Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 419

Chapter 419 

The couch was large, so even when Victoria lay on it, there was still a little space left. 

Alaric sat there, watching her lie down behind him and quickly occupy more than half of 

the space. 

He pursed his thin lips and eventually couldn’t control himself from asking, “Aren’t those 

for me?” 

Victoria lay there, meeting his gaze. 

“Yes.” 

“Then?” 

If those were for him, why was she lying here? If those weren’t for him, why did she say 

those were? 

Alaric couldn’t understand. 

Just when he was baffled, Victoria suddenly spoke, “I’m here to accompany you.” 

Alaric paused, and after a moment, his gaze underwent a slight change. If his eyes 

were clear and bright before, they now became dark and gloomy. His gaze locked onto 

her like a hunter targeting its prey. 

Despite knowing that his wound would cause pain if he moved too much, he still 

leaned closer to her. Lowering his voice, he asked, “You want to accompany me? Are 

you sure?” 

Feeling the sudden warmth approaching, Victoria instinctively shrank back, and her 

heartbeat quickened. Realizing that his thin lips were close to hers, she quickly pulled 

the blanket in front of her, covering her mouth and preventing any sudden attack from 

Alaric. 

As expected, her action caught Alaric’s attention. He looked at her with raised 

eyebrows. 

“You came over to accompany me, so what are you afraid of?” 

His words provoked Victoria’s dissatisfaction, and she retorted, “I’m worried that you 

might have a fever at night or some other problem. I’m here to accompany you, not for 

anything else. If you dare to have any other thoughts, I’ll leave right now.” 

After Victoria finished speaking, as if afraid that he wouldn’t believe her, she stood up, 

wanting to take the blanket and leave. 

“Don’t go.” Alaric reached out to stop her. Due to the urgency of the movement, it 

seemed to strain his wound, causing him to groan heavily. Then, because of the severe 

pain, his movement stopped. 

Hearing his groan, Victoria’s expression also changed. Just as she was about to say 

something, she saw him force a pale smile as he looked at her. 

“Why are you angry? Look at my current state. With every slight movement I make, it 

hurts so much. What can I do for you? Even if I really want to do something to you, my 

body doesn’t allow it.” 

Victoria looked at him. Although he was saying that, his eyes appeared deep and 

covetous. His body was weak, that was true, but his aura seemed as if he could pounce 

on her and devour her in the next second. 

Thinking of this, Victoria said, “Then don’t look at me like this.” 

Upon hearing this, Alaric paused and then asked in return, “How am I looking at you?” 

“Just like you are now.” 

Although he hadn’t done anything to her, his gaze was more embarrassing than 

anything he could do to her. 

During intimate moments, at least their eyes didn’t meet, but now, he kept staring at 

her. 

Such a gaze made her feel a little overwhelmed. 

Alaric suddenly laughed softly. 

“Snowball, isn’t this request a bit too much? I can’t touch or hold the woman I love who’s 

sitting next to me, and now I can’t even look at her?” 

After speaking, his gaze became even more provocative. 

Victoria was speechless. 

She couldn’t take it anymore. 

She had to sit up on her knees and push Alaric’s head to the other side, making him. 

look elsewhere. 

“Can’t you just look elsewhere?” 

As Alaric’s head was pushed to the side, he found it amusing. In less than a second, he 

turned his head back, and his thin lips brushed against the palm of her hand as she 

hadn’t had time to move it away. 

The soft touch on her palm made Victoria instinctively want to retract her hand, but 

before she could react, it was held tightly by Alaric. 

The moment their skin touched, Victoria felt the warmth in his palm burning like fire. 

He lowered his head and reverently kissed the palm of her hand. 

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Victoria felt an itchy sensation in her heart. She wanted to pull her hand back, but 

Alaric’s grip was strong, and she had no way to free her hand. She could only watch as 

his thin lips slowly moved from her palm to her fingers. 

During this time, Victoria struggled in vain. Although Alaric was currently injured, his 

strength was still beyond what she could match. The most important thing was that 

Victoria was afraid that struggling too much would affect his wound. In this state, she 

felt dazed… 

It was only when he finished kissing every finger, planted a kiss on her neck, and 

wanted to go further down that Victoria suddenly came to her senses. 

“No…” 

“No!” Victoria suddenly grabbed his greedy hands. 

“You’re still injured.” 

Alaric’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down, and he looked at her with deep eyes. 

His voice was incredibly hoarse as he said, “It’s fine; it’s just a minor injury.” 

Just a minor injury? 

Victoria could hardly believe it. When she was tending to his wound earlier, he was in so 

much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat. The veins on his forehead even bulged 

out. Moreover, if the wound were any deeper, it could have been fatal. Now, he was 

saying it was just a minor injury? 

“No!” Victoria firmly refused to let him continue. She pressed her hand against his 

chest, not allowing him to approach her even the slightest bit. 

At this moment, for Alaric, although the wound still hurt, another emotion began to 

dominate. He now only cared about whether this could continue. 

As for the pain from his wound, he had long pushed it to the back of his mind.