Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 316

Chapter 316
However, Nathan didn’t walk forward. Instead, he stood where he was, hesitant.
“Your sister is in the car already, so what are you worried about? We can’t leave her
alone.”
With that, Victoria took Nathan’s hand and walked into the car.
Alaric truly had a firm grip on Victoria by carrying Nicole into the car.
As long as he had the children, Victoria couldn’t possibly ignore the children, so she
would do what he wanted.
When Alaric saw Victoria getting into the car, he curved his thin lips into a nice smile. A
moment later, he took Nicole in his embrace.
He wasn’t driving today. There was a driver in front, so when Victoria and Nathan got
into the car, Terrance, who was waiting outside the car, got in as well.
After Terrance got into the car, he couldn’t peel his eyes off Victoria and the two
children.
When he learned that the twins were Alaric’s children, he was extremely shocked.
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Terrance thought that Alaric would be single all his life judging by his behavior, but now
he had both a son and a daughter. How miraculous!
Also, most importantly, Alaric’s future wife was too good-looking.
While Terrance was deep in thought, he suddenly felt a cold glare on his face.
He looked in the direction of the glare, only to be met with Alaric’s cold warning look.
Alaric seemed to be communicating with his eyes, implying, ‘Why are you looking at my
wife?’
Terrance could only avert his gaze sheepishly. Alright, I get it. I’ll stop looking.
After breakfast, Alaric told the driver to send the children to school.
When they arrived at the school, Victoria got out of the car.
The teacher at the school was a little shocked when she looked and saw the two
getting out of the car together.
However, because of Victoria’s rage yesterday, the teacher didn’t dare meet Victoria’s
gaze, perhaps fearing that she would get mad at her again.
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When Victoria thought about what happened yesterday, she felt a little remorseful.
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She was just about to apologize to the teacher when Alaric’s voice sounded beside her.
“Come on, I’ll send you to work.”
When Victoria heard that, she quickly changed her mind. She frowned coldly as she
rejected Alaric’s suggestion straight away.
“No need.”
Alaric pursed his thin lips. “You didn’t drive here, right? Are you thinking of walking to
work?”
“I can go to work however I like. What does that have to do with you?”
Since the children had already entered the school compound, Victoria didn’t have to
pretend to be nice to Alaric anymore. She reverted to her original behavior, and she was
completely ruthless in her retorts.
Alaric sensed that as well.
She behaved a certain way when Nicole and Nathan were around.
However, when Nicole and Nathan were out of the picture, she turned into someone
else entirely.
Alaric was wondering how he could convince her when he saw Victoria turning around
to leave. When he saw that, he couldn’t help but walk after her.
“You’re seriously not getting into the car?”
“I’m not getting in.”
Victoria was wearing high heels, but her strides were long regardless.
It was so strange that Alaric subconsciously looked at her feet. When he confirmed
that she was wearing high heels instead of flat shoes, he was slightly shocked.
Do all women walk so fast in high heels?
Soon, Terrance caught up to them.
“Mr. Cadogan, about the company-”
When Alaric heard that, he had to stop walking.
As soon as he stopped, Victoria’s figure quickly went further. Alaric could only stand
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where he was, watching Victoria’s figure gradually getting further until it was out of
sight.
Terrance glanced in the direction Victoria went, then explained to Alaric, “Miss Selwyn
is walking toward the subway station.”
“Yeah,” Alaric responded coldly.
“Well, then, Mr. Cadogan, since Miss Selwyn already went to the subway station, why
don’t we go back to the company? There are a lot of matters to attend to, and if we
don’t do anything about them…”
Terrance didn’t continue the sentence, but Alaric understood what he wanted to say.
His thin lips slowly turned into a straight line as he looked away and said, “To the
company.”
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A long while after entering the subway station, Victoria couldn’t help but turn and look
behind her. When she noticed that no one was following her, she sighed in relief, but
she was also a little disappointed.
However, she quickly got rid of the faint emotion as she hastily bought tickets and left.
Later in the company, Victoria couldn’t focus on work. Even when she was in a meeting,
she kept getting distracted.
After making it through the minor meeting, when Henry went out after Victoria, he
couldn’t help but step forward and stop her from proceeding.
“Miss Selwyn, is it just me, or have you been feeling unwell for the past few days?”
When Victoria heard that, she paused for a moment, but she didn’t answer his question.
“Miss Selwyn, did something happen?” Henry raised an eyebrow. “Would you like to tell
me about it?”
Tell him about it?
Victoria shook her head. “It’s okay. If I tell you, you’ll be announcing it to everyone by
tomorrow.”
“Miss Selwyn, you can’t accuse me like that. I love gossip, but my mouth isn’t that loose.
I won’t spread your news everywhere, all right? Look at the company now. Not many
people here know about you and Mr. Cadogan, right?”
Victoria realized that she couldn’t refute that argument.
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There wasn’t anyone else in the company who knew about her and Alaric save for the
bespectacled man from before, but he had witnessed it in person, so he didn’t count.
Also, Henry simply liked gossip, but his mouth was sealed, just like he claimed before.
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She truly did want someone to suggest some ideas for her current situation. Her father
was getting old, so she couldn’t keep bothering him.
With Henry’s age…
At that thought, Victoria whispered, “Mr. Poole, if you and your wife divorced-‘
”
“Wait,” Henry interrupted her. “There are no ifs; I’ll never divorce my dear wife. We’re very
close to each other.”
Victoria was speechless.
Henry smiled. “Miss Selwyn, I think you can just say that it happened to one of your
friends.”
Victoria fell silent.
One of my friends? Wouldn’t that give it away… Actually, never mind. In the end, no
matter how she started the story, it wouldn’t make a difference.
At that thought, Victoria said straightforwardly, “One of my friends divorced, but she
was pregnant when it happened. In the years after that, she raised the children on her
own, and now that the children’s father learned about it, he wanted to s***h the two
children back.”
At first, Henry had gotten ready for the tea, but when Victoria told him the truth, he was
immensely shocked.
“C-Children?!”
Henry asked, “Where did they come from?”
Victoria crossed her arms and looked at him leisurely.
“She gave birth to them, of course.”
Henry fell silent.
He thought for a moment, then asked, “Two? Miss Selwyn, you’re amazing to have
given birth to twins right off the bat.”