Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 200

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Claudia flipped through the auction catalog, then carefully leaned in close to Alaric 

and reminded him, “Al, the item Mrs. Cadogan wants is coming up soon.” 

Alaric responded coldly with a grunt as his gaze was still on his phone. 

She pursed her lips. Alaric had been looking at his phone ever since he sat down. 

They came with a clear purpose, so before the grand item was presented, he 

wouldn’t have any interest in the other items at the venue. 

However, no matter how uninterested he was, he was never this engrossed in his 

phone in the past. 

Also, what was he looking at, and what was so good about it? 

At that thought, Claudia looked in the direction of Alaric’s phone screen. 

She was stunned when she caught sight of it. Two children? 

Why was Alaric looking at two children? 

Was she seeing things? 

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Yet, before Claudia could take another look, Alaric’s phone screen turned black. 

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Right after that, Claudia was faced with Alaric’s cold gaze. 

“What are you looking at?” 

Claudia recovered herself, then instinctively shook her head. “N–Nothing. I just 

wanted to remind you.” 

“Got it.” Alaric kept away his phone and maintained a steady gaze forward, no longer 

distracted. 

When she saw that, she straightened herself as well. 

For some reason, she felt that something was off. 

Since when did Alaric start looking at children’s photos on his phone? 

There never were such things on his phone. 

Moreover, he had turned into a workaholic in recent years, so how could he have 

time to look at children? 

In an instant, when Claudia remembered the image she just saw, her expression 

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shifted. The color quickly drained from her face, and she immediately turned pale. 

If she wasn’t mistaken, the children in the photos seemed to resemble Alaric. 

In recent years, because Alaric had gotten drunk before, many women were vying 

for a chance to sleep with Alaric when he was drunk and give birth to his child. 

Some even went so far as to make their child go through plastic surgery. 

Claudia didn’t even know how those people managed to find ways to do such 

horrendous things, but such women truly existed in this world. She was only 

startled when she saw the child that looked like Alaric at first. This was probably 

because Claudia knew that Victoria was pregnant when she left back then. 

Later on, after an investigation, they found that it was plastic surgery carried out by 

depraved people. 

Similar incidents happened quite several times, and the entire farce only ended after 

Cadogan Group released an announcement. 

There was a time that Claudia would become utterly worried, but then after 

receiving such fake news over and over again, she became exasperated. Toward 

the end, she stopped worrying about it entirely. 

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Ever since then, whenever she saw a child similar to Alaric, she wouldn’t even be the 

least bit bothered about it. After all, Alaric would never give the children another 

glance, but today… he was looking at those two children. 

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Also, even though she only caught a quick glimpse of the pictures, she felt that the 

two children were extremely similar to Alaric. 

She was originally feeling gleeful because she had successfully shown off to the 

young heiresses who were also vying for Alaric’s attention. Yet, in just a few hours, 

her triumphant glee fell into depths of despair. 

After the last item was auctioned off, the host spoke over the microphone. “There 

has never been a competitive mood as strong as the one in this auction today. Our 

auction ends here, but don’t blink or you’ll miss it. Next, we’re presenting…” 

Once the staff received his cue, they carried the grand item onto the stage. 

Then, the host introduced the item animatedly on stage. 

The participants were intrigued by his introduction, and the atmosphere was 

brought to a boiling point. 

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Victoria lowered her head to recheck the catalog. 

The item currently presented was the only one of its kind. It was an artifact from 

some ancient kingdom. The last time it appeared was at an auction overseas. 

In the end, it was bought by a mysterious person at a high price. 

Everyone was wondering who this mysterious person was, but unexpectedly, the 

artifact ended up in the hands of the Floyd Family. 

Victoria suddenly remembered something, so she asked Ethan, who was beside her. 

“So, about the Floyd Family…” 

He seemed to have read her mind. Before she could finish speaking, he explained, 

“Miss Selwyn, it’s the same Floyd Family that was trying to get you on their side.” 

She never thought that it would be the same family. 

As Victoria studied the atmosphere, the corners of her lips curled into a smile. “It 

looks like the new heir is quite capable.” 

“Yes.” Ethan nodded. “Quite capable, and bold too, especially since they could get. 

their hands on such a fantastic item.” 

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The auction had already begun. 

He sighed. “By the looks of things, I have no idea what the final price will be.” 

Since it was an item reserved for the finale and the only one of its kind, the starting. 

price was extremely high. Bids could be heard here and there, and in just a few 

minutes, the item was going for 60 million. 

60 million then turned into 75 million. 

Numbers were called out so easily at the venue that they seemed to be just 

numbers instead of real money. 

“90 million!!” The host suddenly exclaimed, then announced the name. “Mr. 

Cadogan is offering 90 million! Do we have a bigger number?” 

When Ethan heard the last name, Cadogan, he reflexively tilted his head to look at 

Victoria. 

Victoria acted as if she hadn’t heard the last name. She simply sat there as usual 

with a calm expression on her face. 

However, he couldn’t be as calm as she was. 

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They weren’t overseas… 

They were in Corynthea. 

Also, they were in Jasea, the city next to Gandra. 

Not just Jasea, even among all the people in the country, there truly wasn’t another 

man with the last name Cadogan who could offer this price. 

Ethan felt that since he already had a person in mind, then Victoria, who was so 

intelligent, should be able to come to the same conclusion.