Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 191

Chapter 191 

“Here’s your red wine, sir,” said the stewardess. Suddenly, she noticed Nicole. 

standing next to Alaric, and her countenance changed at once. 

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After setting the glass of red wine down before Alaric, she hurriedly apologized to 

him, “Sorry, sir, is this child bothering you? I’ll get her out of here in a minute.” After 

that, she turned to Nicole with a benevolent smile. “Sorry, sweetie, I forgot about you 

just now. Return to your seat with me now, okay?” 

Nicole looked at the stewardess, then at Alaric, who pursed his lips and was also 

quite reluctant to be parted from her. Still, Nicole was a child, after all. After listening 

to the stewardess‘ words, she nodded obediently and then turned to wave Alaric 

goodbye without the slightest reluctance. “I gotta go, mister. It’s a pleasure to meet 

you today.” 

Alaric nodded and replied in a deep voice, “Mm–hmm. It’s my pleasure to meet you, 

too.” He had no choice but to watch the stewardess take Nicole away. No matter 

how much he loathed to part from her, she was someone else’s child, after all. 

After she had left, Alaric found that much of his inner vexation had subsided. He 

was no longer as ill–tempered and tetchy as when he first boarded the plane; even 

the red wine in front of him didn’t appeal to him anymore. He had stomach trouble 

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and thus had to abstain from alcohol in the first place. Since he had only ordered 

the red wine on impulse just now, he didn’t touch it again. Furthermore, his mind 

had gone to Nicole, to whom he couldn’t help feeling a peculiar attachment. 

Alaric never found himself liking children before, but now… He fought back the urge 

to go over and say hello to the two little ones. First of all, they must be on board with 

their family. Not only the two of them, but their parents would certainly be there, too. 

What was he supposed to say after abruptly going over to say hello? Hi, I’m Silent 

Night, the one who regularly watches your children’s live stream?! He couldn’t even 

bring himself to imagine what the scene would look like. Pursing his lips, he leaned 

back in his seat and closed his eyes. Never mind, I’ll just wait and see. Perhaps she’ll 

pass by here again, or we might run into each other again as we get off the plane. It 

won’t seem that odd if we meet by coincidence. 

After coming back, Nicole immediately told her twin brother Nathan what had 

happened just now. 

The two little ones got together while exchanging whispers. 

Watching them from the sidelines, Ethan couldn’t help but heave a sigh of 

loneliness. He also wanted to have some adorable kids whispering to him. I must’ve 

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fallen under the spell of this lovely pair of twins. A moment later, he decided to 

check on Victoria. Seeing that she was still deeply asleep, he was finally relieved. 

Victoria slept through most of the flight home. When the flight prepared for landing, 

she woke up for a while, but despite her knowing she was supposed to get up, her 

bodily functions made her feel drowsy again. As a result, she sank back into sleep 

soon afterward. 

The first–class passengers were privileged, so the stewardess came after the plane 

came to a complete stop. 

Ethan was almost done with the packing when he realized that Victoria was still 

asleep. So, when the stewardess came over, he said, “Sorry, please let other 

passengers get off first. We’ll get off last.” 

“Alright.” The stewardess nodded in understanding. 

Naturally, with Victoria still asleep and Ethan staying put, Nicole and Nathan had no 

choice but to also sit in their seats waiting. 

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Sitting alone in his seat, Alaric stared ahead with his thin lips pressed together. 

The plane had landed for a long time, but the two little ones had yet to show up. 

After the little girl had left, Alaric’s mind flashed back to the boy he had met in the 

washroom, who was dressed in the exact same clothes as her. Seeing the little boy 

struggle to open the door, he opened it for the boy, who then thanked him in return. 

When he heard the boy thanking him, Alaric thought the boy’s voice sounded like 

Nathan’s, but the boy then disappeared so quickly that he thought he was hearing. 

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However, the chance encounter with the little girl on the plane made him realize that 

the “Thank you, mister,” he had heard in the washroom wasn’t his hallucination at all. 

Therefore, after thinking it over, he decided he would like to see the two children 

together. The sight of them standing before him in the exact same clothes would. 

surely look as though they had come straight out of their live stream. 

He waited for a long time, but there was nothing ahead until his assistant Terrance 

came to him. “Mr. Cadogan? It’s time for us to get off the plane.” 

Alaric fell silent for a moment. “Have all the other passengers gotten off the plane?” 

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“Yeah, that’s right.” Terrance nodded. He continued as if it were a matter of course, 

“Everyone else has gotten off the plane, while you’ve been sitting here for a long 

time.” Could Mr. Cadogan be afraid of seeing the economy–class cabin and thus 

wanted to stay in the first–class cabin for a while longer? he wondered, but he dared 

not ask or speak about it. Seeing that Alaric didn’t respond, he could only ask again, 

“Mr. Cadogan?” 

Returning to his senses, Alaric looked at him coldly. 

“Uh…” Terrance summoned up his courage and urged, “We have to get off the plane. 

Those sent by the Villower Group have been waiting for us for a long time.” 

“One minute,” said Alaric. 

“Huh?” 

“One more minute and we’ll get off the plane,” replied Alaric. I’ll wait for another 

minute. If the two children still don’t show up, then I’ll leave. 

“Okay…” Not in a position to say anything else, Terrance had no choice but to stand 

where he was and wait alongside the man. I mustn’t get the wrong seats for Mr. 

Cadogan again next time. Look how he’s starting to get traumatized. He actually 

stays in the first–class cabin and is reluctant to get off the plane! he thought. 

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A minute passed very quickly, but the plane remained quiet. 

Alaric never got to see the two children again. 

His tall build cramped the space the moment he stood up. Unwilling to give up, he 

stepped forward, wanting to go over to see what was going on with the two 

children. Why aren’t they coming over? Normally, with everyone else gone, they’d 

have to get off the plane as well. 

However, no sooner had he walked a few steps than Terrance stopped him, saying, 

“Wait a minute, Mr. Cadogan. You’re heading the wrong way. The exit is this way.” 

Alaric was speechless. Sometimes, he really wished he could smack this Terrance 

guy, who always did more harm than good. Why would I agree to let Peter have his 

cousin fill in for him after he resigned back then? 

As he was pondering on it, the stewardess came over, too. “Sir.” Though not 

explicitly, she was clearly indicating that they should get off the plane. 

“Let’s go, Mr. Cadogan. We can’t stay on the plane anymore. In any case, you’re a half–public figure now,” Terrance said before bracing himself to drag Alaric away. 

“Goodbye, sir. Enjoy your trip!” said the stewardess. 

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Dragged off the plane by Terrance, Alaric glared at him with a sour face. He said in 

an icy voice, “Let go of me.” 

Realizing what he had just done, Terrance instantly relaxed his grip on the man 

before smiling apologetically. “Sorry, Mr. Cadogan. I–I didn’t mean to touch you. We 

were really in a hurry just now-” he said while starting to anxiously wipe his sweat 

away. After all, Alaric hated it when others touched him without his consent. 

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Surprisingly, the next second, the man walked past him right away with a stony face, 

as if nothing had ever happened just now.