Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273

 

 

 

Bane did not expect her to be so straightforward. He stood there for a moment, looking

at her helplessly. “In that case, can I take you, Nicole, and Nathan to school today?”

Since Victoria intended to clarify things with him that day, she did not think it would

matter if he brought them to school one last time.

“Okay,” she agreed.

On the way to school, she remained unusually quiet while Nicole chattered incessantly,

and Bane patiently responded to her throughout the entire journey. When they arrived

at the school, he even personally got out of the car to escort the two children inside.

Victoria quietly watched from the side, but at that moment, she suddenly felt a cold,

piercing gaze on her back.

 

 

 

Thus, she instinctively looked in the direction of the gaze. She was momentarily

stunned when she saw the black car from the previous day. After all, it could not be an

illusion if she saw the car two days in a row and continued to feel as though she was

under watch. She intuitively felt that something was wrong. As she reflexively turned to

face the car and was about to walk in that direction, Bane called her, “Victoria.”

Bane’s voice snapped her back to reality. “What’s wrong?” he asked.

 

 

 

He might have noticed that she had been staring in a particular direction, so he walked

toward her, stopped by her side, and followed her line of sight. His movements paused

when he saw the black car, and his eyes narrowed slowly.

“It’s nothing.” Victoria regained her composure and gently shook her head. She did not

want to tell Bane about this matter. It was all just her intuition after all, and what if it

was all in her head? Besides, the car was parked at the school gate, and nobody in the

school seemed to find it suspicious. It was probably just a parent of one of the

students. She pursed her lips and furrowed her brows, still thinking about the cold,

piercing gaze she had felt.

 

 

 

 

“Aren’t you going to the company? You should go ahead and take care of your business.

My company is not far from here, and I can easily walk there.”

“Victoria, Bane said. His expression clearly disagreed with her suggestion. But she

persisted and looked at him firmly. “You’ve already gone through the trouble of bringing

the children here. You should go and take care of your matters. As for our issue… let’s

discuss it this afternoon, alright? I’ll explain everything to you then.”

In the end, he could only nod and agree to her suggestion.

 

 

Even after Bane disappeared from sight, Victoria was still standing there for a while

before she slowly approached the black car. Initially, she had planned to go to the

company in Bane’s car, but now, there was something else she wanted to find out, so

she decided to shoo him off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soon, she was right before the black car and stopped beside it. Alaric frowned upon

seeing her standing next to his car. But before he could say anything, Terrance, who

was sitting next to him, asked anxiously, “Has Miss Victoria noticed us?” Alaric pursed

his lips tightly upon hearing that and replied indifferently, “No, as long as you don’t do

anything st*pid.”

Terrance was left speechless by Alaric’s response. After all, what st*pid thing could he

possibly do? He had been sitting inside the car without moving an inch the whole time.

Knock. Knock.

 

 

 

 

While Terrance was desperately trying to wrack his brain to get them out of this mess,

Victoria suddenly bent down and lightly tapped the car window twice. This startled

Terrance, putting him on edge. Regardless, she received no response after knocking on

the window. Initially, she had thought that someone would roll down the window if

anyone were to sit inside. But she did not give up because she had clearly felt the cold

gaze staring at her from inside the car. Her hunch would never go wrong twice in a row.

So, it was with that thought in mind that she slowly bent down, intending to lean on the