Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 477

Chapter 477 

Bane frowned when he heard Victoria had not been eating well. 

“Did Mr. Hudson not stop by?” he asked. 

Jessie nodded. “He did.” 

Then, a thought seemed to have struck her as she curiously asked him, “What does that 

have to do with Miss Selwyn, though?” 

In her eyes, he was acting strange. 

He liked Victoria, right? Was the most important task at hand not figuring out why she 

refused to eat? Why was he asking about Ethan? 

In Bane’s mind, Ethan’s visit meant Victoria should be feeling better since she now 

knew that Alaric had safely left captivity. Why… 

He pursed his lips. “I’ll check in on her.” 

“Yes, sir.” 

She opened the door for him, 

Inside the room, the curtains were completely closed, causing the room to be so dark 

that it was barely lit by the few specks of light shining through the gaps between the 

curtains and the wall. 

However, that was enough to grant him a clear view of the room. 

The room was silent with Victoria curled up in a blanket, leaving only her head covered 

in dark hair exposed. 

He had wanted to turn on the table lamp but eventually stopped as he was afraid of 

waking her up. Hence, he stood there and patiently waited for her to wake up. 

Although she was in a deep sleep, her breathing came out in uneven bursts. Just like 

the doctor said, she was not sleeping well. She seemed to be plagued by dreams that 

filled her with terror while her eyelids and lashes quivered. 

It did not take long before her entire body started trembling. In the ten or so minutes he 

had been standing there, her forehead went from dry to drenched in a cold sweat. 

His heart twisted with agony. Looking at her made him feel like a knife was slowly being 

slid into his heart. 

The hands hanging down his sides clenched into fists. 

Why did this happen? 

She knew that Alaric was gone, right? 

Was that not her only source of distress? 

The urge to wake her up kept swelling in him, and he kept pushing it down. Finally, he 

turned to leave the room. 

Jessie had been waiting outside. When he finally left the room, she hurriedly asked, 

“How is she, Mr. Morison? Is she finally willing to eat something?” 

He pursed his lips with upset in his eyes. 

“She has not woken up. Stand guard over her. Let me know as soon as she wakes up.” 

She nodded. 

“Yes, Mr. Morison.” 

When he left, he happened to lock gazes with Ethan who was standing a few feet away. 

When Bane saw Ethan looking at him, he gestured for Ethan to come closer. 

“Mr. Morison,” Ethan greeted. 

“Walk with me.” 

Ethan worriedly glanced in the direction of Victoria’s room before swiftly following 

Bane. 

In the study room, Bane questioned, “Are you sure you told her Alaric has safely 

departed from here? She really believed you?” 

Ethan nodded. 

“Yes, sir. I told her as soon as I could. She did not doubt a word I said and 

wholeheartedly believed me.” 

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A thought then struck Ethan. “Do you not trust me, Mr. Morison? Did you want to tell her 

the news yourself?” 

Bane calmly shot him a look. “When the doctor checked in on her, he said she might be 

suffering from psychological distress. That’s why she refuses to eat anything.” 

Realization dawned on Ethan. 

“You mean to say that you sent Mr. Cadogan away since it might be a source of her 

distress? As long as we tell her that, she will stop worrying and start eating, right?” 

Bane’s silence confirmed Ethan’s guess. 

“In that case, the matter should be solved now,” Ethan said. 

Bane stared at him. 

“Has it?” There was an icy tone to his voice. “If she is under no distress, then why does 

she still refuse to eat?” 

As Ethan had been hovering nearby the entire day, he knew that Bane had sent Victoria 

a feast earlier that day. However, Victoria did not eat anything as she did not feel like 

eating. 

At first, Ethan did not pay attention to her appetite. He merely thought she did not eat 

much in the first place, leading him to think that was the source of her slim figure. He 

had not expected the amount of food she did consume to be that little. 

However, after the last two days, he finally noticed something off about her eating 

habits. 

Her issue was not a small appetite. She basically had no appetite. If he could sense 

that, so could Bane. 

Naturally, it was not his place to worry about that. 

Still, it was clear that Bane was at a loss for what to do. 

What did the doctor say? 

After mulling it over, Ethan tentatively suggested, “If she refuses to eat still, perhaps 

there might be other sources for her distress?” 

“Is that so? Tell me, what are they?” Bane shot back. 

Chapter 477 Other Sources of Distress 

Ethan did not know the answer, and silence fell in the room. 

After a few long minutes, Ethan boldly proclaimed, “You should know that better than 

anyone, Mr. Morison. You’ve known her since you two were children. You know her 

better than anyone else along with her likes and dislikes.” 

“Are you lecturing me, Mr. Hudson?” 

Ethan lowered his head. “No.” 

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“Go out and stand guard over her,” Bane ordered, likely because he did not want to hear