Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 536

Don’t Tell Me She Lost Her Memories 

Could it be that something had happened between them in the past? 

Of course, Victoria didn’t ask about that straight away, for she felt that even if she did ask, Alaric wouldn’t tell her. 

She would bring it up later. 

The two found a hotel nearby and settled in. Fearing that Victoria would be bored, Alaric wanted to take her shopping at a mall nearby so that he could buy her something she liked. 

However, Victoria didn’t agree to it, rejecting his offer on the spot. 

“You’ve barely recovered, so why are you ignoring your wounds already? When will you learn?” 

Victoria sounded a little harsh. “You have to rest and recuperate. You know what that means, don’t you?” 

She was talking to him angrily with her checks puffed up. Alaric tried to listen to her earnestly, but he found her too adorable, so in his mischief, he couldn’t help but reach out and pinch her puffy cheeks with his large hands. 

Victoria was halfway through her words when he suddenly pinched her cheeks. She blinked in bewilderment. 

What did he mean by that? 

“What are you doing?” 

She subconsciously placed her hand on Alaric’s arm, pushing him away as she said, “Let go! Don’t get ahead of yourself. I’m being serious here, alright?” 

Alaric pinched her a few more times, then raised his eyebrows. “I’m listening to you attentively, you 

know.” 

Victoria fell silent. 

He didn’t look serious at all! 

Who on earth would be listening attentively while pinching the speaker’s cheeks? 

“You looked too serious, so I wanted to help you relax.” 

With that, Alaric gave her another few pinches before letting go of her. 

“Fine. Since you want me to recuperate, we won’t go out later. We’ll just rest in the hotel.” 

“That’s more like it…” Victoria rubbed her cheeks as she muttered in a small voice. 

The two quickly got bored in the hotel, so Victoria went to the balcony to look at the scenery. 

The hotel they were in had huge balconies that overlooked an open–air swimming pool. The swimming pool was huge, and the water glistened under the sun like a pond in the afternoon. 

It was winter, so no one was swimming at the moment. Hence, the huge swimming pool became part of the backdrop instead. 

Victoria leaned against the railing as she silently gazed at the water in the swimming pool below her. She felt her heart gradually turning calm as well. 

Just then, a phone started ringing behind her. Not only that, it sounded very close as well. 

It was only then that Victoria realized Alaric had come out. He was leaning against the door of the balcony as he looked at her. 

His phone was ringing in his pocket, so he lowered his head and retrieved his phone. 

When Alaric saw the incoming call, he was stunned for a moment. However, he didn’t say anything or leave as he answered the call in Victoria’s presence. 

“Hello?” 

His voice was cold and indifferent, and no emotions could be gleaned from it: 

Victoria only glanced at him before looking away, then continued gazing at the pool water downstairs. 

Alaric stared at her as he listened to a female voice interrogating him over the phone. 

“Alaric, are you with Victoria? Why can’t I reach her number? Have you failed to protect her again? Alaric, I’m telling you, if you let anything happen to her again, I’ll—” 

Before Summer could finish speaking, Alaric said, “She’s right here with me. Would you like to talk to her?” 

The woman’s voice stopped at once, for Summer probably didn’t expect him to say that. 

“Is she with you? Pass the phone to her right now.” 

“I can do that, but there’s one thing I must warn you about.” 

“What is it?” Summer asked, bewildered. 

Alaric glanced at Victoria, then said in a low voice, “She may not remember you.” 

Summer fell silent. 

After a moment of deathly silence on the other end of the phone, Summer exploded. “What do you mean?! What’s that about her not remembering me? Don’t tell me she lost her memories!” 

“She did.” 

Summer was almost leaping in anger. Ever since she went back, she fell out of touch with Victoria, so she didn’t know what had happened on Victoria’s side. She thought that Victoria was safe. She was also busy with work, so much so that she couldn’t even think about anything else. She only called Victoria when things had calmed down. 

When she called Victoria, however, she realized that the call wouldn’t go through. 

00:40 Tue, 18 Jul 

95% 

Summer still had Alarie’s number from when she was overseas. Even though she was scared of him, her bestle gave her the courage to make the call. 

Unexpectedly, the news that awaited her was the fact that Victoria had lost her memories. 

What had happened while Summer was caught up in work? 

How did things suddenly turn out like this? 

Summer wanted to interrogate Alaric, but after some thought, she said, “Never mind, just pass the phone to Victoria. Let me talk to her.” 

Since Alaric was standing nearby, Victoria could hear everything he said. She thought that it was something related to work at first, so she didn’t listen in, but later on, she overheard some information about her. 

After that, Alaric passed his phone to her and said, “It’s your friend.” 

After a pause, Alaric continued, “You might remember a little when you talk to her. Give it a try.”