Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 479

Chapter 479 

Victoria is right; before she lost her memories, I would not have expected her to fall for 

1. me. After what I’ve done to her, how could I expect her to like me? I can only dare to 

hope that she will continue to be by my side, that I will continue to take care of her, and 

that she will eventually get used to being around me. 

Seeing that Bane was lost in thought, Victoria knew she had hit the bullseye. Then, she 

said coldly, “Anyway, I’m here now and didn’t break any promises. I still have the 

freedom to do what I want and refuse anything I don’t want, right?” 

He could only nod in response to her statements. “Yes, that’s right.” 

“So, can you get out now?” 

When Bane heard that, he didn’t say another word and stared at Victoria for a long time. 

In the end, he had no choice but to concede defeat as he said, “All right, I’ll leave, but 

you have to eat something at least. If you don’t want to go downstairs, I’ll get someone 

to send meals to your room.” 

Perhaps, fearing that she would decline, he left right after saying that. 

After Bane left, there was a moment of silence before Victoria heard the door close 

behind him. He’s gone. It was only then that she let out a sigh of relief, then sat on the 

side of the bed. The earlier incident terrified her so much that she broke out in cold 

sweat because she feared he would do something to her unexpectedly. In the past, she 

had been able to act casually around him because she was unaware of this side of him, 

but after seeing it for herself, she realized she needed to be on guard at all times. What 

if he began acting irrationally one day? At that thought, she closed her eyes. 

A while later, there was a knock at the door, followed by Jessie’s voice. “Miss Selwyn, 

Mr. Morison asked the kitchen staff to send you something to eat.” 

When Victoria heard that, she opened her eyes again. “Come in.” 

Jessie opened the door and entered with a plate of various foods on it, and the 

delicious aroma wafted through the air. 

As Victoria took in the smell, she frowned slightly. 

“Miss Selwyn, the kitchen staff made all sorts of food today. Which would you like to 

eat?” 

The food is exquisitely prepared, and it is clear that the chef exerted great effort to 

create a dish that would please those eating it. The presentation is very appetizing. 

Those were Victoria’s subconscious thoughts. These are all the foods I have loved in 

the past, but now… 

“You should start with some soup, Miss Selwyn.” Then, Jessie grabbed a bowl of the 

chicken soup the chefs had laboriously prepared. The soup had a pleasant aroma 

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because many spices had been added to mask the chicken taste. She gently scooped 

up some soup with a spoon and held it to Victoria’s lips, hoping she would at least take 

a sip. With her current condition, even a spoonful of soup would be beneficial. 

The moment when the spoon was bought near Victoria’s mouth, she felt like throwing. 

1. up. “Blech-” She was initially frowning, but when she caught a whiff of the scent, her 

stomach immediately began to churn, and she could not control herself as she retched. 

Immediately after that, she reached up, covered her mouth, and ran toward the 

bathroom. 

Jessie was shocked out of her senses. When she heard the retches coming from the 

bathroom, she finally collected herself and ran toward the bathroom. “Miss Selwyn, are 

you okay?” At that moment, her face was even paler than Victoria’s. She thought that 

she must have gotten herself into trouble. Victoria couldn’t eat anything in the first 

place, but she had held the chicken soup in front of Victoria, causing her to retch like 

this. Could Miss Selwyn proceed to eat anything after this? I’m done for. At this 

realization, she began to worry about her future. 

Meanwhile, Victoria leaned against the sink, retching for a long while. Her stomach was 

churning, but she hadn’t eaten anything recently, and she didn’t even drink much water 

today, so her stomach was empty. There was nothing for her to throw up. Ultimately, 

she ran out of energy, and Jessie helped her out of the bathroom. Then, she lay limply 

on the couch. 

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Jessie noticed that her face was as white as a sheet, and strands of black hair clung to 

her forehead because of the sweat. She looks so helpless and looks very pitiful. How 

did things turn out like this? 

She looked at Victoria, her heart aching for the latter. Then, she bit her lower lip and 

said with reddened eyes, “Miss Selwyn-” 

On the other hand, Victoria took a long time to recover. She had just come to her 

senses when she heard Jessie crying. She looked up to see Jessie looking at her with 

teary eyes. “What’s the matter?” She didn’t expect Jessie to cry. 

Jessie was surprised at her tears as well. After that, she wiped her tears and 

apologized, “It’s nothing. I was just startled. Are you okay, Miss Selwyn?” 

“Did I scare you? Sorry for that.” 

“You don’t have to apologize, Miss Selwyn. It was my fault.” As Jessie spoke, she took a 

handkerchief and dried the cold beads of sweat on Victoria’s forehead. Then, she said, 

“What do we do now? You can’t keep rejecting food, Miss Selwyn. If you don’t like the 

food cooked at home, why don’t I take you out for a meal?” 

Victoria smiled weakly as she lay there. “It’s okay, we don’t have to go out. I probably 

don’t have the appetite, that’s all. It’ll come back in a few days.” 

Don’t have the appetite? At first, I thought Miss Selwyn had a bad appetite and that it 

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would get better in time, but it’s been several days, and it seems to have gotten worse 

instead of better. Also, she is taking medication on the side, which is a recipe for 

disaster if she continues. At this realization, Jessie suggested, “Why don’t you see 

another doctor, Miss Selwyn? Perhaps, you can get it checked out at the hospital. It 

might be a stomach problem.”