Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 447

Chapter 447 

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Victoria looked at the person who showed up. It took her a while to regain her senses. Then, she strode happily to the oncoming person. “Mr. Hudson, thank God you are okay. 

I thought you…” 

Yet, as soon as Victoria approached him, Ethan took a few steps back, keeping a 

relative distance from her. In an instant, Victoria stopped and looked at Ethan with 

some puzzlement. “What’s the matter?” 

Instead of answering her, Ethan merely looked at her with his gaze as cold as ice. The 

way Ethan was currently treating her was completely different from the past. It was as 

though the two of them were strangers. Hold up! Even strangers would receive a far 

warmer treatment. Right now, Ethan’s demeanor was as if there was an enmity between 

him and Victoria. 

“Miss Selwyn, I have been waiting for your arrival,” he uttered coldly. 

Victoria could barely maintain the smile on her lips. After a while, she asked, “Are you 

alright, Mr. Hudson?” 

Unfortunately, Ethan didn’t reply to her. Instead, he stared outside the door. 

“Miss Selwyn, you came here by yourself, right? Did you fulfill your promise?” 

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For a moment, Victoria was clueless about what was going on. Even so, she had no 

choice but to nod along with Ethan’s words. 

“They sent me here and dropped me off somewhere quite far from here. I didn’t let 

them follow me in,” Victoria paused momentarily after saying that. Shortly afterward, 

she asked, “This doesn’t count as me breaking the promise, right?” 

To Victoria’s dismay, Ethan showed no response. So, she released her sigh and asked, 

“What should I do now? Where is Bane?” 

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Ethan didn’t close the door after opening it. Rather, he simply stood there in an 

imposing manner. Victoria could probably guess what would happen next upon seeing 

his reaction. Bane isn’t here. The reason he asked me to come over was merely to let 

me see Mr. Hudson. He probably wants Mr. Hudson to take me to another place. 

“Mr. Morison isn’t here.” 

“Then, where is he? How can I get in touch with him? And what about Alaric? What has 

he done to Alaric? Is Alaric currently safe? I can fulfill my promise, but I want to see that 

Alaric is safe. Otherwise, I won’t follow you anywhere.” 

Just when Victoria’s voice faded, Ethan took out his phone and handed it to her. 

Victoria glanced at the phone, and only then did she realize that Ethan had been on the 

phone all this while. It looks like Mr. Hudson and Bane were on the phone before I 

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showed up. So, this explains why Mr. Hudson is treating me so indifferently. I knew it! 

Since Mr. Hudson had saved me, there’s no way he would be so cold toward me. Now 

that she was aware of the circumstances, she took the phone. 

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“Victoria.” Sure enough, Bane’s voice came from the other end of the phone. 

“Where is Alaric?” Victoria demanded. 

“Now that you’re here, you will see him sooner or later.” 

“Since I’m here, why don’t you let me see him?” 

“Victoria, it’s not that I don’t want to let you see him. But the problem is… You won’t be 

able to see him at the moment.” 

Victoria narrowed her eyes upon hearing his words. “What do you mean? Is he not 

here?” 

“Are you trying to trick me into telling you?” 

Victoria remained silent. 

“Well, that doesn’t matter. I trust you. Since you’re here, I shall tell you that Alaric is 

currently in another country. I have already arranged his flight. Only you and Ethan will 

board the flight. I will let him go once you’re here.” 

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Victoria’s brows remained tightly furrowed throughout her conversation with Bane. 

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“Which country?” So, it turns out that Alaric is no longer in this country. Then, what’s the 

point of Mr. Levane and the others looking for him here? Since they can’t find Alaric 

here, they naturally have no clue just where to begin their search. I have to provide this 

clue to them. But how am I supposed to leave this clue to them now that I’m here? 

There’s a surveillance camera at the front door, so Bane should have installed more 

inside just to monitor my every movement; be it visible or hidden. 

Victoria bit her lower lip at that thought. Then, she heard Bane’s voice ringing out once 

more, “I can’t tell you where he is, but he will remain safe as long as you come to me. 

And by the way, I will ask Mr. Hudson to show you a photo later. Consider it a goodwill 

of sorts.” 

Goodwill? Victoria was more disgusted than impressed by Bane’s statement. He 

actually thinks I still have any faith in him!? Victoria forced herself to resist the urge 

chastise him. Eventually, she hung up without further ado and handed the phone to 

Ethan. 

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“I want to see the photo right now.” 

Ethan took the phone expressionlessly. After that, he tapped on the photo and showed 

it to Victoria. Her face instantly took on a ghastly expression when she saw the photo. 

In the photo, Alaric was on a bed. His face was pale, and he was strewn across the bed 

with a visible injury on his forehead. A layer of gauze was wrapped around the wound, 

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and there were still traces of blood seen on the gauze. 

“What the hell happened to him?” Victoria stepped forward and grabbed Ethan’s arm. 

“Why was he so badly wounded? Was Bane the one who did this to him? Is Alaric’s life 

in danger?” 

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Ethan merely glanced at Victoria’s hand that was grabbing his arm. Then, he shook her 

off expressionlessly and stepped back, keeping a distance from her. “Miss Selwyn, I’m 

afraid I don’t know anything. So, if you want to know, you should ask Mr. Morison 

yourself.” 

“Fine. I shall ask him myself.” 

Yet, Ethan didn’t pass the phone to her again after taking it back. 

“Didn’t you ask me to ask him myself? How am I supposed to call him if you don’t pass 

me the phone?” 

“Miss Selwyn, what Mr. Morison meant was that he would only tell after you have met 

him.” 

Victoria fell silent. 

After that, Ethan turned around and headed inside without another word. When Victoria 

saw this, she quickly followed after him. “When do we depart then?” 

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“Tomorrow.”