Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 77

Chapter 77 

Seeing Caleb’s ashen face, Victoria guessed that he must have 

remembered. 

“So, Mr. Burke? You didn’t forget what you said back then, did you?” 

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His friend beside him asked curiously, “Mr. Burke, what did you say?” 

Caleb’s mind was a little blank. He always thought that Victoria looked 

down on his background and sought after more powerful people, but he 

never thought that she had heard his boasts. 

When he realized that his words caused him to lose out on a potential 

lover, Caleb wanted to slap himself. 

“It’s not like that!” Caleb gritted his teeth and explained with reddened 

eyes, “That was nonsense I spouted just because I found it fun. I had no 

intentions of offending you.” 

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In reality, if he were just playing around, he wouldn’t have gone all the way 

to the hot spring to look for her just because he heard she was there. 

“Fun?” Victoria tilted her head as if she were pondering that word. A 

moment later, she slowly spoke up. “Those words are fun to you, huh, Mr. 

Burke?” 

Caleb said, “I didn’t mean it like that! What I meant was- 

“Alright, Mr. Burke. Let’s get back to the topic at hand. We’re here to discuss 

business. If you have no intention of working with Cadogan Group, we 

shan’t stay here much longer.” 

Caleb refused to back down. He had finally figured out the reason, so how 

could he just let it go? 

Caleb immediately gripped Victoria’s slender, porcelain wrist. “Miss 

Selwyn, I can explain.” 

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Victoria frowned. “Let go.” 

“No, please, I can explain. Back then, I was just-” 

Boom! 

The half–closed door to the room was suddenly kicked open, and 

everyone in the room was shocked by the noise. 

A few muscular men in black attire rushed into the room. 

“Who are you? Who let you guys in?” 

Someone had just questioned them when one of the muscular men held 

the person’s head and slammed it onto the cold floor. 

As the host of this event, Caleb had a shift in his expression as he 

subconsciously let go of Victoria. He stood up and asked, “What are you 

doing? Don’t you know where this is? Don’t you know who I am?” 

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Bang! 

Caleb had just finished speaking when a fist landed on his face, and he 

was immediately sent flying. 

“Ah!” The girl sitting beside Caleb let out a terrified shriek. 

Yasmin was also startled as she gripped the hem of Victoria’s clothes. 

Victoria never thought that she would encounter this scene today. Who 

exactly did Caleb offend? At any rate, she couldn’t stay here longer. 

Victoria glanced at the door, and her expression fell. 

A few muscular men were standing there, completely barring the door. If 

she took Yasmin with her and got up to leave, would they allow passage? 

That was what she thought, but Victoria didn’t dare act recklessly. She 

held down Yasmin’s hand, gesturing for the latter to stay put. Yasmin was 

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so scared that she could only hide behind Victoria. 

The people at the scene could see that the muscular men were not to be 

reasoned with. After all, they had sent even Caleb flying with one punch. 

Without their backbone, the others were extremely terrified and dared not 

make a sound. 

An eerily heavy atmosphere hung in the room. 

Just when Victoria was wondering if she should move, the muscular man 

who hit Caleb suddenly walked up to her and bowed respectfully. 

“Greetings, Miss Selwyn.” 

Victoria was stunned. 

What’s going on? 

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Why does he know me? she wondered. 

Victoria could only look at him suspiciously. “And you are?” 

“Miss Selwyn, our master requests your audience.” 

With that, the man even put on a gentlemanly attitude. 

“Who is your master?” Victoria asked. 

The man smiled and retained his original pose, but he didn’t answer 

Victoria. 

However, when she realized that he wouldn’t attack her, Victoria finally let 

out a sigh of relief. 

She pursed her lips and remained motionless. 

“Miss Selwyn, is anything the matter?” 

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Victoria then glanced at Yasmin, who was right beside her. “Can you let 

her leave first?” 

The muscular man was surprised, then smiled as he said, “Of course.” 

After all, their master only told them to fetch Victoria. They couldn’t care 

less about anyone else. 

This answer reassured Victoria greatly. Since they agreed to let Yasmin 

leave, it meant that they weren’t trying to do anything bad, so they 

probably weren’t enemies. 

If not, they would be worried that Yasmin might ask for help. 

“Miss Victoria, I can’t leave.” Yasmin gripped Victoria’s arm tightly. “I’ll stay 

with you no matter what.” 

When Victoria heard that, she creased her fine eyebrows. “You should go 

back first.” 

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She gave Yasmin a look. She wasn’t sure if Yasmin understood it, but the 

latter was no longer persistent. 

After that, Yasmin kept looking back as she left, and under the gaze of the 

crowd, she walked out of the room. 

As soon as she left the room, she immediately ran outside and took out 

her phone to make a call. 

“Miss Selwyn, can you come with us now?” The muscular man extended 

the invitation again. 

Victoria didn’t move as she said calmly, “Who is your master?” 

The man fell silent again at the mention of this. 

This was Victoria’s second time asking. 

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“If you don’t tell me, can I not go?” She was testing their limits. 

The man was stunned, then seemed to be debating something in his 

mind. A while later, he said, “Miss Selwyn, our master is an old friend of 

yours.” 

An old friend of mine? 

Does that mean I’ve met him before? 

A few names flashed across Victoria’s mind. 

Seeing how respectful the man was, she felt like there weren’t many on 

her mind who fit the bill. 

No matter what, they probably came in peace. It would be better to follow 

them instead of staying here. 

With that, Victoria got up and left with them. 

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As Victoria left, the muscular men who had barged into the room took 

their leave as well. When they were gone, the room was in a mess. 

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Soon, Victoria was taken to a presidential VIP room upstairs. It was lavishly 

decorated, and it looked very much like a place for business talks. There 

weren’t any disgusting smells of alcohol and smoke either. 

She never thought that the bar had places like this, and she felt like she 

had learned something new today. 

“Miss Selwyn, our master is still discussing something, so he’ll be right here 

when he’s done. Please wait here.” 

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came in and served some 

snacks and fruits. 

When Victoria saw the snacks and fruits laid on the table, her expression 

changed; every item on the table was her favorite. 

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It was apparent that this man knew her very well. 

Who was he, though? 

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For some reason, Victoria remembered the intense gaze she felt when she 

went out to buy congee at noon. 

Could they be the same person? 

She didn’t touch the food on the table. Instead, she sat there in boredom, 

and she even took out her phone. The others didn’t stop her, seemingly 

unafraid that she would call the police or something. 

After taking out her phone, Victoria happened to see a message from 

Yasmin. 

‘Miss Victoria, are you alright? I’ve already left, but I’m still outside the bar.‘ 

When Victoria saw that, she frowned. ‘It’s not safe for a lone girl to stay 

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here at night. You should go back.‘ 

‘No, I have to stick with you. Don’t worry, I’ve already called Mr. Cadogan, 

and he’ll be here right away.‘