Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 87

Chapter 87
The private room fell into dead silence. Those who were jeering and
watching a good show earlier kept their mouths shut. A sense of coldness
seemed to permeate the air.
Alaric sat there and glared at Elaine with a gloomy and ruthless gaze. The
woman no longer dared to be haughty as she hunched her back. When
she was met with Alaric’s gaze earlier, she felt like the man was ready to
kill her. She could only hide behind Claudia in fear.
Claudia could barely keep the smile on her face as she took a look at the
woman behind her. Left with no choice, she pleaded with Alaric. “Please
don’t be mad at her, Al. Elaine is straightforward, but she means no harm.
Elaine, apologize to Victoria now.”
Elaine was displeased. She would rather go to hell than apologize to
Victoria. However, when she recalled Alaric’s terrifying gaze, she turned to
look at Victoria and said through clenched teeth, “I’m sorry.”
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“Elaine didn’t mean to offend you, Victoria. Will you please forgive her?”
Victoria sat there calmly without responding to her.
On the other hand, a relentless Alaric curled his lips and sneered. “Do you
think an apology is enough? What were you trying to do?”
Hearing that, Elaine was astounded. “N-Nothing.”
“You were trying to lay a hand on her, weren’t you?”
“No, I just ”
“Al,” Claudia called out anxiously. I’ve pleaded with Al, but why isn’t he
willing to forgive Elaine?
Hearing that, Alaric turned to look at Claudia as his emotions were slightly
stirred.
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The woman’s eyes were red. It was as though she was about to break into
tears.
She had sacrificed herself to save his life before. After the incident, he
swore that he would protect her for the rest of her life. Since she had
pleaded with him, he was supposed to forgive her friend.
However, all he thought about was a certain someone at that moment. He
saw nothing else, but Victoria’s determined and distant gaze.
Despite being humiliated in front of so many people, she didn’t seem to
have been affected one bit. It was as though all of this had nothing to do
with her.
Nevertheless, Alaric remembered that wherever the woman felt wronged
in the past, she would clench his shirt and look pitifully at him while
sobbing, hoping for him to stand up for her.
All of a sudden, he recalled what Victoria said to him that night. She asked
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him what everyone would think of her if they found out their marriage was
a sham.
Apart from her colleagues, even these friends started despising Victoria
upon finding out the truth. Claudia’s friend even wanted to lay a hand on
her.
If today’s incident never happened, Alaric would never have understood
how Victoria felt when she said those words that day.
Initially, he thought that Victoria wasn’t happy about always being
regarded as just his wife despite working hard to prove her worth.
It wasn’t until that moment that he realized what was on her mind when
she said those words that night.
Now, she was just like an outsider who looked at her own life without any
emotions. If she were still not happy about her life, she wouldn’t have.
attended the gathering. Since she was there, It showed that she was no
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longer bothered by what was going on around her.
Upon that realization, Alaric felt his emotions undulating in his heart.
He pressed his lips into a thin line and rejected Claudia’s plea for the very
first time. “I don’t mind forgiving her, but she can never appear in front of
me again.”
Upon hearing that, everyone understood that the man was ordering Elaine
to get out of the private room.
Elaine clenched Claudia’s clothes and widened her eyes in disbelief.
“Claudia…”
She had been haughty because she believed that Claudia was important
in Alaric’s heart. As long as Claudia pleaded with Alaric, the man wouldn’t
settle the score with Elaine. Much to her surprise, her assumption was
wrong.
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“Help me, Claudia,” Elaine pleaded in a small voice while tightening her
grip on the woman’s clothes.
Claudia fell into a dilemma. She wanted to help Elaine because she was
eager to prove to everyone that she was important to Alaric. However, the
man was determined and didn’t even spare her a glance.
Norwood, who had remained silent all along, couldn’t take it anymore.
“Stop trying to beg for his mercy, Claudia. Don’t you see he’s furious?”
Hearing that, Claudia came to her senses and glanced at Alaric. The man
had hung his head low as his long eyelashes concealed most of the
emotions behind his gaze. Despite that, he was still evidently vexed.
He’s mad. Claudia understood that if she still tried to ask Alaric to forgive
Elaine, he would see her in a bad light. No one can stop me from winning
Alaric’s heart. Not even Elaine.
At the thought of this, Claudia pushed Elaine’s hand away and said gently,
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“I’m sorry. Why don’t you go home first?”
Elaine stared at her in disbelief.
Claudia bit her lip and sent the woman a signal.
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It never crossed Elaine’s mind that Claudia would readily give up on her.
She wanted to growl and curse, but she couldn’t afford to offend anyone
at the scene except for Victoria.
Victoria! She glared at the woman resentfully before leaving the place in
embarrassment.
After she was gone, the private room fell silent. All of them looked
embarrassed. Those who urged Alaric and Claudia to drink together
earlier sobered up in an instant and wouldn’t dare to drink again.
They were dumbfounded. It was said that Alaric and Victoria’s marriage
was a sham and that Claudia was indispensable to Alaric.
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That was the reason they had been recklessly mocking Victoria. They
assumed that Alaric wouldn’t flare up since Claudia was around.
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Much to their surprise, it seemed that Claudia had lost her special place in
the man’s heart. They couldn’t help but think many things could change as
time passed.
After Elaine was gone, Claudia sported a dark expression. She could no
longer keep the smile on her face. A moment later, she rose from the
couch and said, “Sorry, I need to use the restroom.”
She then left the private room. Seeing that, her friends followed her in
silence.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the room turned awkward.
Some of them were unaffected, including Bane. After Claudia was gone,
he suddenly stood up with his glass of juice and sat down beside Victoria.
“Here you go.”
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Victoria looked at the juice in surprise.
“You seem to like this juice very much. It so happens that I don’t have a
sweet tooth. We’d better not waste this glass of juice.”
Victoria was startled for a moment. She subconsciously wanted to look in
Alaric’s direction, but she stopped herself from doing that.
Since everyone knew their marriage was a sham, she didn’t have to worry
about his feelings.
She calmly took the glass and flashed a smile at Bane. “Thanks for giving.
me your juice.”
She had intended to order another glass of juice. If not for the farce earlier,
she would’ve been drinking it by now.
The moment she took the glass, she felt a certain someone’s glare
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slashing across her like a knife.
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