Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 193

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“What do you mean I don’t have eyes for any woman other than Claudia? Where did
you hear that from?”
Jordan honestly had no idea that Alaric would actually be angered by this remark.
For a moment, however, he didn’t know if the man was angry because he disagreed
with this statement or because someone else had mentioned Claudia. After a while,
he had no choice but to reply with some deliberation, “It’s just a rumor that they’re
talking about for fun. You don’t have to pay too much attention to it.”
“A rumor?” Alaric stared at him coldly. “If it’s just a rumor, then why bring it up in
front of me? Has the heir to the Floyd Corporation inherited the people’s gossipy
disposition as well?”
Jordan dared not say anything else upon hearing this, of course. He had no choice
but to quickly apologize, “Fine, Alaric, it’s my bad, okay? I shouldn’t have gossiped
about you. It’s my fault for shooting my mouth off. What can I do to reduce your
anger?”
Alaric didn’t say another word. However, his temper just now made it clear that
Jordan couldn’t casually gossip about him in front of him anymore.
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After escorting the man to the break room, Jordan heaved a sigh of relief. “Well
then, please rest here for a while. I’m going out and will be back in a minute.”
Alaric closed his eyes and reclined on the couch while ignoring him completely.
Having angered Alaric just now, Jordan dared not complain about being ignored by
the man at this moment. After all, he knew that he was in the wrong.
However, after he left the break room, his assistant audaciously complained, “Mr.
Floyd, this Alaric guy is really going too far! Even if the Cadogan Group is very
powerful, he can’t treat you like this, no? In any case, you’re the Villower Group’s new
heir!”
“Oh.” Jordan darted a look at him. “So, you also know that I’m the new heir, huh?
How do you think he should treat me, then? Does he have to bow and scrape to
me?”
Hearing the question, the assistant rubbed his nose. “That’s not what I mean. I just.
think he’s too arrogant.”
“That’s because he has the right to be arrogant. When I can reach his position, I’ll be
even more arrogant than he is. Do you understand?”
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The assistant fell silent for a moment. “Okay.”
“Look at you. Why didn’t you say that while we were in there just now? Go say that to
Mr. Cadogan’s face instead. What’s the point of saying that to me?”
Hearing his words, the assistant replied sullenly, “I was scared of getting you into
trouble.”
Jordan replied, “So you know these words would get me in trouble, huh? Do you
know that walls have ears, then? The first thing to keep in mind as my assistant is to
understand what to say and what not to say. If there’s anything that shouldn’t be
said in public, keep it to yourself even in private. Got it?”
Displeased as he was, the assistant knew that what Jordan said was true. In the
end, he just nodded. “I got it.”
“By the way, what about that Summer lady whom I asked you to get in touch with?
Has she persuaded Victoria Selwyn?”
The assistant looked even gloomier at the mention of this. “Mr. Floyd, I think you’d
better forget about this. That Summer lady promised to help us persuade her at
first, but for some reason, she suddenly went back on it and told us not to call her
anymore.”
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At hearing this, Jordan instantly gave him a puzzled look. “Was it because the offer
you made was too low?”
“No, that’s not possible. The offer we made to her would be tempting to anyone, and
no one else could possibly make the same offer.”
“Tsk, not even a lucrative offer could entice her to work for me, huh? Seems like I’ve
got to find another way.” Jordan rested his chin in his hand while pursing his lips.
thoughtfully.
Suddenly, however, his assistant thought of something, and his eyes lit up. He
suggested, “Mr. Floyd, if you really need her talents, why don’t you sacrifice yourself
instead?”
Jordan’s eyes narrowed at his words. “What do you mean? You’re telling me to
seduce her?”
The assistant let out a chuckle. “You’ve just come in, after all. If you want to nurture
talents of your own, you’ve got to focus on the big picture.”
“Get lost! Stop coming up with such bad ideas, will you?”
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“Really, Mr. Floyd, I’m not joking. Miss Selwyn is not only pretty but also very capable,
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and more people are courting her than people trying to poach her.”
Jordan had only heard of Victoria’s name and had never seen her in person, but he
knew that his assistant was telling the truth. Still, there was no way he would.
sacrifice himself. There’s no way that I, Jordan Floyd, will be committed to a single
partner when there are plenty more fish in the sea. He dared not even think about.
the idea of being bound to a woman or loving one single lady. “Just find another
way to approach her through her friend again and increase the offer.”
“Okay, Mr. Floyd.”
Situated in the best part of Jasea, Park View Residence was purchased by the
biggest real estate developer in the city before being made into an antique-style
manor with a small bridge over a murmuring brook. Be it the bridge, the flowers, the
vegetation, or the gazebo, everything in the manor was built with historical
accuracy, not to mention the house itself, which was designed in a classic
old-fashioned style.
“I heard that the real estate developer dreamed of living like one of the ancient
people and had money to burn, so he went out of his way to get this property. At
first, he just wanted to fulfill his dream, but to his surprise, the property became
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quite popular when it was completed, and many young people moved in here.”
Victoria rolled down the car window and looked at the scenery around her. Indeed,
the scenery around her was quaint; had she not been sitting in a very modern.
vehicle, she would’ve thought that she had been transported to a different era. “I
hear that this area is worth a lot of money and was sold at an exorbitant price back.
then. It’d be harder to build it like this. How much is it priced now?”
Fiona shook her head in depression. “It’s true that the area is worth a lot of money.
But the house…”
Victoria looked puzzled at her words. “What’s wrong?”
“The developer refuses to sell it, so it’s only available for rent at the moment.”
Victoria was stunned for a moment. It surprised her that the developer would
actually refuse to sell the property. However, if there was a market for renting such
an antique manor, it would indeed make more money than selling the property.
Fiona explained, “The developer said that if he were to sell the property, it would
surely end up being bought by scalpers who would then rent out the property at a
higher price. In that case, he might as well rent it out himself so that those who liked
it didn’t have to spend more money.”
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‘I see. It seems like the developer is a nice person.”
“That’s right. I thought businessmen were all profiteers.”
The two women’s lips curled into a smile at the same time as they spoke.
“Now that you’re finally back in the country, I’m renting this property for two full
years in order for you to stay here. Don’t blame me for not renting it for longer,
though. The longest lease available here is for two years, so I can’t rent it longer
than that.”
Upon hearing this, Victoria realized something. “How much is the price? It must cost
a lot to rent this place. You-”
Fiona interrupted, “Don’t tell me you wanna pay the money back to me. I’m not
gonna listen to that. I’m renting this place to live here on my own; it’s just that the
house is too big. It’s too lonely for me to live here alone, so I’m inviting you to live.
here with me. You’re not gonna pay any rent for this.”
Victoria got the point. “Which means you’re going to live with us?”
“Of course! Now that we’re reunited at last, we should live together, of course. You
won’t object to it, will you?”
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“Of course, I won’t! I couldn’t ask for a better arrangement.”