Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 295

Chapter 295
My birthdate. What’s the meaning of this? This spare laptop seems new, so it must be
newly bought. Why would he use my birthdate as the password? He hurt me, divorced
me, and even asked me to go for an abortion, yet he still uses my birthdate as his
password.
While biting her lips, Victoria expressionlessly entered a series of numbers and saw the
laptop was indeed unlocked. She suddenly found it ridiculous. How could he? What
right did he have to do such a thing?
Then, she angrily opened a new document and began typing while persuading herself
not to think about it or fall for Alaric’s tricks. Even if he used her birthdate as the
password, it still didn’t mean anything because their relationship was in the past. What
she must do is to look ahead and finish her work.
However, she still needed to ask for Alaric’s opinion to know whether her proposal was
satisfactory.
In the meantime, Alaric felt frustrated after seeing no reaction from her about the
password thing. But he couldn’t do anything about it because he asked her to stay, so
the proposal must be finalized today.
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Casually tapping his fingers on the table, he seemed carefree, explaining, “You’re
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running an advertising company, but that business proposal you made seemed like a
personal proposal. It’s too idealistic, and for a small company to quickly find a footing in
the industry, you must learn how to catch up with the latest trend.”
While he talked, he placed his fingers on a certain page of the proposal and ruthlessly
criticized her, “If your ideas are too old-fashioned, your proposals would all be in vain. Is
this all you’ve learned during the five years you were abroad? Or is this all he taught
you? It seems like your decision to choose him over me isn’t that great.”
The last sentence sounded overly personal, which added other emotions to Victoria’s
face while she was attentively listening to his advice. She frowned and gave him a
displeased look. “Mr. Cadogan, are you talking to me about work or my personal life?”
Alaric’s eyes dimmed. “Why does it matter whether I’m talking about work or your
personal life?”
“If you want to talk about work, please be professional, but if you want to talk about my
personal life, I’ll have to bring this back to my company and continue there.”
Once she was finished, she heard him laugh. “Victoria, I wouldn’t be so worried if your
abilities are as large as your temper.”
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Smack! That p***d Victoria off, and she immediately slammed the laptop close. “Mr.
Cadogan, I don’t see the need to continue this partnership if you don’t trust me.”
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After that, she stood up and was about to leave, but she felt Alaric grab her wrist before
she could take a step.
He was frowning deeply, creating three creases in his forehead. Before she arrived, he
had decided to get along with her peacefully. Like what Terrance mentioned, since he
decided to pursue her, he must show her his attitude.
But he felt suffocated and in pain when he saw her reluctant attitude. Those emotions
caused him to say things he didn’t mean.
“Let go of me.” Victoria tried to struggle from his grasp but couldn’t.
“Victoria, are you going to write the proposal or not?”
Hearing that, Victoria sneered. “Shouldn’t I be asking you that? Do you consider prying
into someone else’s past a part of proposal writing?”
After a long silence, Alaric gritted his teeth and said, “I’m sorry, okay?”
Victoria thought she had heard it wrong and glanced at him with confused eyes,
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wondering how the aloof man would admit his mistake, especially when it was about
such a thing.
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After releasing her hand, he bowed his head. “Don’t look at me that way. Are you writing
the proposal or not?”Perhaps it was because he apologized, so Victoria felt better. The
proposal had to be finished, but she snapped back at Alaric to maintain her dignity.
During the later hours, Alaric stopped making snarky remarks and professionally
discussed the proposal. Maybe she had been abroad for too many years, which was
why she didn’t understand much about the situation here, she was greatly enlightened
under Alaric’s guidance and reminders.
In the end, she even forgot the man used to be her ex-husband and focused all her
energy on work. There were no personal feelings in her tone, and she talked to him like
how business partners would.
When Alaric noticed that, his expression fell again.
Meanwhile, Victoria was so immersed in work that she was almost done writing the
proposal when Terrance knocked and came in to remind them it was time for lunch.
Victoria ignored him and continued to focus on her work.
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Resigned, Terrance turned to Alaric, who pursed his lips and reminded Victoria, “It’s
time for lunch.”
“Okay,” she replied but didn’t look away from the screen.
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Looking at her, Alaric doubted she heard what she said and just replied something after
hearing his voice.
As he thought, she was still in the same position and didn’t even move her head after a
few minutes.
Alaric frowned and called her again, “Victoria.”
Victoria subconsciously replied, “Just a moment.”
Not knowing what to say, he reached over and knocked on the spot beside her laptop.
“Eat first, work later.”
Having been interrupted several times, Victoria found it hard to focus, so she frowned
while shooting a displeased look at Alaric. “I’m almost done. Can you eat on your own?”
I wasn’t planning to eat with you either.
Alaric didn’t say anything after that.
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Meanwhile, Terrance watched from the side and decided to intervene. “Miss Selwyn,
though work is very important, you should take your meals on time. Otherwise, it might
harm your stomach. Take Mr. Cadogan for example, he was a workaholic before and
didn’t eat his meals on time, which is what caused his gastric bleeding.”
However, Victoria wasn’t convinced and asked, “Are you sure he suffered gastric
bleeding because he worked too much? Isn’t it because he’s always drinking in large,
amounts?”
After that, Alaric stayed silent while Terrance gave an embarrassed smile. “Alcohol is
only a factor, and the most important factor is not having meals on time. So, Miss
Selwyn, let’s have lunch.”
Victoria still wanted to finish her work, but when she heard Terrance mention Alaric’s
gastric bleeding, she suddenly realized something. It seemed like he hadn’t returned to
the hospital since being discharged.
Also, she wondered if he had been taking his medications on time because she was the
one who brought him out last time, and if something happened…
Once she thought of that, she secretly sighed before saving her work and closing the
laptop. “Fine. Let’s have lunch first.”
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If possible, she didn’t want to have a meal with him because it would make it seem like
they had reconciled. But when she remembered the guidance and reminders he gave
her this morning… Forget it. Just take it as repaying him for this morning. It’s just a
meal. It wouldn’t cause any harm.
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