Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 192

Chapter 192
When Victoria was woken up, she and her bunch were the only passengers left on
the plane.
She got off the plane feeling deeply embarrassed. Rubbing her temples, she asked,
“Why didn’t you guys wake me up earlier?” She had awoken to find herself being the
only passenger left on the plane. Everyone else had been waiting for her, she event
saw the pilot eyeing her as they left. She wouldn’t want to go through such an
embarrassing experience twice.
Ethan replied, “I saw that you weren’t feeling well, Miss Selwyn, so I thought I’d let
you sleep a little longer. It’d take time for other passengers to get off the plane,
anyway.”
“That’s right, Mommy. You’re unwell,” Nicole chimed in.
Nathan nodded as well. Apparently, he and Nicole both agreed with Ethan, or they
wouldn’t have obediently waited alongside him.
Seeing the way that they looked, Victoria continued rubbing her temples while
deciding not to dwell further on the topic. Embarrassing as it was, it had already.
happened, after all. And besides, she had to admit that she had slept well during the
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flight and had woken up feeling much better.
Just then, her phone started vibrating. She took out her phone and took a look.
before answering the phone with a smile. “Hey, Fiona!”
“Oh, my God! I got through to you at last! I found that your flight had landed, yet I just
couldn’t get through to you when I called. I was worried to death, darling.”
Fiona Garza was a friend whom Victoria had gotten to know after going abroad. She
was on good terms with both Victoria and Summer, and a year ago, she returned to
her home country and started to learn airport management. She was the daughter
of an airline owner. Her father was a native, but her mother was a foreigner, thus
making her a mixed-race child.
“Sorry, Fiona. I forgot to turn on the phone.”
“Oh, that’s okay. Where are you now? I’ll have somebody pick you up.”
Victoria paused for a moment. Just when she was about to look around, she heard
Fiona screaming, “My friend said she just saw you! Just stay there and don’t move.
My friend’s going over to pick you up now.”
Standing where she was, Victoria soon saw an airport staff member trotting up to
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her in a uniform. “Hi, are you Victoria Selwyn? I’m Fiona’s friend, and I’m here to pick
you guys up on her behalf.”
“Hi.” Victoria gave her a smile before shaking hands with her.
“Well then, please come with me.”
Everyone thus followed the lady.
“Mr. Cadogan, how much longer do we have to wait here?”
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The ones sent by the Villower Group had already picked up Alaric. However, their car
had yet to start moving, because he asked to wait at the exit for a moment without
explaining why. Since they were here to pick him up, they dared not go against his
will, of course, so they had no choice but to park their car there and wait at his
request.
Terrance noticed that Alaric’s eyes were focused on the exit the entire time. Back in
the first-class cabin, he had thought that the man was traumatized by the
economy-class cabin, but now, he didn’t think so anymore. This was because the
man seemed to be waiting for somebody at this very moment.
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Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration. Could something have happened to Mr.
Cadogan while he was alone in the first-class cabin earlier? At the thought of this,
he took another look at Alaric. Even though it wasn’t obvious with his cold
temperament, the way Alaric kept staring at the exit did suggest a hint of anxious
anticipation. “Mr. Cadogan.” He leaned closer to Alaric. Then, he cautiously asked,
“Did you come across some babe aboard the plane?”
Speechless, Alaric shot a look at him as if looking at an idiot. After his thin lips
moved for a moment, he said, “If you’re not using your brains, you may as well give.
them away.”
Terrance was lost for words. Just say no if you didn’t. Why lash out at me instead?
Despite feeling hurt, he was nonetheless curious about it. “If you didn’t come across
anyone, then why did you keep staying on the plane just now? You’re even waiting at
the exit right now.”
After he said a bunch of stuff, Alaric merely replied, “Mind your own business.”
Fine, it seems that I didn’t manage to coax it out of him. Terrance had no choice but
to keep on waiting alongside the man in their seats.
After they waited for a long time, the ones sent by the Villower Group got a phone
call, perhaps to ask them why they had yet to arrive after all this time. The staff
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members whispered on the phone, and only after hanging up the phone did they
gingerly look back at Alaric. Their lips parted slightly as if hesitating to speak, but in
the end, they turned their heads back without daring to say anything.
About a few minutes later, Alaric suddenly looked back and said in a cold voice,
“Let’s go.” He had waited for a long time, but it seemed that he wouldn’t get to see
the children again today. Perhaps it’s destiny that I only got to meet that little girl on
the plane.
“Can we get going now?” The driver was visibly surprised. Nevertheless, he drove
immediately without daring to say another word.
They eventually got going, but after that, everyone sensed that the temperature in
the car had apparently dropped so much as though they were in an ice cave. The
driver almost trembled with fear as he drove along the way. After dropping Alaric off
at their destination, he and his assistant exchanged a brief look and heaved a long
sigh. “We’ve got him here at last! Let’s go lest they call us again for something.”
With that, the car quickly whizzed away.
As soon as Alaric entered the lobby, Jordan Floyd, the Villower Group’s new heir,
came up and greeted him. “It’s been a while, Mr. Cadogan. Shortly after assuming
his position as the new heir to the Villower Group, he secured heads of agreement
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with the Cadogan Group. Now, those who had looked down upon him dared not
underestimate him anymore.
Darting a glance at the man, Alaric nodded expressionlessly before shaking his
hand.
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Other people would’ve found his attitude disrespectful, but Jordan didn’t mind it at
all. After bonding with Alaric over horsemanship, he was already used to this side of
the man. He said with a smile, “Welcome here, Mr. Cadogan. Come on in.” With that,
he invited Alaric into the Villower Group. “So, what did you gain from going abroad
this time? I heard there are lots of pretty ladies over there. Did you come across
some babe?”
This was already the second time Alaric heard the word ‘babe’ today. He darted at
sideways look at Jordan, asking, “Do you want to talk to me about our collaboration,
or do you want to talk about something else?”
Jordan changed color slightly at his question. “Hey, don’t be angry. Our collaboration.
comes first, of course. I only talked about other things to help you relax,” he said.
“But speaking of it, the right hand I’m looking for this time is a great lady from the
country you just went to. I heard she’s interested in returning to her home country,
so I tried to recruit her to my company. Unfortunately, she turned me down.”
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Alaric wasn’t at all interested in the topic of women, though.
Seeing the way he looked, Jordan said with a smile, “Fine, it seems that I can’t talk to
you about women. I don’t think you have eyes for any other woman other than
Claudia Johnson.”
Alaric paused at his words. The next second, his eyes narrowed menacingly. “Where
did you hear that from?”
Stunned, Jordan stood frozen in place, not knowing what he had said that had
pushed the man’s buttons. “What’s wrong?”