Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 228

Chapter 228 

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A few minutes later, Zoe went into the passenger seat, closed the door, and buckled 

1. up. She would not switch seats anymore after this. As for Victoria, she stood around 

for a while after getting off the car. Then, she said, “You go first.” 

“Alright.” Jordan didn’t argue. Everyone was going downhill anyway, so he couldn’t 

care less who was sitting with whom. Just when he was about to get into the back 

seat, Alaric spoke, “Scram.” 

Jordan froze for a moment before turning to smile at Victoria. “I think you should go 

before me. Ladies first.” 

She stared at him and recalled what had happened at the racecourse earlier. Then, 

she sighed and got into the car. Jordan followed after her. Since she wanted to keep 

some distance between her and Alaric, she leaned closer to Jordan. 

The moment the car moved, Alaric frowned. “Sit further away, Jordan.” 

Jordan moved away a bit, not thinking much about it. Of course, he doesn’t want 

anyone else getting close to the woman he likes. With that thought in mind, he 

moved even closer to the window. 

Still, Alaric demanded, “Move away more.” 

Jordan looked at the unreasonable man speechlessly and shifted again. 

“More.” 

“Are you mad? There’s no more space. Unless I get out of the car, that is.” 

Without missing a beat, Alaric said, “Sure. Get out of the car, then.” 

“The heck!” 

Victoria couldn’t take it anymore. She shot Alaric a look and met his gaze. Ever since 

she got into the car, his eyes had been on her the whole time. “Why don’t you get out 

of the car?” 

At that, Jordan gave her a thumbs up. Nice retort. 

Alaric didn’t like he was talked back to. Still, he smirked. “Are you sure? If I leave, 

you’re coming with me, too.” 

Victoria looked away upon hearing that and refused to talk to him anymore. She knew he was a man of his word. Since she couldn’t change his mind, she would just ignore him. During the ride downhill, she shut her eyes and leaned against the seat 

with her back straight. She had no intention of leaning toward anyone. 

Initially, she had only planned to rest her eyes, but the journey would take about half 

an hour since the path was winding and meandering. Plus, all the passengers here 

were VIPs, so the driver drove slowly. Eventually, Victoria drifted to sleep, and she 

slowly leaned toward Jordan. 

Before that could happen, Alaric held her head and let it rest in his palm. After he 

confirmed that she wouldn’t wake up, he slowly pushed her head toward his 

shoulder, moving as gently as water. 

Jordan was stunned to see that, and Alaric shot him a deadpan look. It made 

Jordan’s heart skip in fear. 

Alaric was in a rather good mood for the journey after that. After all, Victoria was leaning on his shoulder, asleep, even though she wanted nothing to do with him. while she was awake. She’s better when she’s sleeping. The girl’s cold and arrogant when she’s awake. Just thinking about the icy look in her eyes made his heart 

twinge. 

This was the only moment of peace they had after they met, but it didn’t last long. A 

while later, Victoria’s phone rang. The silence was broken, and she woke up. 

Alaric tensed up, but the lady didn’t even open her eyes. She rummaged through her 

pockets for her phone, and since he was close enough to see, Alaric noticed that 

the caller was Bane. His face darkened immediately. 

Victoria put her phone to her ear. “Yes?” 

Bane could tell that she was sleeping, judging from her groggy voice. “Were you 

asleep? Where are you now?” 

“Mm–hmm,” she replied, her voice soft since she was not fully awake yet. She could 

vaguely remember she was in a car before she fell asleep. “I’m in a car.” Then, she shifted slightly to make herself comfier, leaning her head further to the soft thing beside her. She then asked, “What is it?” 

“You’re sleeping in a car? Did you not get enough sleep last night?” 

No. I was just exhausted from all the horseback riding, so I… Right then, Victoria finally realized something, and her mind went blank. Slowly, she opened her eyes, 

and when she raised her head, she was met with Alaric’s eyes, though he was 

staring at her with displeasure. 

“Victoria?” Bane called out to her, wondering why she went silent. 

Alaric suddenly asked, “Was it comfy?” 

Bane froze upon hearing that, and Victoria looked shocked. She quickly realized the 

man had said that on purpose. He knows I’m on a call, yet he said something 

suggestive anyway. He must’ve seen the caller’s name. 

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A while later, Bane asked, “Victoria, w–where are you right now?” 

She didn’t think much about her meeting with Alaric and hadn’t planned to tell Bane 

about it. However, she figured she should just be honest with Bane since he had