

economy–class tickets.” 

Everything seemed to come to a standstill once he was done speaking. 

Terrance looked at Alaric with a conflicted look in his eyes. 

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“Mr. Cadogan, we were unlucky when we booked our tickets. These seats would 

rarely be sold out. I don’t know what’s going on with today’s flight. Don’t worry, 

though. I’ll ask around later to see if anyone in the first class is willing to swap seats 

with you. I’ll ensure you can get through your flight in comfort. For now, we’ll have to 

line up.” 

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Terrance led Alaric over to the queue as Alaric continued to stare at him with sharp 

eyes. 

Alaric was a tall and handsome man whose beauty was not hard on the eyes and 

constantly radiated an air of elegance. Thus, as he waited in line, many girls stared 

at him. 

The flight they were taking had a lot of foreign passengers. 

These passengers were bolder and more friendly than the others. Their gazes 

burned as they looked at him up and down. They even began whispering to each 

other about him. Some of them would wink or shoot flirtatious looks at him as they 

passed by. 

Alaric did not respond in any way at all to the reactions he garnered. 

Terrance sneakily glanced at Alaric. When he saw how dark the look on Alaric’s face. 

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was, he swiftly looked away. 

He, too, did not want to line up if it was at all possible. 

Once they were past the gates, Alaric grimly marched ahead while Terrance raced to 

keep up. 

“I’m so very sorry, Mr. Cadogan. It’s my fault. I had not expected the flight to be 

booked out,” he said. 

Alaric abruptly stopped in his tracks and turned to shoot Terrance with a sharp look. 

“Terrance Levane, if this ever happens again, you’ll be terminated immediately,” he 

snapped out. 

“Yes, sir. It won’t happen again, sir. I promise, sir. This was unexpected,” Terrance 

hurriedly replied. 

Once on the plane, Alaric headed to the first–class seating area as usual. 

“Welcome onboard,” the air hostesses greeted. 

The eyes of every air hostess they walked past lit up with delight when he walked 

past them. 

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“Sir, your ticket…” 

The moment the air hostess spoke up, Terrance promptly handed over their tickets. 

from behind Alaric. 

The air hostess took one glance at their tickets and stopped Alaric from moving 

toward the first–class seating area. “Excuse me, sir, but your seats are this way.” 

Alaric paused. 

The air hostess continued to smile as she gestured toward the economy–class 

seating area. “This way, 

sir.” 

The people who were boarding were now looking at them. 

Their eyes betrayed their curiosity and judgmental thoughts as they stared at Alaric. 

Terrance was at a loss for words. 

He was doomed. 

He would be yelled at again. 

“Sir?” the air hostess asked once more when Alaric did not move. 

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Next thing she knew, he snatched his ticket from her and coldly marched to the 

economy class seating area. As he passed by Terrance, he barked out, “Do not let 

me see you again once we’re back.” 

Terrance was bawling on the inside. He quickly said to the air hostess, “Excuse me, 

but we have a friend up ahead in the first class. Since the plane isn’t leaving just yet, 

can I head over for a minute?” 

The air hostess paused in astonishment before nodding. 

In the first–class seating area. 

Victoria’s group had bought their tickets early on. Thus, they were mostly seated 

together.