Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 434

Chapter 434 

Mary could see Victoria and two kids–a girl and a boy at her sides. Both of them looked 

very similar, and clearly, they were twins. Earlier, she was beyond shocked when 

Terrance called her, “Kids? Are they Alaric’s children?” 

“Yes, Mrs. Cadogan.” 

“What? Victoria has kids with Alaric? How old are they?” 

After Terrance told her that the children were already five years old, and a pair of twins 

at that, she almost cried tears of joy. In the past, Alaric appeared uninterested in 

anyone, and Victoria didn’t want to be in contact with them anymore. So, she reckoned 

that she wouldn’t have the chance to be a grandmother because Alaric would never 

find himself another partner and she needed a lot of time to take this all in. 

Finally, she convinced herself that it was not a big deal not to have grandchildren. Her 

son was still alive, and she shouldn’t worry whether he would ever have children of his 

own. Since Alaric wasn’t bothered by this, all the less reason for her to be. Yet, she 

didn’t expect a surprise to come knocking on her door so quickly. While she was still 

distressed that she didn’t have any grandchildren, she suddenly ended up with two. 

Although they were still quite a distance away, she could clearly see that the children 

had delicate, sculptured features and were especially attention–catching while they 

walked on the streets. More importantly, those little faces looked especially similar to 

Alaric’s. 

Before she came, the servant at home overheard her phone call and couldn’t help but 

ask before she left the house, “Mrs. Cadogan, Miss Selwyn has already left for five 

years, right? How could she have Mr. Alaric’s children? Could this be a trap? Are the 

children really to Mr. Alaric’s?” 

Although Mary hadn’t met the children yet, her face darkened when she heard the 

servant disparaging Victoria like that. “You’re paid to do your job here, not gossip,” she 

scoffed. 

The servant jumped from her sudden outburst and curled into herself. “I’m sorry, Mrs. 

Cadogan. I shouldn’t have shot my mouth off, but… I’m just saying this because I’m 

worried that Mr. Alaric is getting scammed. I don’t mean anything by it.” 

“Do you think you’re smarter than Alaric? Don’t you think he’d know if he’s scammed? 

You’re in no position to question this.” The servant fell silent, not daring to say another 

word. “If I hear anything like this again, all of you will be fired!” 

She had no doubts because she believed in Alaric’s judgment. Furthermore, Victoria 

had saved her family, and she thought that even if the children were not Alaric’s, they 

had mistreated her so dreadfully in the past that they should help her to raise her 

children as a way of repaying her. 

Nevertheless, there wasn’t a shard of suspicion in her heart when she saw the tiny 

faces that resembled Alaric. They are definitely Alaric’s children. Who else could their 

father be when they looked so much like him? 

She was so delighted that she felt her heart racing as they got closer. I’m going to be a 

grandmother! In the past, she was envious when she saw others boasting about their 

grandchildren, and it was finally her turn now. Her plastic friends within the wealthy 

class would always show off their grandchildren in front of her and even asked her 

questions about Alaric. Such as, why didn’t he have children after being married for so 

long? Was Victoria unfit to have babies? Sometimes, they’d recommended doctors 

from abroad and suggested she bring Victoria for treatment. 

Although Mary had retorted sarcastically at that time, she was still fuming after 

returning home when she recalled their gleeful, arrogant faces. Regardless, she had 

never rushed Alaric and Victoria, who were still married to each other, because she 

respected their decisions and thought that elders shouldn’t interfere in their children’s 

relationships. 

When she was young, getting pregnant with Alaric was far from planned. Initially, she 

wanted to spend more time alone with her husband. Besides, Griselda didn’t pressure 

them, either. Hence, she lived a loving, blissful life with Adrian until she accidentally got 

pregnant one day. 

Since that was her own experience, she didn’t intend to rush Victoria and Alaric. Yet, 

they got a divorce and Victoria even left the country. After that, more people flaunted 

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their grandchildren in front of her, but she couldn’t be bothered to snap back at them 

and merely smiled in reply. Nonetheless, she canceled the collaboration with the two 

companies after returning home, scaring the other parties so terribly that they came to 

her house that very same night to plead with her. They admitted that it was their fault 

and begged the Cadogan Family to let them off the hook. 

For a few years after that, all was peaceful, and she didn’t carry any hope for 

grandchildren. But now… They’re close, she thought in excitement as she watched 

them getting closer and couldn’t help but crouch down. 

Victoria already caught sight of Mary and Adrian from a distance. It had been years 

since she last saw Mary, but she barely changed, still looking as beautiful as she always 

did. She even flashed them a bright smile from afar. Then, she crouched down in front 

of her children and opened her arms wide. 

“Kids, they’re your grandparents,” Victoria said softly. 

She already spoke about this with the kids on the plane earlier, so they greeted Mary 

and Adrian after she pointed them out. 

“How are you, Grandpa and Grandma?” 

As the kids were still unfamiliar with them, they appeared a little wary when they looked 

at them. Mary didn’t take it to heart and even had tears in her eyes when the kids 

addressed her as ‘Grandma‘.