Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 392

Chapter 392 

Ethan left the room after more than ten minutes. 

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Victoria remained on the couch silently after he had gone. It would be surprising if Bane 

had turned out normal after what had happened. As it turned out, Mrs. Morison hadn’t 

just killed herself but had become insane before she did, chattering nonsense and even 

harming her own son. Bane had been scolded and abused by her, suffering countless 

injuries as a result. However, he hadn’t retaliated nor made light of it probably because 

he pitied his mother for ending up like this at such a young age. 

It had been Old Mr. Morison who eventually discovered this and rescued Bane. She had 

committed suicide the day that Old Mr. Morison took him away, which resulted in an 

uproar within the family. Old Mr. Morison wasn’t like Bane’s father in that the former 

maintained a rigid household and put his morals first, so he immediately rescinded 

Bane’s father’s power and made Bane the next successor to the Morisons‘ family 

business. 

Old Mr. Morison had wanted to get rid of the heavily pregnant mistress who had 

wanted to marry into the family, but he didn’t do so because of her condition. Instead, 

he had taken her away for a paternity test and only allowed her to remain after he knew 

the child was a Morison. 

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Meanwhile, Bane didn’t have anyone to comfort him after being traumatized by his 

family experiences and his mother but had to face continuous training as the family 

successor. He was soon an extremely suitable successor, but his heart had become 

stone cold as well. 

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The reason Ethan had thought Bane to be mad all stemmed from the mistress who had 

given birth to a daughter. Since she couldn’t get a son during her first attempt, she 

refused to give up and tried to get pregnant again afterward. 

After succeeding, she had tried to show off in front of Bane, yet her young daughter 

hadn’t known anything at all. The girl treated him as a close relative after seeing him 

daily and wanted hugs from Bane. The girl had been several years old by then and 

spread her arms toward him while standing beside him. Bane had then looked down at 

her and studied her face before kneeling in front of her. 

“B–bane. Hug me.” 

There was a smile lingering at his mouth as he stroked her face with his finger. “Who 

asked you to call me that?” 

“Bane!” 

“Who asked you to call me that?” Bane asked again after getting no reply. 

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However, the girl couldn’t answer him at all. Bane smiled slightly, though his voice was 

freezing. “Is this the useless piece of rubbish she has worked so hard to give birth to? 

She’s several years old already but cannot understand a simple question.” 

Ethan had stood behind Bane and didn’t know how to answer that since it was far too 

awkward. Ethan had wanted to say that Bane shouldn’t expect too much from a small 

child. Had it been his biological sister, would Bane call her useless? 

It hadn’t been serious at that point since the attack had been verbal, but soon the girl 

had snuck into Bane’s arms to demand a hug. However, he had emotionlessly pushed 

her away and caused her to fall to the ground. The child was too young and only knew 

that it hurt, but the only way she knew how to express it was by crying. 

The Morison genes were extremely prominent. Even though she had been birthed by 

the mistress, the girl bore no resemblance to her mother at all and looked a lot like 

Bane’s father. That meant that the girl’s eyes looked similar to Bane’s. No one would 

have suspected anything from their appearances if the two of them were claimed to be 

biological siblings. 

After the child had burst into tears, Bane knelt there and watched the child sob as if 

watching a performance. The sounds of a child crying should have been annoying, yet 

he had looked as if he was enjoying a beautiful melody. When he had had enough, he 

asked someone to cover the child’s mouth and drag her away. The child never came to 

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look for him after that. 

It was this occurrence which made Ethan think that Bane had a psychopathic 

inclination. At the very least, Bane wasn’t normal in terms of his mental health. Bane 

should visit a psychiatrist, but Ethan did not dare bring it up for fear that he would be 

targeted as well. 

Victoria still didn’t understand what Bane was thinking. Had he put her under house 

arrest just because he fancied her, or because he couldn’t stand the thought of her 

being ripped away from him? 

At that thought, she massaged the spot between her eyebrows. If Bane truly had 

mental issues, then the entire thing had become slightly complicated. 

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She remained in her room for a while before going off to find her children and 

accompany them. Soon, the butler came to see her. He informed her that the kitchen 

had prepared some pre–meal desserts and invited them to go downstairs to enjoy the 

food. 

She paused and did not accept it, instead asking the butler, “Where’s Bane? I want to 

see him.” 

“Uh… Mr. Morison has gone out on business.” 

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Victoria noted a strange look flashing across his face when she asked the question and 

instantly became alert. “What sort of business?” 

However, Donald had already reoriented himself. “Miss Selwyn, I’m not so clear on the 

details. I’m merely his butler and don’t know anything regarding his personal schedule.” 

How could she ever believe that Bane’s butler didn’t know his schedule?