Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 332

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Alaric’s expression froze, and his temples began to twitch, but his expression then
returned to normal, seeming to have recovered from his negative emotions just now.
“Are you thirsty? Why don’t I pour you some warm water?”
Victoria looked at him emotionlessly, and Alaric stared into her eyes for a moment
before taking the initiative to pour her a glass of warm water.
“I’ve tried it. It should be just the right temperature.”
However, Victoria only took a glance at the cup and rejected it, “I refuse.”
“You haven’t eaten anything all night and have been unconscious for so long. You
should drink some water to hydrate your throat.”
While he spoke, he even placed the cup to her lips.
Victoria frowned and turned away. “I told you. I don’t want it.”
But Alaric kept the cup in place but then took it away. “How about eating something?
What would you like?”
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At that moment, Victoria wasn’t sure what she was thinking because she gently scoffed
and rebuked, “I don’t want anything to drink or eat, and I don’t want to see you. If
you
feel guilty for what happened tonight and want to make it up to me, help me call Bane
over.”
Right after she mentioned Bane’s name, the calm Alaric instantly turned angry and
rejected her without thinking. “Impossible.”
“Okay. Then don’t stop bothering me.”
Once she said that, she tried to lie down, but her violent movement accidentally tugged
on the wound on her forehead, causing her to take in a sharp breath.
Meanwhile, Alaric noticed that, and his cold expression instantly turned nervous when
he looked at her. “Is it your wound? Does it hurt?”
His voice sounded anxious, and he even touched her shoulder. It was like the angry
Alaric from just now had disappeared.
“I don’t need your concern, and don’t touch me.” Victoria pushed his hand away but felt
so much pain that she was heaving.
“Why are you pretending to be nice to me now? I wouldn’t have gone looking for you
if
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you hadn’t taken away my children without my permission. Then, I wouldn’t have
bumped into them if I hadn’t gone looking for you, and everything else wouldn’t have
happened.”
Alaric fell silent because what she said was right. Today’s incident happened because
of his failure to deal with his relationships. He failed to protect her.
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“I’m sorry.” Alaric gently apologized. “This happened because I failed to deal with my
relationship with Claudia. But you’re unwell, so let’s not talk about this. You should take
a rest.”
While speaking, Alaric’s tone was very gentle and even somewhat careful, as though he
feared Victoria might get mad.
In fact, Victoria was mad just now but had calmed down after feeling the pain. When
she heard Alaric speaking to her so humbly, her rage dissipated even more, but she still
didn’t want to speak with him because she didn’t want to argue with him.
After lying down to lessen the pain, Victoria finally spoke. “I want to have some quiet
time alone.”
A long while later, Alaric replied, “Okay.”
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Seeing that he had agreed to her request, Victoria felt relieved, but when Alaric hadn’t
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left after a while, she frowned. “Why aren’t you heading outside?” Didn’t you agree to let
me have some time alone?
When Alaric heard that, there was a slight surprise on his pale face as he looked at her.
“I’m staying here to take care of you.”
“I don’t need you to stay with me.”
Alaric pursed his lips while looking at her and then left the room.
Meanwhile, Victoria felt at a loss for words. She wasn’t sure if she had misjudged, but
she thought Alaric’s gaze seemed aggrieved when he looked at her. But when she
realized that, she felt slightly angry as well. Why should he feel aggrieved? I’m the one
injured, not him, so why should he feel aggrieved?
Bang!
The door was closed after Alaric left the room.
Victoria gently turned her body despite the pain because she wanted to turn to the side.
where she could look at her children while lying on her side.
When she saw the two children sleeping so soundly, she could not help but wonder if it
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was because of her presence or because they knew Alaric was there.
The injury to her head made her feel uncomfortable, so she didn’t have the effort to
think about anything else and soon became feeble-minded.
Therefore, she fell asleep with her eyes half-lidded but didn’t fall fully asleep and
occasionally fell in and out of consciousness.
Sometimes, her attention would be on the person outside the ward, but her reasoning
would stop her from thinking about him.
After who knew how long of being in such a state, Victoria heard the door being
opened. It was so soft that she couldn’t hear it if the hospital wasn’t so quiet and she
was asleep. Didn’t he already leave? Why is he coming back inside?
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Since she had her back to the door, she couldn’t be sure whether the person coming in
was Alaric.
A set of soft footsteps stopped behind her a while later, and she felt a gaze stuck on
her back.
The gaze made Victoria feel uncomfortable, and she frowned before turning around.
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Once she did, she met Alaric’s dark eyes.
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In the meantime, Alaric seemed surprised to see her turn around, probably because he
didn’t expect she was still awake.
The expression on his face explained everything. He probably thought he had been
outside for long enough and could sneak back inside while she was asleep. That way,
she wouldn’t notice him coming in..
Indeed, the first thing that Alaric asked was, “Why aren’t you asleep?”
“It’s none of your business. Didn’t I say I wanted some time alone? Why did you come in
again?”
Alaric’s gaze stopped on her face for a while before looking down and parting his
slightly pale lips. “It’s cold outside.”
His voice was soft and slightly raspy from not having any sleep and being out in the
cold for so long.
Moreover, what he just said rendered Victoria unable to retort because he was only
wearing a gray garment because his coat was being used to cover the two children.
That meant that he wouldn’t be cold if he didn’t give the children his coat, but the truth
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was that he did give them his coat, and then he got chased out of the room.
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New Year’s Day was around the corner, so it was cold outside and slightly warmer
inside. However, Victoria didn’t feel much warmth despite having her covers, let alone
Alaric, who had been outside in that attire.
“Just let me stay for a while. I won’t make any sound or disturb you, okay?”
Victoria was speechless. She wouldn’t have cared if he hadn’t given the children his
coat, but now that he did, wouldn’t it be too cruel for her to reject him again?