Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 61

Chapter 61 

After leaving the ward, Alaric held Victoria’s hand before walking away. It 

took Victoria a great deal of effort to break free from his grasp. 

“What are you doing, Alaric?” 

With a deep gaze, he stared at her and replied, “We’re going back first for 

today.” 

“Didn’t you see Grandma’s expression just now? She wants to leave the 

nursing home. She doesn’t want to stay here.” She furrowed her delicate 

eyebrows. 

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After the incident earlier, she speculated that Griselda must be worried 

about causing trouble for her family if she was at home, so she could only 

stay in the nursing home. She wanted to go back, but she didn’t dare. 

Victoria was frustrated, having visited Griselda every weekend but failing 

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to notice the older lady’s underlying feelings. If I had known earlier, I would 

have brought her back home and taken care of her. Maybe she wouldn’t 

have fainted before the surgery today. 

“I know.” Alaric’s voice was deep. “But as you saw, she’s currently refusing 

to listen and angry at me.” Suddenly, he remembered something and 

added, “Not at you.” 

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Hearing that, Victoria froze. Right. When Grandma uttered those angry 

words earlier, they were all directed at Alaric, but she has always been 

kind and polite to me. At this thought, she felt even more heartbroken 

because, despite having a bad mood, Griselda had to restrain her feelings 

when facing her. 

“So, we’ll let her calm down for the night while we go back and pack things 

1. up. We’ll come to pick her up tomorrow.” 

She thought for a moment and realized that he was right. However, she 

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was also worried that a long delay might increase Griselda’s stress from 

staying alone in that environment. 

With that thought in mind, Victoria suggested, “Can’t we bring her back 

tonight?” 

“Tonight?” 

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“Yes. It’s actually still quite early now. We can go back and have the maids 

clean up the room. Then, we can tell Grandma to expect us to pick her up 

in two hours. What do you think? I think two hours should be enough for 

her to calm down.” 

At that, Alaric pondered for a moment and agreed with a nod. “Alright.” 

“Then, let’s go and tell Grandma right now.” As she said that, she excitedly 

turned around to inform Griselda about the plan. 

After Victoria and Alaric left, Griselda had been sitting alone by the 

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window, lost in thought while gazing at the moonlight. Suddenly, she heard 

familiar footsteps. Before she could react, Victoria had already stood in 

front of her and said joyfully, “Grandma, we’ll go back first to have the 

maids clean up the room. We’ll come to pick you up in two hours. Please 

wait for us here, okay?” 

The moment she finished speaking, she turned around and left without 

paying attention to Griselda’s reaction. Before leaving, she instructed the 

caregivers to take good care of Griselda and then left the nursing home 

with Alaric. 

On the way back, she was filled with excitement. Since Griselda was 

coming home, she started thinking about how to decorate Griselda’s room 

and kept asking Alaric various questions along the way. 

Meanwhile, he calmly responded to all her questions. When they stopped 

at a red light, he glanced at her and saw her joyful profile, which made 

him think about their divorce. However, judging from her current look, it 

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seemed like she had already put their divorce behind her. 

“By the way, it might be inconvenient for Grandma to go up and down the 

stairs. How about we arrange for her to stay on the first floor?” 

“Sure. You can call in advance to have someone clean up the room.” He 

nodded. 

“That’s a good idea.” After all, it’ll take nearly an hour to get back home 

from here. At once, she made a phone call back home. 

When Hector learned that Griselda was returning home, he immediately 

instructed the maids to tidy up the room. 

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Although it was already nighttime, it didn’t stop them from cleaning. The 

Cadogans had plenty of brand–new bedding and covers, and the maids 

didn’t have much work to do during the day. So even if the bedding was 

new, it had been aired out that day or the day before and was still in 

pristine condition. 

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Victoria hung up the phone after giving her instructions, but at the same 

time, Alaric’s phone started ringing again. The melodious ringtone echoed 

in the enclosed car, sounding somewhat abrupt. 

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Initially, she had a smile on her lips, but when she heard the ringtone, she 

froze for a second, and the smile gradually faded from her face. Then, she 

leaned against the seat and turned her head to look out the window. 

Apart from the ringing, there was no other sound inside the car. Alaric 

noticed the sudden change in the atmosphere as well and glanced at her 

from the corner of his eye. Then, he said, “Answer the call for me, Ms. 

Snowball.” 

At his request, Victoria hesitated for a moment, then declined. “You 

answer it yourself.” 

“I’m driving.” 

“You can pull over and answer it.” 

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Alaric chuckled at her words out of irritation. “Is it really that difficult for you 

to answer it for me?” 

“No.” Since things had come to this, she didn’t care anymore and said 

directly, “But I don’t feel like helping you.” 

Seeing her stubborn and domineering attitude, Alaric wasn’t surprised. 

There happened to be a temporary parking spot ahead, so he drove the 

car there: After stopping, he fixed his gaze on her for a moment and said, 

“If there is a past life, I must have owed you a lot for you to treat me like 

that.” 

After that, he took out his phone to check the caller ID. “It’s my mom.” 

At these words, Victoria, who had been indifferent before, straightened up 

a bit and subconsciously said, “How could it be…” 

The phone had been ringing for too long, so the ringing had automatically 

stopped. 

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Just then, his gaze lingered on her fair and beautiful face as he asked in a 

deep voice, “Who did you think it was?”