Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 215

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Fiona’s expression changed. 

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I was going to tell Victoria about Mr. Cadogan wanting to come and apologize, but… 

After hearing what Bane said, Fiona felt she didn’t need to tell Victoria about it any 

longer. 

Thus, she simply chuckled awkwardly and stammered, “I–It’s nothing.” 

Victoria looked puzzled. “But you called me up when you came back and said you 

had something to tell me, right?” 

“Yes, that’s right.” Fiona was a little flustered as she explained, “I was emotional at 

the time and wanted to talk to you about something, but I don’t need to anymore.” 

Victoria raised her eyebrows. “Is that so?” 

Fiona fervently nodded. 

Despite their relatively short acquaintance, Victoria still thought she understood 

Fiona fairly well. She can’t hide it when she’s lying. Her eyes will flicker around, and 

she will bob her head up and down like a chicken every time she does. 

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Thus, Victoria could immediately tell that Fiona was lying. 

She probably doesn’t want to tell me about it anymore. Victoria sighed to herself 

and decided not to press any further. 

“I see. I’ll drop it then.” 

Fiona nodded away again. 

Victoria tied the apron around her and got ready to slice up the meat. Fiona felt bad 

and quickly offered, “I’ll help you.” 

Ordinarily, Victoria would readily hand over the knife. This time, she knew what she 

was going to say next, so she didn’t hand the knife over. “I’ll do it.” 

“Okay then.” Fiona stood beside Victoria and watched a little dispiritedly. 

Victoria’s eyes flickered with thought. After mentally preparing what she was going 

to say, she piped up, “How did it go? Did you get his number?” 

As soon as Victoria mentioned this, Fiona recalled what she told Bane and her 

expression soured a little. 

The look on Fiona’s face made Victoria assume that she had failed. 

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Victoria secretly sighed in relief. In her opinion, this outcome wasn’t all that bad. At 

least, she would not have to put in any more effort later on. 

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With that thought in mind, Victoria continued quietly, “This morning, I told you I 

wanted to talk to you about something, right? It actually has something to do with 

him. You-” 

“Victoria!” Fiona’s head shot up and she cried out Victoria’s name. 

“You went out with Bane today, right? He’s so good to you. He prepared a house for 

you to stay in now that you’re back in the country, right? Wouldn’t it affect your 

relationship if I keep you here?” 

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Victoria stopped cutting the meat. She turned around and eyed Fiona in silence. 

Fiona sheepishly averted her eyes and chuckled awkwardly. “D–Don’t take it the 

wrong way. I’m just worried that I might end up affecting your future, so I just 

wanted to create more opportunities for you two. I’m also afraid that Bane might. 

one day say that I’m the reason why he failed to get together with you, so that’s 

why…” 

Her voice got progressively softer until she was speaking barely above a mumble. 

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There were no fools here. 

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Naturally, Victoria understood what Fiona’s words implied. She stared at Fiona in 

silence for quite some time before she finally said, “You can wait outside. The food 

will be ready soon.” 

Fiona didn’t know what to say, so she turned around and shuffled out of the kitchen. 

During dinner, the two children sensed that something was amiss. Although Nicole 

usually failed to pick up such things, she too noticed the awkward silence. 

The children exchanged glances and quietly tucked into their food. 

Once they were done, they set their cutlery down in unison. “We’ve finished, 

Mommy, Miss Fiona.” 

Fiona forced herself to smile weakly at the children. 

Victoria looked at them and stroked their heads. “Nathan and Nicole, you two have 

been very good today. Head back to your room to rest for a while and then start 

packing your things, okay?” 

Fiona paled and bit her lip. 

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The two children immediately looked up at Victoria. They didn’t expect things to be 

this serious. 

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However, at the very next moment, Victoria smiled and said, “You’ll be starting at 

your new school tomorrow.” 

At this, the children relaxed and left to pack their things. 

Once they were gone, Victoria carried on finishing her food. 

Meanwhile, Fiona looked despondent ever since she heard Victoria telling the 

children to pack their things. She only snapped out of her reverie when Victoria 

stood up to clear the table, and she quickly apologized. “I’m sorry, Victoria.” 

Victoria gave her a faint smile. “It’s fine. You were just trying to be considerate of 

1. me. I’ll find the time to talk to Bane.” 

Truth be told, as soon as the words came out of Fiona’s mouth, she started 

regretting it. Alas, now that she heard Victoria saying she was going to talk to Bane, 

she couldn’t take back her words anymore, so she simply stayed quiet. 

After clearing the table, Victoria cleaned up the kitchen and threw out the trash. 

-Once she was certain that the house was spotless, she went back to her room to 

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pack. 

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They had only just moved in so there was not much for her to pack. Soon, she was 

done. She then sat down on the bed and took out her phone to book a hotel. 

Once the booking was made, Nathan came over. 

“Mommy.” 

Victoria put away her phone and smiled at him. “Have you packed your things, 

Nathan?” 

“Yes, Mommy.”