Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 489

Chapter 489 

“What about Victoria?” Adrian asked probingly. 

Upon hearing Victoria’s name, Terrance had a guilty look on his face. “Miss Selwyn… 

She didn’t return.” 

Puzzled, Adrian stared at Terrance and asked, “What do you mean by that?” 

In the face of Adrian’s piercing gaze, Terrance felt as if he was being hit with a thunder 

strike when the former stared at him. “Um… Miss Selwyn is still somewhere abroad.” 

Seeing no other way out, Terrance proceeded to tell Adrian the whole story. After 

learning about what happened, Adrian felt his heart sinking, for he didn’t expect Victoria 

to be involved as well. Deep down, he thought it would be fortunate for Victoria to be 

admitted into the hospital with Alaric despite the trouble they were in, thinking both of 

them would at least be safe that way. However, the disappointing reality stabbed 

Terrance with a painful sting; Victoria was nowhere to be seen even though Alaric was 

there. What the heck is going on?! Adrian gently rubbed his temples, feeling 

overwhelmed by a terrible headache. Phew! I should be lucky that I gave birth to my 

son at a very young age. If that happened a decade or two later, my body wouldn’t be 

able to take it at all. 

“Relax, Mr. Cadogan. What’s done is done, and anger won’t change anything. Now, let’s 

work on a solution or something.” 

Adrian responded by looking askance at Terrance. “What kind of bright ideas do you 

have in mind, then?” 

Terrance shook his head. “I’m still trying to figure a way out.” 

Adrian chuckled coldly and said, “You haven’t had a plan figured out, yet you had the 

guts to keep me in the dark, eh?!” 

Terrance was rendered speechless by Adrian’s mean response. Fine, maybe I should 

put up with his scolding without talking back. “Yes, it was all my fault. What should we 

do now, Mr. Cadogan?” 

Adrian looked at the unconscious Alaric as he pursed his lips with dissatisfaction. 

“How did he suffer such a severe injury? If both parties brought their own men, he 

shouldn’t have ended up getting wounded so badly, considering the fact that he had 

been through proper training.” 

Terrance shook his head. “I’m not really sure about that since I wasn’t there at that time, 

but I believe Mr. Cadogan was set up by someone.” 

After hearing Terrance’s opinion, Adrian fell silent. Although Alaric had always been a 

capable and talented son to Adrian, he deemed his son’s righteousness could be the 

reason that led him to his downfall. Furthermore, the fact that Alaric was dealing with 

an enemy who used to be his friend only confirmed the possibility that he might have 

truly been set up. Otherwise, there was no way Alaric could have gotten injured so 

badly. 

Bane…. I have seen this kid before. When he was younger, he used to hang around with 

Victoria. Adrian began to recall his encounters with Bane, who was still a kid at that 

time. That kid grew up as fast as my son did. When he stood behind Victoria, he looked 

so proud and confident, and his eyes… They were filled with emotions that seemed 

unusual to me when he was talking to her. 

As a man himself, Adrian could relate to Bane, knowing the meaning behind the latter’s 

gestures back then. I can’t believe Bane already had such strong feelings for Victoria 

back then. 

At that time, Adrian was very fond of Victoria, whom he deemed would be a perfect 

match with his son, Alaric. Therefore, he always believed Victoria would be his 

daughter–in–law as long as Alaric did everything he could to win her heart. However, 

that confidence went away ever since he noticed the emotions in Bane’s eyes. After all, 

he reckoned most ladies would succumb to aggressive romantic advances, which was 

something he doubted his son would do because of his conventional character. 

After that, Adrian thought Alaric was going to lose Victoria to Bane until he heard that 

something happened in Bane’s family. While he felt sympathetic for the kid back then, 

he later learned that Bane moved somewhere abroad, believing he was too disturbed 

and preoccupied to court Victoria. Since Bane didn’t show up for the next few years, 

Adrian slowly forgot about him. 

Chapter 489 Too Soft 

Although Bane was considered a close friend of Alaric and Victoria during their 

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childhood, Adrian thought things would be different with time, for their priorities would 

no longer be the same as they were in their youth. While that also included the feelings 

Bane had for Victoria, Adrian quickly realized how naive he was upon learning the truth 

of what happened. At the thought of that, he let out a long sigh, not expecting the 

situation to play out so differently. “I’ll explain that later. Now, tell me where you last met 

Victoria.” 

Terrance then went on to tell Adrian about the time he was told to go to the airport. 

After identifying the exact location, Adrian made up his mind and came to a decision. 

Meanwhile, Terrance, who noticed his expression, said, “There is something I’d like to 

tell you, Mr. Cadogan.” 

“Speak!” 

“When we were trading with him, Miss Selwyn told us not to call the police.” 

Adrian responded with silence. 

“Therefore, Mr. Cadogan didn’t call the cops as he was trying to resolve the issue 

privately, only to…” 

“That was so unwise!” Adrian gritted his teeth. “Oh, my dear children!” 

“Well, I understand what happened. Bane may be hostile toward Mr. Cadogan, but he is 

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still nice toward Miss Selwyn, considering the fact that he’s helped her on multiple 

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occasions in the past. Therefore, there is no telling that Miss Selwyn has a soft spot for 

him.” 

Nevertheless, Adrian didn’t see it the way Terrance did. After all, as a businessman, he 

only had eyes for anything that would work best in his interest, as well as his family’s.