Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 98

Chapter 98
Earlier, Victoria and Claudia had made a verbal agreement because both
sides had something to gain. However, based on the current situation,
their relationship would deteriorate due to this incident. Regardless of
whether Victoria pushed her or not, Claudia would likely blame her for
everything that happened. It seemed impossible to live in peace with
each other in the future.
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Most importantly, after this incident, Victoria realized that she needed to
be cautious of Claudia. Claudia was far different from what she had
imagined. At first, Victoria thought she was just pretending to be a
delicate lady, which was no big deal. After all, everyone wanted to
maintain a good image in front of others. However, if beneath her guise of
delicacy was a malicious heart that plotted to harm others, then it was
not a simple matter anymore.
Thinking of this, Victoria said to Summer, “Don’t worry. I will protect myself.
Besides, she wanted to harm me this time, but she ended up harming
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herself.”
“That’s true.” Summer nodded. “It’s satisfying to see someone’s evil plan
backfire on them.”
“Yeah.”
As they talked, a waiter placed a chocolate molten cake on the table.
Seeing the second serving of dessert, she was surprised. “Oh my g od!
When did you sneakily order another one while I wasn’t looking? Did you
not listen to the doctor’s advice, Victoria? You can’t eat anymore.”
“I know. I’ll just have a few more bites.”
“No, you just had a giant brownie with ice cream.”
“Then just one bite.” Victoria tried to bargain.
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“No! Absolutely not!”
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After having lunch, the two of them went shopping at the mall and didn’t
return home until late.
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Victoria had turned on silent mode on her phone all day and only turned it
off when she got home. The first thing she saw was several messages
from Yasmin about work, so she replied to them one by one before exiting
the conversation. Only then did she notice that Alaric had also sent her a
few messages on WhatsApp.
The first one read, ‘Where did you go?”
The second one was sent half an hour later, which was probably because
she hadn’t replied to the first one, so Alaric called her. ‘Why didn’t you
answer the phone?’
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The third one was in the afternoon, when he urged her because he
couldn’t get in touch with her. ‘Are you angry because of Claudia’s
matter?’
‘Answer the phone, Ms. Snowball. I have something to tell you.'”
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After that, he didn’t send any more messages, probably because he didn’t
receive a reply from her.
Only after she exited WhatsApp did she realize he had called her 10 times.
When she read the messages, she thought that he hadn’t called her in the
afternoon, but it turned out that there were more than 10 missed calls, with
the most recent one being 15 minutes ago. Now, that’s unexpected.
As soon as she entered the house, Hector, the butler, hurriedly came over
to greet her before she could say anything. “You’re finally back, Mrs.
Cadogan.”
He looked anxious and scrutinized Victoria from head to toe. When he
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made sure she was safe and sound, even holding a bunch of shopping
bags in her hands, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“What’s wrong?” she asked softly.
“Nothing, Mrs. Cadogan.” As he said that, he walked up to her to take the
bags from her. “Did you go shopping all day today?”
“Yeah. I haven’t gone shopping in a long time, so I went around.”
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Mainly because she went to the hospital and hadn’t been home all day, so
if she didn’t bring anything home, she would feel guilty and wouldn’t be
able to come up with an answer when someone asked her what she did
while she was out. So, shopping was the best answer, and with so many
bags, no one would suspect anything.
“I see. Why didn’t you answer the phone, Mrs. Cadogan? Mr. Cadogan has
been calling you, and he was worried crazy.”
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Worried crazy? Victoria smiled imperceptibly, and a hint of sarcasm
flickered in her eyes. This choice of word. If she didn’t know that Hector
always spoke positively about Alaric, she would really think that Alaric was
worried crazy for her. He probably called from the ward where Claudia
was staying.
“I turned my phone to silent before going to bed last night and forgot to
turn it off when I woke up,” she explained calmly.
Upon hearing this, Hector had a sudden realization, which showed in his
expression.
Seeing that he was about to take the shopping bags from her, she said,
“You don’t have to take them for me. I’m going upstairs to sort these out
anyway. I can take them on my own.”
“Let me help you carry them upstairs, then.”
“It’s fine. I can do it myself.” She declined his offer and carried the bags
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upstairs, leaving him to stand there awkwardly, scratching his head. Just
when he was about to call Alaric, his phone rang.
“Sir, yes, Mrs. Cadogan just got back.”
Victoria could still hear Hector’s report as she had already climbed up the
stairs, and at that moment, she smirked slightly. Wow, such care, tracking
me with his phone all the time. Why not come out of her ward first?
Without turning back, she took the shopping bags upstairs.
Since she had to sort things out, she didn’t rush to take a shower. Instead,
she opened one of the bags and first gave Griselda the gifts she had
prepared for her. Only after that did she come back to sort out the rest.
In fact, in addition to being a good excuse, she went shopping mainly
because she wanted to buy some loose-fitting clothes. Before she was
pregnant, her clothes were all slim-fitting styles. Although her belly was
still small and she couldn’t see any difference even if she wore slim-fitting
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clothes, she had to plan ahead and slowly transition so as not to attract
attention. Fortunately, it was also the winter season.
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She put her clothes into a basket and wanted to take it downstairs to give
to the maid, but she almost bumped into Alaric, who was coming upstairs.
Luckily, Alaric stopped in time and supported himself against the wall,
staring at her with unsteady breathing.
Not expecting him to come back so soon, she furrowed her eyebrows
slightly. “Why-”
Before she could finish her sentence, he grabbed her shoulder, and then
she heard him panting as he asked, “Where have you been? Why didn’t
you answer my calls? Do you know how long I’ve been looking for you?”
His grip was tight on her shoulder, and she instinctively frowned, wanting
to break free.
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“If you’re angry about what happened last night, then…”
“I’m not angry.” She broke free from his grasp and took two steps back with.
the basket in her hand, explaining calmly, “I didn’t answer your calls
because I forgot to turn off silent mode. It wasn’t intentional.”
“Didn’t you check your phone from time to time?” He squinted his eyes,
clearly not believing her.
With a calm expression, she replied, “I didn’t. I was out all day today
shopping and didn’t have time to look at my phone.”
It was only then that Alaric noticed the clothes basket in her hand, filled
with clothes she had bought today. At this moment, his gaze slightly
changed.
“As for what happened last night, you don’t need to keep worrying about it.
I’ve already thought it through.”
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Upon hearing this, he squinted his long and narrow eyes, staring at her
fiercely. “Thought what through?”
“I think you’re right. She couldn’t get off the ho ok at that time, so it was
right for her to shift the blame onto me.” A smile tugged on her lips.
His pupils contracted. “What?”
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