Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 224

Chapter 224 

Out of the blue, Alaric wrapped his arm around her waist, and she couldn’t help but 

let out a surprise gasp. 

“Is everything alright?” The girl tried to open the door, though Victoria was unsure 

whether the girl did it out of worry or suspicion. However, the door was still locked, 

so she couldn’t open it no matter how she tried. “I can’t open the door. Are you 

alright? Say something!” 

“I’m alright.” Victoria tried her best to calm down. “Just lost my balance for a bit. I’m 

fine now.” 

“Really?” The girl was still dubious. She looked around and bit her lip. When she was 

changing, she thought she heard a man’s voice coming from Victoria’s side of the 

room, and it sounded like Alaric. Hence, she came to check out, but the voice was 

gone by the time she was there. It was as if what she had heard earlier was just a 

hallucination. At the thought of that, the girl couldn’t resist asking, “Are you really 

alright? I think you should open up and let me check on you.” 

“It’s alright. I’m almost done. You go on without me.” 

“How about I get Mr. Floyd here for you?” 

Victoria mused for a bit and nodded. “Sure.” God knows how long she will stay here 

if I don’t say that. I need her to leave right now. 

As expected, the girl quickly said, “Give me a minute. I’ll get him right now.” The girl 

had been wondering if Alaric was in the room, but now that she had confirmed he 

wasn’t there, she left. 

Once Victoria was sure the girl was gone, she turned around and flung Alaric’s hand 

away. Then, she opened the door. “Out.” 

He merely looked at her and didn’t budge. 

“Last warning. Out.” She pursed her lips. 

He stared at her in silence, thinking about something. After a while, he left abruptly. 

Once he was gone, silence returned to the room. Victoria was still fighting with 

herself, wondering if she should carry on. Nevertheless, she still changed into her 

horse–riding attire in the end. The staff member got her the smallest size. Aside 

from the tightness around her chest, everything else felt fine. After she was done 

changing, she emerged from the room. 

“What? She tripped and fell?” A bemused Jordan was led to the dressing room, and 

he cocked his eyebrow, thinking, Does she want to do it in the dressing room? Wow, 

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she’s wilder than I thought. 

Just then, he noticed someone coming out of the locker room. It was Alaric. Jordan 

and the girl stopped in their tracks. The girl’s name was Zoe Mask, and her eyes 

went wide upon seeing Alaric coming out of the room. “M–Mr. Cadogan? You were 

in the room?” 

Interested, Jordan cocked his eyebrow. “Why are you here anyway?” 

Alaric ignored them and went ahead. Zoe wanted to go after him, whereas Jordan made his way to the dressing room as he remembered Victoria was still waiting for 

him there. However, just as he had just taken a few steps, Alaric called out to him, 

“Jordan.” 

“What?” Jordan turned around. 

Alaric looked at him coldly. “Where are you going?” 

“It’s none of your business, is it?” Jordan grinned. “I heard my partner has sprained 

her ankle in the dressing room, so I want to check on her.” 

Alaric narrowed his eyes, and Jordan had no idea why he did that. After the 

explanation, he turned around and was about to go in, but then he froze on the spot 

for a moment. He was staring straight at Victoria, who had changed into rider attire. 

She looked handsome in that red and white outfit. Her waist looked even smaller in 

those clothes. Her shoulder looked even more beautiful, and her hair stood out 

more with the white backdrop. Jordan stared at her dumbly. He didn’t expect she 

would look so stunning with her hair down while donning rider attire. 

His heart skipped a beat, and when he finally snapped out of it, he gulped 

subconsciously. “I see you’ve done changing, Miss Selwyn.” 

Victoria looked at Alaric for a moment before averting her gaze and approaching 

Jordan. She nodded. “Yes.” 

There was barely any distance between them, and her beauty struck Jordan even 

more. His heart started to beat faster again. “Then, let’s go.” 

She mused for a moment, but she didn’t leave right away. Instead, she smiled. “I’ve 

no experience in horseback riding, and I’m scared of it. But since you asked, I’ll be more than willing to have fun with you. Though, I hope you’ll make some time for me after this race so we can talk about work.” 

“Of course,” answered Jordan almost instinctively. “We can talk about anything you 

want.” 

Victoria paused for a moment at his response before smiling. “Thank you.” 

“It’s nothing. Let’s go.” 

She followed Jordan, and they went into the racecourse. Zoe stood beside Victoria, 

staring at her with astonishment. “You look beautiful in that.” 

Victoria looked at her. “Thank you. You too.”