Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 457

Chapter 457 

“Let me leave.” 

Victoria was still putting up a fight. Though her voice was soft and feeble, she 

continuously reached out to push the guards out of the way. Alas, there was more than 

one person guarding the door, and if they did not make way for her, there was no way 

for her to leave. 

“I really have something important to do.” 

“What’s so important?” 

All of a sudden, a voice rang out, causing the crowd to jolt in surprise. When they 

looked over the source of the voice, they noticed that Bane had returned, and he strode 

briskly toward Victoria before entering the ward. Upon seeing his arrival, the rest 

backed out of the room, closing the door behind them. 

As she looked at the tall and handsome man before her, Victoria furrowed her delicate 

eyebrows slightly. However, she recalled that he was the one who had helped her, and it 

seemed that the two of them were quite close from his actions. With that thought, her 

trust in him grew slightly. 

“You’re back. They won’t let me leave, and they said I have to wait for you to come back.” 

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“Yeah, I went to talk to the doctor about your condition.” 

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Victoria immediately turned nervous at his mention of her condition. “My condition? Is 

there anything wrong with me?” 

Bane glanced at her. Amused by her twitchy expression, he curled his lips upward. 

“Yeah. The doctor told me that there’s a small problem.” 

“What problem?” Upon hearing that there was actually something wrong with her 

condition, she grew even more frantic. 

“This isn’t an urgent matter.” However, Bane did not answer her question and instead 

said, “Before I answer, why don’t you answer one of my questions first?” 

Victoria paused at his words. “What?” 

“When I just came back, I heard you telling the guard that you had something important 

to do.” 

Victoria nodded. 

“What is it that’s so important?” 

This question caught Victoria off guard, and she froze in place with a dazed expression. What is it that’s so important? That’s right, what important thing was I supposed to do? Why… Why can’t I remember? 

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“Hm?” Bane took a step closer, towering over her as he studied her face. “What exactly 

is so important? Tell me, will you?” 

In the next second, he watched as Victoria’s brows furrowed before she shook her 

head. “I–I don’t think I remember anymore.” 

“You don’t remember?” Bane found her words hard to believe. Just a second ago, he 

was standing outside and listening to her insist on leaving just because she claimed to 

have something important to do. 

However, she now said that she no longer remembered what it was. Was her memory 

loss an act? Was she trying to deceive him? 

“I–I really don’t remember. What exactly did I want to do?” 

She only felt as if there was something extremely important that she hadn’t done yet as 

soon as she woke up, and her instinct led her outside. When faced with questions from 

the others, she only replied reflexively as well. However, now that she had to tell him 

what it was that was so important to her, she found herself unable to utter a single 

word at all. 

“What did I want to do? What did I want to do?” 

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Slowly, Victoria began to mumble this question to herself repeatedly. The more she tried to find out, the more it seemed that her brain did not have the answer, and her 

frustration grew with every second that she was unable to recall her memories. 

She knew that there was something she had to do that was extremely important, but 

why couldn’t she remember no matter how hard she tried? Why was this happening? 

What exactly happened to her? Did she forget something important? 

Then, Bane watched as Victoria’s expression gradually turned pained, and she buried 

her head in her hands. At first, he hadn’t ruled out the possibility that she was only 

acting, but as her complexion slowly turned pale right before his eyes and the results 

from the medical examinations appeared in his mind, he realized that she was not lying. 

His gaze shifted, and he immediately stepped forward to grab her hand. “Victoria, don’t 

force yourself if you can’t remember.” 

Unfortunately, Victoria was completely lost in her own thoughts, and she could not hear 

a single word of his. 

Bane could only watch as her face turned increasingly pale and beads of sweat dotted 

her forehead. Left with no choice, he could only raise a hand and send a strike to the 

back of her neck, rendering her unconscious. After losing consciousness, Victoria soon 

collapsed limply, but he swiftly caught her and held her gently in his arms. 

His heart ached as he gazed at the unconscious girl in his embrace for a moment 

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before he picked her up and placed her back onto her bed. Then, he pulled out at handkerchief he usually carried with him, using it to wipe the sweat off her forehead. 

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It seemed that he could not allow her to force herself to recall her memories once she 

woke up. Firstly, it would not benefit him in any way if she remembered everything 

again. Secondly, if the process of her recovering her memories was filled with so much 

agony, it would be better for her to leave them forgotten. 

Thinking that, Bane slowly lowered his hand on Victoria’s fair cheeks, saying in a voice 

so soft that only he could hear, “Victoria, don’t blame me for being pathetic. I just want 

to take care of you myself.” 

When noon came, Leon showed up to see Bane, saying that there was an important 

matter he had to speak to him with. As Bane had already made up his mind, his mood 

was significantly better than before. 

“What is it?” 

“Mr. Morison, Mr. Hudson wants to see you.” 

Upon hearing Ethan’s name, Bane finally remembered that he had brought Victoria here. 

The corners of his lips tugged lightly, but before he could speak, Leon continued, “He’s 

here, and he’s waiting outside now.” 

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