Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 253

Chapter 253 

“That’s not it,” Victoria stated, flatly denying the accusation. Then, she continued, 

“It’s not what you think, Bane. To be more accurate, I don’t think I’m good enough for 

you. You shouldn’t waste any more time on me.” That was definitely not an 

explanation she had come up with to be polite to him. She honestly thought he was 

too good for her. He was a good man with a great family background, handsome, 

and never fooled around with women just because of who he was. 

“You think I’m too good for you?” After saying that, he chuckled and stepped closer 

to her. “If that’s what you believe, Victoria, shouldn’t you be asking me that question? 

Yes, I think you’re good enough for me, so why the doubt?” When she did not reply, 

he continued, “Do you mean to say you’re still concerned about him? If we had not 

returned here, you-” 

“Five years,” she interrupted. 

After hearing that, he was stunned. 

“It has been five years. I know how well you treat me. It’s not that I didn’t try to 

accept you; rather, I realized I couldn’t.” After saying that, Victoria solemnly looked 

Bane in the eyes through his glasses. “I have told you before that I cannot respond 

to your love, that you should not be so nice to me.” 

He silently stared at her in response and uttered, “I cannot do that. I can’t stop being 

nice to you or start ignoring you. It hurts me deeply to see you with another man.” 

Following that, he walked even closer, and he suddenly wrapped an arm around her 

slender waist and pulled her toward him. 

Victoria was startled by Bane’s sudden action and instinctively reached out to shove 

his chest to prevent him from getting any closer. Still, they were close to one 

another, and she could smell the cool, refreshing air he exuded. 

At that moment, his voice had lost all warmth as a possessive tone crept in. “Ah, so 

you know that it has been five years. You know how good I’ve been to you. If you 

just say yes, I will be even better to you in the future. I would do anything you say.” 

Although he had poured all his affection into his confession, she frowned even 

more. In fact, his last sentence even had her somewhat panicking. “You don’t 

understand at all!” 

When Bane heard that, he loomed closer to Victoria and asked, “What don’t I 

understand? Tell me.” 

“When you’re nice to me, I always end up feeling guilty because I have nothing to 

give in return. To put it bluntly, I don’t love you, and being with you would only hurt 

you. Do you understand?” 

“I don’t care, Victoria.” 

She was stunned by his reply. 

“You can love whomever you want. All I want is for you to be by my side, to be with 

me.” 

Victoria looked at Bane with disbelief and inquired, “How could it be?” 

“Why not? I get what I want while you live your own life. Isn’t that great?” 

After hearing that, she immediately pushed him away and exclaimed, “That’s 

ridiculous. No way.” 

“Victoria.” While saying that, Bane stood still and made no attempt to approach 

Victoria. “You’ve only ever rejected me and never tried to date me. How do you know 

that it’s impossible unless you try? I gave you three days, and you did not even 

carefully consider my offer for three full days before saying no. Do you think that’s 

fair to me?” 

Then, she froze in her tracks upon hearing that. Fair? After carefully considering his 

words, she concluded that she had treated him unfairly. Hence, she closed her eyes. 

“If you think three days is too short, how about a week?” Ultimately, he had no 

choice but to offer a better compromise, deathly afraid that she would reject him at 

such a time. 

When Victoria heard that, a look of exhaustion swept over her face. In general, he is 

extraordinarily kind and tolerant towards me. It would appear that he does not care 

what I have done and that he is always accommodating and patient. He is, without a 

doubt, one of the most perfect men I have ever met. Unfortunately, love has always 

been a flaw of mine. At that thought, she turned to look at Bane. “I’m sorry.” 

However, he calmly gazed back at her. After a few long minutes, a warm smile 

returned to his face. “It has been an exhausting day, right? Let’s go up. We can talk 

in another two days.” 

“Bane…” 

“The children must be worried sick waiting for you. Go on.” Following that, he even 

put both hands on her shoulder to push her to the elevator. After pressing the 

button for her floor, he stepped out of the elevator and said, “Let Ethan know to 

come down once you’re up there.” 

In the meantime, Victoria frowned and did not say a word. After a while, the elevator 

doors began to close, and right before they were completely shut, she saw Bane 

flash her a grin. 

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Chapter 253 Can’t Stop Being Nice to You 

“Goodnight. Sweet dreams.” As soon as he finished speaking, the elevator doors 

closed. 

When Victoria returned home, she found Ethan and one of the live–in maids chatting 

in the living room; upon seeing her, they immediately rose to greet her. With Bane’s 

words in mind, she said, “Bane is waiting for you downstairs.” 

“Oh, why didn’t Mr. Morison come up today? Well, I’m off.” Instead of mulling over 

the situation, Ethan promptly said his goodbyes and headed downstairs. 

Not long after he left, she walked over to the window and pulled away the curtain to 

loom over Bane. She observed him standing by the vehicle, and despite the bright 

lights shining on him, he appeared so lonely, as if someone had been lost in the 

dark. Then, as he waited silently by the road until Ethan arrived, the two stood and 

conversed for a few minutes before entering the car. However, she noticed that 

Ethan was now behind the wheel, even though Bane had driven the car over just 

now. After seeing the vehicle was gone, she let the curtains fall back down. 

“Mommy.” Nicole, who had called out from behind her, asked, “Where did you go 

today? Why did you come home so late?”