Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 445

Chapter 445 

It was an unknown number. 

It wasn’t just Victoria. Everyone in the car subconsciously sat straighter when they 

heard the sudden ringing, which pierced through the silence, Jarring them from their 

worries. 

Terrance stared at the phone nervously before turning to look at Victoria, requesting, 

“Miss Selwyn, can you put the call on speaker when you answer it later?” 

Victoria hummed in agreement. Her face was devoid of any expression when she 

answered the call and turned on the speaker. When everyone in the car saw this, they 

reflexively tempered their breathing, worried that the other party would hear that there 

were interlopers in this supposedly private conversation. 

When she picked up the call, she parted her lips before finally saying, “Hello?” 

Cheerful and low–pitched laughter sounded from the other end of the phone, followed 

by Bane’s voice, “You came, indeed, and faster than I imagined.” 

Victoria replied nothing. As expected, Bane knows my every movement. Well, I’m the 

least bit surprised. Given his capability and connections, he can certainly track my 

movements with relative ease. He doesn’t have to specifically trace my whereabouts 

either since he was the one who gave me the incentive to go abroad. Besides, he 

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simply has to ask any of my acquaintances, and they will gladly tell him anything he 

wants to know. 

“It seems that he truly holds a significant spot in your heart, eh…” 

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Victoria sensed a tinge of dissatisfaction in Bane’s voice when he dragged out the last 

letter of his sentence. 

“Otherwise, you wouldn’t be so anxious.” 

She couldn’t help furrowing her brows when she heard Bane saying that. After a while, 

her face became placid as she said flatly, “The anxious one is you, no? After all, you are 

the one who has a clear grasp on all my movements.” 

In fact, Victoria even suspected that Bane knew what her current facial expression was. 

“Heh… You’re right, though. In that case, let’s just think of me as the anxious one.” 

“Now that I’m here, do you mind telling me how Alaric’s current condition is?” 

“There’s no rush. Since you are already here, there’s no reason for me to harm him.” 

Victoria frowned. What a presumptuous statement! I’ve never thought that Bane would 

end up this way. She took in a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, before 

continuing, “What do you want for his release? Also, what’s your proof to show that he 

is with you? Where’s the evidence?” 

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“Victoria.” Bane started calling her name again, “Based on how close we are, do I 

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honestly still need to provide any evidence? You should know well if I’m telling the truth, 

no?” 

Meanwhile, Terrance, who sat next to Victoria, frowned upon hearing Bane’s words. He 

would have criticized Bane if he wasn’t worried about angering the clearly unstable 

man. 

However, before Terrance could express his displeasure, Bane’s voice sounded once 

more, “Otherwise, you wouldn’t have left the country so soon, would you?” 

Victoria pursed her lips and asked, “What do you want?” 

Bane fell silent for a moment. Then, he replied, “You know what I want.” 

She bit her lower lip in response. 

“I will wait for you at the same place. Come alone,” he instructed. 

Terrance tried to voice his protest upon hearing those words. However, Victoria 

stopped him before he could jeopardize things. Nevertheless, Victoria attempted to 

achieve a semblance of a compromise with Bane after pondering things over. “I can’t 

possibly do that. I have zero idea what you will do to me after going there alone.” 

“You’re the one I want. I promise you I won’t harm Alaric as long as you make your way 

to me.” 

Victoria felt her frown deepen. Even though I really don’t want to go there alone, I’m also 

aware that he won’t harm me. After all, Bane didn’t injure Alaric when he took me away 

back then. Well, perhaps Bane let his guard down that time because he didn’t expect 

that Mr. Hudson would betray him and abscond with me. Otherwise, I would most likely 

still be held captive in that place right now. 

“I will wait for you, Victoria.” 

She immediately had a bad feeling after she heard that. “Don’t…” Unfortunately, she was 

too slow and was too late to stop him, for Bane immediately ended the call just as she 

anxiously tried to say something. 

Beep… Beep… Beep… The dial tone pierced through the air, making the atmosphere in 

the car tenser. 

After a while, Terrance took the phone. “Miss Selwyn, uh…” 

“Stop looking at the phone. You probably can’t get through even if you call that number. 

Bane has disposed of it.” Bane has made himself clear. He wants me to go over and 

meet him. In addition, I will have to make this trip alone. Otherwise, he won’t comply. 

Moreover, the reason he is so confident is that he knows he has leverage over us. He 

has a clear sight of my movements, yet he hasn’t ordered his men to approach me at 

all. Instead, he wants me to go on my own free will. Victoria closed her eyes. It seems 

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that Alaric is indeed in his hands. What the hell happened? How did Alaric lose to 

Bane? Did Bane pull one over Alaric? 

“Miss Selwyn, you can’t go!” Terrance uttered angrily. “He’s just baiting you.” 

“Yes, I can tell. What of it? Do you have any idea on how to locate Alaric’s 

whereabouts?” 

He stared at her, unable to find the words to retort. After a while, he said, “The men we 

deployed are already trying their hardest to track Mr. Cadogan.” When he saw that 

Victoria was ignoring him, he added, “I’m sorry, Miss Selwyn. I’ve been incompetent. I 

should have stayed behind and helped Mr. Cadogan in the first place.” 

There was really no point in placing the blame when things had gone this far. None of 

this would help matters at all. Besides, Victoria couldn’t be bothered to think of 

what–ifs. Still, she comforted Terrance, “Don’t think that way. This has nothing to do 

with you. Instead, you guys were dragged into this mess all because of me.” 

“Don’t say that, Miss Selwyn. You and Mr. Cadogan have been a couple long before 

Bane was in the picture. Moreover, the children who were taken away were Mr. 

Cadogan’s children too. Of course, he would save you. As for me, I work for Mr. 

Cadogan, so naturally, I have to protect you from harm too.” 

Now that they had heard each other out, there was really no point in continuing this 

discussion, for they knew it was pointless. 

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After approximately more than ten seconds of silence, Terrance took the initiative to