Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 511

Chapter 511 I Want a Hug, Mommy 

Regain my memories? The abrupt question caught Victoria off–guard and she didn’t know what to say. Instead, she became lost in her thoughts. 

She did want them back. After all, who wouldn’t want to regain what they lost? 

However, after everything that happened, she started getting the feeling that it wasn’t quite so important for her to regain her memories. Even if she didn’t, the people who cared about her would remain caring about her–like Alaric, for example. Despite his serious injuries, the first thing he did once he woke up was to rush over and save her. 

Her memories were indeed of great importance to her, but at the same time, they were not all that essential either. 

With that thought in mind, Victoria answered, “I’ll just leave it up to fate to see whether I regain them or not. Trying too hard might backfire on me instead.” 

Alaric was a little startled. He didn’t expect her to take this attitude with the situation as he thought she would give a definite answer, be it yes or no. 

After musing in thought for a while, Alaric’s lips curled up. “My Snowball will always be my Snowball. It’s good that you see it this way. You won’t stress yourself out with inner conflict.” 

Victoria chuckled at his words. “Why would I be conflicted and stress myself out? That’s tiring.” 

She had been rescued, and the people who cared about her were beside her. She was also going to see her two adorable children soon. What was there for her to feel stressed and conflicted about? 

It’s not like this is something I can get back just because I want to anyway. There’s no point getting stressed out over it. I might as well just take things as they come. Maybe my memories will naturally come back to me someday. 

Alaric ruffled the back of her head with a smile. “That’s a good way of thinking about it.” 

Soon, they arrived at the entrance. 

It was closed and Alaric moved to ring the doorbell, but the woman beside him caught his hand. 

“W–Wait. Wait a minute.” 

Alaric looked at Victoria. “What’s the matter?” 

As soon as he asked that question, he realized that Victoria’s hand was trembling. He was taken aback. “Are you afraid?” 

Victoria didn’t know what to say. She pursed her lips for a moment before muttering, “I–I’m not afraid. I’m just a little nervous.” 

If no one told her about it, she never would have known that she had two children. During the time. leading up to this, she had been so anxious to see them that she couldn’t wait to get over here. 

However, now that she was mere seconds away from seeing them, she started tensing up. 

“Nervous?” 

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Alaric looked down at her hand which was clutching his tightly. It didn’t look like she was here to see her children. It felt as if she came to see her enemy. 

That being said, he understood what she was going through. 

He had been a lot more anxious when he wanted to spend time with the children after finding out they were his. 

“Don’t be nervous. You’re their mother. You gave birth to them. What’s there for you to be nervous about?” Alaric teased as he gripped her hand in reassurance. 

Victoria was still nervous anyway. “That’s right. Why am I nervous? They’re my children. I gave birth to them. What’s there for me to be nervous about?” 

She repeated the words to herself several times as if she wanted to brainwash herself, but that didn’t help. She was still nervous. 

“Why don’t I give you a bit more time to adjust? I’ll wait a while before I ring the doorbell, okay?” Alaric suggested. 

Victoria immediately nodded in agreement. 

“T–That’s a good idea.” 

For some reason, Alaric was secretly pleased and amused to see her being this nervous. She’s acting exactly the way I did when I was being timid and clumsy with the two children back then. 

Victoria took quite a few deep breaths. Once she calmed down and mentally prepared herself, she walked over to Alaric. “I’m ready now. You can ring the doorbell.” 

There was no reason to delay the inevitable. She would only get more nervous with each passing minute. 

“Are you sure? I’ll ring it now, okay?” Alaric checked. 

“Yeah… Go ahead.” 

As she spoke, she shrank behind him until she was basically hidden from view. 

Alaric became even more amused. “Why are you hiding behind me if you’re ready?” 

Victoria was irked by his teasing tone. “Do you enjoy seeing me like this? Are you teasing me on purpose?” 

Alaric’s eyes were full of mirth, but he refuted it anyway. “Not at all.” 

“I heard it.” 

“What did you hear?” 

“I heard you laughing at me.” 

“Is that so? Did I laugh just now?” 

“You’re laughing on the inside.” 

You can hear me when I laugh on the inside?” 

Victoria was speechless. 

“Alaric!” 

“Yes? Why did you call me, my dear?” 

He asked when he already knew the answer, and that only made Victoria pinch him in the back. She simply wanted to teach him a lesson, but his entire body stiffened in response. 

Victoria didn’t notice anything. After giving him a hard pinch, she withdrew her hand and walked 

away. 

Alaric stood there with his gaze a little dark. He pursed his lips. For the first time, he felt as if he had shot himself in the foot. 

Just that tiniest act of hers made his body heat up. Perhaps it was because they had been separated for a very long time. 

Thankfully for him, it was winter and his clothes were thick enough. 

Alaric cleared his throat to hide his awkwardness. He was about to speak when he heard excited cries ringing out behind them. 

“Mommy!”