Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74 

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As Victoria felt the world spinning around her, only one thought remained 

in her mind. Wasn’t he supposed to count to three? What happened to 

that? 

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With Alaric’s tall stature and long legs, they quickly made their way back to 

the room. 

Victoria originally thought that once they returned to the room, he would 

put her down. However, after Alaric entered the room, he remained 

standing as though someone had put him under a spell. 

“Put me down.” 

It seemed like he didn’t hear her, for he simply lowered his head and 

stared at her silently with his dark eyes. “I will make things clear with 

Claudia.” 

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At his words, she became startled. What does he mean? Why does he 

want to make things clear? 

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“Didn’t you say that my relationship with her feels ambiguous? From today 

onward, she won’t appear in front of you anymore. I won’t let her go to the 

company, nor will I let her come to our house, and I definitely won’t let her 

wear your clothes.” 

Hearing this, Victoria felt her heart skip a beat. What does he mean by 

that? Not letting Claudia go to the company or visit our house? Why is he 

doing that all of a sudden? 

“Why?” she asked, no longer feeling resentful. 

Meanwhile, Alaric stared at her seriously. 

His intense look made her slightly alarmed, for she didn’t understand why 

he was suddenly acting like this. 

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“You can’t call him anymore,” he suddenly said. 

At this moment, she was totally confused. What? 

“Also, don’t call him ‘baby‘ or show concern for him anymore.” Alaric was 

gritting his teeth as he spoke. 

When she heard that, she was almost scared out of her wits. 

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She finally understood why Alaric had gone mad and said those things in 

the study yesterday. Turns out he did hear something yesterday and 

thought I was referring to Noel when I said ‘baby‘! I thought he didn’t hear 

anything. When he heard me mentioning the word ‘baby, he thought I was 

referring to Noel. Is that why he brought up Claudia’s matter to make it 

fair? There’s nothing between me and Noel, though. Ever since becoming 

Mrs. Cadogan, I have only occasionally been in contact with him. 

Sometimes, we don’t even communicate for months. How did Alaric have 

his eyes on Noel? Was it because we went out for a meal that day? 

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“What’s on your mind?” Just as Victoria was lost in her thoughts, Alaric’s icy 

voice suddenly rang out. When she snapped back to reality, she found 

him glaring at her with a sharp gaze. 

As the corner of her lips twitched, she patted his shoulder gently. “Could 

you please put me down first?” 

He’s really something else. How is he still carrying me? 

Not only did he ignore her, he even held her tighter and looked at her with 

a piercing stare. “Don’t change the subject.” 

“Why don’t you put me down first? Do you think it’s appropriate to talk like 

this?” she asked helplessly. 

His face remained cold as he replied, “There’s nothing wrong with it.” 

Upon hearing his answer, Victoria became speechless. Well, whatever you 

say. 

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When he noticed her silence, the atmosphere around him grew even 

colder. “You don’t want to cut ties with him, huh? Victoria, do you realize 

that you are a married woman now?” 

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Since things had come to this, she didn’t want to beat around the bush 

anymore and asked directly, “What about you? Do you know that you are 

a married man? Do you realize the state you’re in while saying all these 

things to me?” She then added, “Don’t forget that our marriage is fake.” 

After saying that, she felt him freeze for a moment, and his grip on her 

seemed to loosen. Since she was in his embrace, she could sense it. 

Suddenly, she lowered her gaze and laughed at herself. It seems that he’s 

well aware of this fact, but he has momentarily forgotten about it. Perhaps 

his ego was clouding his judgment. It’s ridiculous that I still have some 

hope in him. I’m such a joke. I should have realized this when Claudia 

returned; he had been kissing me passionately but left abruptly when he 

heard the phone ringing. When he lay beside me but brought up divorce, it 

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sealed off all possibilities between us. 

In the end, she pushed him away and landed on her feet. Even after she 

returned to her room to rest, Alaric didn’t chase after her. 

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Strangely, on that day, Claudia didn’t call or message her. She remained 

quiet throughout the day. Since she didn’t come to her, Victoria didn’t feel 

inclined to reach out as well. 

The next day, Griselda insisted that she didn’t need to be taken care of 

and pretended to be angry, fearing it would delay the young couple’s 

work, so Victoria couldn’t argue with her and went back to the company. 

She and Alaric had mostly stayed at home these past few days to deal 

with work. However, their progress was still falling behind. 

It was still manageable when she wasn’t at the company, but once she 

returned, she was immediately swamped with work, hardly having any 

spare time to rest. 

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In the afternoon, Victoria finally had some time to rest, and she found 

herself lying on the desk, unable to keep her eyes open. 

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In the past, she could handle such high–intensity work for a day or two 

without any issues, but now, just a morning of work left her feeling drained. 

Yasmin even brought her lunch from the cafeteria. 

Yet, the cafeteria food wasn’t particularly tasty, and Yasmin was probably 

afraid that she would go hungry, so she had ordered several meat dishes 

for her. Victoria felt a wave of nausea and immediately closed the lid on 

the container. 

“Are you not eating, Miss Victoria? Is it because I didn’t get something to 

your liking?” 

“That’s not it.” Victoria shook her head, denying it. “I’m just too tired, and I