Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 68

Chapter 68 

Who would have thought the house would be in chaos because of 

Victoria’s sudden reaction? 

As Victoria snuggled against Alaric, her mind was still fuzzy. 

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Besides them, Claudia seemed to have thought of something and 

suggested, “It will take us some time to go to the hospital, Al. Why don’t we 

take her to my friend’s clinic? I think it might be food poisoning.” 

Although Claudia seemed calm on the outside, she was already a mental 

mess. After all, Alaric would know the truth if he took Victoria to the 

hospital. Thus, she insisted on going to her friend’s clinic since she could 

hide the truth if Victoria were required to do a checkup. 

As she thought about it, she suddenly recalled the last time Victoria had a 

fever and refused to go to the hospital. She remembered thinking that 

Victoria was throwing a tantrum at Alaric because of her. Thus, she was 

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trying to gain Alaric’s attention. At that moment, Claudia despised her. 

However, now that she thought about it, she understood why Victoria 

refused to go to the hospital or take any medications. There were clues all 

along. 

“A clinic?” Alaric frowned and refused her suggestion. “I think it’s best if we 

go to a hospital. It has a higher standard.” He wasn’t trying to embarrass 

Claudia as he just wanted to take Victoria to a hospital and do a checkup 

since he felt that she must be extremely uncomfortable to have thrown up 

so badly. 

However, Claudia had a grim expression when she heard his words. She 

looked at Alaric and thought, Does he think the clinic I recommended has 

low standards? 

Sadly, Alaric couldn’t care less about her at the moment. Right now, all of 

his attention was on Victoria. 

Suddenly, he heard Victoria’s weak voice. “Stop.” 

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He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at her. In the meantime, Victoria 

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had regained her senses. She patted his hand and signaled him to put her 

down. 

However, Alaric frowned and didn’t budge. 

Sighing, Victoria opened her mouth and said, “Put me down.” 

“You’re feeling unwell. You should go to a hospital,” Alaric replied as he 

silently hugged her tighter. 

“I’m fine now,” said Victoria. 

“You wouldn’t be vomiting your guts out if you were fine.” His words were 

blunt. No matter what, he was unwilling to put her down. 

“That’s because I had gotten a whiff of…” Initially, Victoria would say that 

she threw up because of the smell of meat. However, she swallowed her 

words back. After all, Alaric had thought she had already gotten an 

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abortion. Thus, he would notice something wrong if she told him the truth. 

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When Alaric saw that she paused mid–sentence, he squinted his eyes. 

“What is it?” 

Before Victoria could say anything, Claudia rushed toward them and 

came to the rescue. “The soup must have been too much for her. I feel 

uncomfortable smelling it when I drink it too. Victoria just had a bigger 

reaction than me. Could it be that it’s because she dislikes fish?” 

Hearing her words, Victoria glanced at her. After all, Claudia was right. She 

hated fish. 

As expected, Alaric looked at her with a suspicious look. “The fish fumet is 

overbearing for you?” He still had his doubts about Claudia’s words. After 

all, Victoria wouldn’t have reacted so intensely even if she disliked fish. 

However, he knew that Victoria didn’t like eating fish since they were 

young. Thus, he trusted that she felt nauseous because of the smell of fish. 

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Then, Claudia added, “I think it stinks too, but those who love it wouldn’t be 

able to sense it.” Then, she seemed to have thought of something and 

said, “It’s the same as how you dislike sweet foods, Al.” 

Still, it doesn’t make sense to react so strongly even if she dislikes it, Alaric 

thought as he looked at Victoria. At that moment, he felt that she was 

hiding something from him. As he recalled the shredded report that 

Hector informed him, his eyes darkened. 

However, before he had the time to think further, Victoria fidgeted. “How 

many times am I going to tell you? Put me down.” 

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“Are you sure you don’t want to see a doctor?” asked Alaric as he squinted 

his eyes. 

Victoria took a deep breath out of exhaustion. “I’m not sick. I just don’t want 

to drink the soup. Should I go to the hospital because of this?” 

Her face seemed better than before, and her lips weren’t pale. She didn’t 

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look like a sick person would be, and only then did Alaric put her down. 

As soon as Victoria’s feet touched the ground, Claudia immediately 

wrapped her arms around Victoria’s. “Are you alright? I think it’s best if you 

eat something light after going home. Your stomach must be weak since 

you have just recovered from a fever. Maybe it’s time you eat less oily 

food.” 

Although Claudia acted like she was worrying about Victoria, she was 

actually trying to hide the truth from Alaric. 

Looking at Claudia, Victoria had a thoughtful expression. However, she 

soon brushed it off. They both had an agreement. Since Victoria decided 

not to break the promise, Claudia would do the same too. 

“Yeah.” 

“I’ll take you back home. If you feel unwell again, I’ll take you to the 

hospital.” 

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“Okay.” 

Then, Claudia supported Victoria as they walked back to the house. 

In the meantime, Alaric stood there and watched as they left. Since when 

were they so close? 

When Alaric carried Victoria out of the house, Griselda wanted to tag 

along. However, Hector stopped her. 

“Don’t worry, Old Mrs. Cadogan. Mr. Cadogan will surely take good care of