Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 400

Chapter 400 

Summer had been staying at the place Alaric prepared for them for several days. She 

had no way of completing her tasks at work, and due to the complexity of this matter, 

she did not foresee how many days of vacation she needed. She even thought she 

could resign at this point. However, that was just… her alone. 

The problem lay in that Erik was with her. With his position at the company, they might 

suffer huge losses if he did not return soon. It would be fine if she lost her job because 

Victoria was her best friend, but what about him? Besides the responsibility he had to 

take on after discovering Victoria’s kidnap, his task was considered done when Alaric 

came to pick them up. 

However, it had been a long time since then, and he did not seem to be heading back 

any time soon. So, Summer decided to visit him. 

Since they were living next door to each other, she heard his cold voice shortly after 

knocking. “Come in.” 

He did not open the door for me and asked me to enter? Feeling a little hesitant, she did 

not think twice and opened the door to enter the room. Once inside, she saw Erik sitting 

before his laptop with a pair of earphones, seeming to be in a meeting. 

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At that, she immediately stopped walking. If she were to interrupt during a meeting, it 

would be rude. Just as she was about to slip away, she did not expect him to look away 

from his screen and catch her action. Then, he ordered, “Come over here,” 

Summer immediately stopped and approached him after a moment’s hesitation. Then, 

she saw him pointing at a spot, indicating for her to sit there. 

Since he was her boss, she did not disobey and sat down. Once she did, she felt uneasy 

being alone with him in the room, despite the ongoing meeting. Moreover, she was 

sitting opposite him, which made her feel somewhat uncomfortable. 

At first, she maintained an upright posture but then gradually felt bored and decided to 

take out her phone to play games. She opened Candy Crush but forgot to silence her 

phone, so the game’s background music began blaring as soon as she logged onto it. 

Embarrassed, she frantically closed the application and looked toward Erik, precisely 

meeting his eyes. He gazed at her and spoke to his laptop screen, “I have some matters. 

to deal with, so the meeting’s adjourned. Clark, follow up with everything else.” 

Once he relayed all his instructions, he turned off the camera and closed his laptop. 

Now that the room had quieted down, Summer showed him the game she opened and 

smiled sheepishly. “I’m sorry. I was… Did I disturb you? I didn’t do it on purpose.” 

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“Were you bored?” he asked. 

She shook her head. “No. I didn’t know how long your meeting is, so I decided to play 

some games but forgot to put it on silent.” 

“Okay.” He nodded. “Why were you looking for me?” 

“About that… Actually, I was hoping to thank you for accompanying me here.” 

Her sudden appreciation surprised him, and he raised an eyebrow. “And?” 

“And I meant to ask… It’s been quite a while since we’ve been here, so aren’t you going 

to return to the company?” 

“Oh, I see. You want me to leave?” 

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Summer quickly waved her hand and denied, “No, of course not. But you must be busy, 

being company president and all. Plus, you’ve been staying here for several days. I’m 

just worried it might affect your work.” 

He was just having a meeting, which showed how much work he had to finish. 

“Being a company’s president…” After repeating that twice, Erik stayed silent for a 

moment before smiling. “Yes, you’re right. I’ve put off quite a lot of work these days.” 

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“So, you’re-” 

“So, how will you compensate me for that?” 

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Dumfounded, Summer wondered how the tables had turned. She meant to say that he 

should return if he had a lot of work to do at the company. Who would have thought he 

would ask about compensation? 

With that thought in mind, she asked, “I’m just a mere employee. What can I do to 

compensate you?” 

Hearing that, Erik smiled. “Are you sure you have nothing to compensate me with? How 

can you have so little confidence in yourself?” 

That rendered her speechless. She pursed her lips while looking at him sternly, slowly 

having a strange feeling about this conversation. “Mr. Ludson, are you…” 

With a raised eyebrow, he asked, “Am I what?” 

“Are you looking to wait until this ends and I return to the company to exploit me even 

more? Or would you take away my year–end bonus? Fine. Although it sounds scary, you 

did help me this time, so I’ll let you exploit me all you want.” 

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When she got to that, her expression had become indignant. 

However, he felt at a loss for words. He rubbed his temples, sinking in the fact that 

someone was slow–witted. Forget it. Let’s take it slow. He took off his earphones and 

changed the topic. “Is there still no news about your friend?” 

“Nope.” At the mention of that, Summer felt slightly worried again. “I thought Alano 

would be reliable. He had a general direction but still couldn’t find anything. It’s so