Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 408

Chapter 408 

The two kids cowered behind her simultaneously, their hands clinging to her shirt. 

Having braced herself, Victoria flung the door open after unlocking it. The words she 

had intended to say rushed out of her mouth. “I’ll go with you guys. Just don’t hurt my 

kids and-” 

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However, before she could finish her sentence, she felt everything go black before her 

eyes; she was wrapped in an embrace. “Get off-” Realizing what was happening, she 

subconsciously tried to shove the person away, only to be startled when a familiar 

scent assailed her nostrils. This is… 

Just then, the man tightened his arms around her, holding her tightly as if to make her a 

part of his own body. 

Even so, Victoria didn’t feel any pain at all. Her eyes glistened, misting over with tears in 

only an instant. At the same time, she heard the two kids cry out behind her, “Mr. Night!” 

It’s him. It really is him! 

She never thought that it was actually Alaric who had come looking for her. She never 

mentioned him over the phone with Summer earlier, and perhaps due to the urgent 

Chapter 408 Are You Sure You Want to Go With Him? 

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situation, she didn’t hear Summer mention him either. Not knowing if Summer had told 

the man about this, she thought he was still in the dark about what had happened. In 

her heart, she never expected him to come to her rescue. 

But little did she think Alaric would show up in front of her without warning. 

She gently pushed him away with her hands pressing his chest. However, this tiny 

movement seemed to provoke him, causing him to clasp her to his chest once again. 

Not expecting him to tightly embrace her again, Victoria was startled. She rested her 

chin on the man’s shoulder. 

At the sight of this, Terrance let out a cough with his hand over his mouth. “Ahem! Mr. 

Cadogan, we’d better get out of here now. Otherwise, we might have a bit of trouble if 

we come across their men again.” 

Only then did the large hands that had been holding onto Victoria relax their grip before 

slowly letting go. After taking a step back, Alaric looked down at her, who had visibly 

lost a great deal of weight. His thin lips almost compressed into a thin line in 

displeasure. He placed his hand on top of her head, then brought it down to cup her 

cheek. All he said was, “You’ve lost weight.” 

Hearing this from the man, Victoria couldn’t help but burst into tears, having held back 

her tears just now. 

Alaric tenderly wiped her tears away before bending down to kiss her on the eyelids. He 

said in a husky voice, “Let’s go home.” With that, he took her by the hand and led her out 

of the washroom stall. 

The two little ones threw themselves at him from behind. “Mr. Night!” 

Alaric’s lips curled into a smile as he patted them on the head. “Uh–huh. It’s been a 

while, sweeties.” 

Back in the country, the twins had noticed signs of a thawing relationship between their 

mother and Alaric. And now, this was his first time showing up in front of them while 

they were on the run in a foreign country, which felt like a much–needed rain after a long 

drought. Therefore, one might as well say that they became very well–disposed to him 

at this moment. They said to Terrance, “Hi, Mr. Levane.” 

Terrance came over and took them by the hand to keep them from bothering Victoria 

and his boss. He said to them, “Come on, let me get you two out of here now.” 

“Wait a minute.” Victoria stopped him as she recalled something. “Nicole’s foot is hurt,” 

she explained. After that, she went over and tried to pick the girl up. 

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Before she crouched down, however, she was stopped by Alaric. “Let me do it.” He bent 

down and picked Nicole up on his own, upon which Nicole threw her arms around his 

neck, saying, “Thank you, Mr. Night.” 

“Let’s go.” 

Victoria took Nathan by the hand and walked on as they left the place together. 

Unexpectedly, just when they reached the entrance, a group of people surrounded 

them, blocking their way completely. 

Victoria’s heart sank at the sight of these people. “It’s their men.” 

Alaric instinctively pulled her toward him with his arms around her. “I’m here.” 

Victoria also leaned closer to him unconsciously. After pursing her lips, she asked, “You 

didn’t call the police, did you?” 

Alaric paused for a moment before lowering his eyes to look at her. “Why? Are you 

worried that I’d 

call the police to get him arrested?” 

Victoria’s eyes lowered under the gaze of the man’s pitch–black eyes. “I don’t want to 

hurt him. He helped me a lot in the past, after all.” 

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“He’s hurting you right now.” 

“He only took me away, but he didn’t hurt me,” stressed Victoria. “He didn’t hurt me and 

the kids.” 

Alaric frowned slightly. It was true that he didn’t call the police: Nevertheless, he 

couldn’t help feeling jealous deep down when he saw Victoria defend and speak for 

Bane like this in front of himself. 

Just then, Bane stepped out of the crowd, cutting short their conversation. As soon as 

he stepped out, he accurately spotted Victoria among the crowd with his gaze. He fixed 

his eyes on her, as if he hadn’t noticed Alaric at all. 

Fixed by the man’s stare, Victoria pursed her lips. Just when she subconsciously tried 

to avoid his gaze, Alaric wrapped his arms around her. After clasping her to his chest, 

he looked straight into Bane’s eyes, as if wanting to declare her his in a fit of 

possessiveness. 

Seeing the large hand on Victoria’s supple waist, Bane finally shifted his gaze a little to 

meet Alaric’s. A moment later, he curled his lips into a smile. “It’s been a while.”