Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 396

Chapter 396

Victoria was not the only one feeling frustrated. Summer and Erik were as well. It was

late at night, and though they had booked separate rooms, Summer came straight to

Erik’s room because they needed to discuss Victoria’s matter, and she could not sleep.

When she found him, he had just come out of the bathroom bare–chested with a towel

around his waist.

Erik wanted to speak, but Summer would not give him a chance and squeezed through.

the door, seeming like she did not notice anything inappropriate with her actions.

Once she entered the door, she began talking about Victoria. “Where do you think he

would bring Victoria?” She continued while making her way further inside the room, “It’s

a pity I haven’t interacted much with Bane during the past five years. If I knew him well,

I might be able to guess where he would bring Victoria according to his personality.”

In the meantime, Erik was still at the door, watching her walk further inside the room,

unaware he was half–naked, He turned around and looked at her hopelessly, thinking, Ist

she too naive, or does she not see me as a man, which is why she doesn’t seem

bothered by this?

While thinking of that, he closed the room’s door and opened the closet door by the

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entrance to get a bathrobe. Otherwise, she might accuse him of being a per vert after

she realized he was half–naked,

After putting on the robe, he tied the strings, only revealing a little patch of his chest.

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On the other hand, Summer finally noticed that she did not get a response from the

other after talking for so long, so she turned to look at him. She found nothing strange.

about him because he had already put on the bathrobe.

“I’ve been talking for so long, but why aren’t you reacting?”

Erik sat before her and replied, “There’s no use guessing. The capital is a huge place.”

At that, Summer felt devastated because he was right. This country’s capital is so huge,

so it was almost impossible to find someone among the many people there.

When Erik saw she was silent, he poured himself a cup of warm water and took a sip.

“Are you still not going to file a report?”

Summer bít her lips, obviously hesitant. At first, she insisted on following what Victoria

said and not calling the police, but now…. If this situation was prolonged, would she be

able to hold back her urge to call the police?

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“Have

you tried contacting Alaric?” Erik suddenly asked that question.

“Yes. You’re right. I should call him.”

Then, Summer immediately took out her phone to call Alaric again. Since he did not

answer all her previous calls, she stopped calling him. She thought her call would still

go unanswered but did not expect the call would be answered after a few rings,

followed by a cold, attractive voice. “Hello?”

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Although they had not seen each other for five years, they were so close back then that

Summer immediately recognized Alaric’s voice. But since they had not seen each other

for so long, it took her a while to wake up from her daze and tighten her grip on the

phone. “Alaric? This is Summer. You finally answered my calls. Victoria, she’s-”

Summer immediately announced who she was and was about to tell him about

Victoria’s kidnapping. However, she did not expect he would interrupt her before she

could finish. “I know what you’re talking about.”

“Huh? You found out already?” Summer was confused. How did he find out? She hadn’t

been able to contact him before just now.

“Yes.”

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“So… You rushed here to save her? Do you know where she is?”

Alaric replied almost instantly, “Where are you? I’ll get a car to grab you.”

She asked, “Don’t tell me you’re already at Mauldin’s capital?”