Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria) novel Chapter 82

Chapter 82 

It was already too late when Victoria wanted to turn it off when the voice 

played from her phone out of the blue, and by the time she got to it, the 

voice message had already finished playing on its own. 

Victoria was speechless. What the heck, Jones?! She thought Summer had 

returned from her work to rant about her *sshole of a boss, but who’d have 

thought she would talk about Victoria?! 

A thought then came to Victoria, and she opened the door in a panic. 

Seeing that there wasn’t a soul in sight, she breathed a sigh of relief. 

I had Yasmin close the door behind her. So, by right, she wouldn’t linger 

around. She likely didn’t hear the voice message, 

That said, Victoria still felt uneasy. As such, she took a few steps forward 

and searched the area before finally returning to her office when she was 

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certain there really wasn’t anyone around. 

At that, she deleted Summer’s voice message and reprimanded the girl, 

who apologized at breakneck speed, saying sorry, she was just too 

emotional and that it wouldn’t happen again repeatedly. 

At the same time, at the stairwell not far away, a man and a woman stood 

face to face, one panting heavier than the other while their faces were 

enveloped in various emotions. 

The smile on Peter’s face seemed to be frozen, half–smiling and stiff, and 

standing right in front of him with an even wilder expression was Yasmin, 

whose eyes were wide open and her mouth agape. 

The two of them stood staring at each other just like that, reeling in shock. 

Finally, about a minute later, Peter, who believed he had better mental 

resilience, calmed down and asked, “Have we been here all this while?” 

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“Sorry?” His question stumped Yasmin. 

“I mean, did I go to Miss Selwyn’s office just now?” 

However, the assistant remained stupefied. 

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Judging from her expression, Peter knew what had just happened was 

real, and he finally came around. He and this secretary assistant had 

overheard a jaw–dropping secret. 

A beat, he asked, “Do you suppose Miss Selwyn is pregnant with Mr. 

Cadogan’s child?” 

“Of course, she is!” Yasmin, still reeling in shock, blurted subconsciously. 

“Why are you so sure?” Peter was stumped. “It doesn’t seem like she wants 

anyone to know about it. I mean… Mr. Cadogan might even be unaware of 

it.”/ 

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But it doesn’t make sense, does it? If I’m not mistaken, what was said 

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meant that Miss Selwyn is scared of people knowing about her pregnancy. 

That’s why she’s worried about not being able to cover up her growing 

belly in the future. 

Yasmin had finally come to herself at this point, and she argued, “Isn’t it 

normal that Mr. Cadogan is unaware?” 

Peter was rendered speechless, his worldview shattered. 

He couldn’t believe the young woman thought it was normal for a wife to 

hide her pregnancy from her husband! He instantly thought the young 

woman’s mindset was problematic. 

But just as he was about to correct her worldview, Yasmin reasoned 

solemnly to him. “Do you know there’s been word going around in the 

company that Mr. Cadogan and Miss Selwyn will be divorcing because 

Claudia is Mr. Cadogan’s true love? Not only does she frequent Mr. 

Cadogan’s office and sits in his front passenger seat, but she even brings 

him food all the time. I wouldn’t want Mr. Cadogan to know either if I were 

Miss Selwyn.” 

Her words gave Peter a moment of epiphany. She’s right! Johnson 

frequented the office for a time. Though I had a problem with her and 

even tried to deal with her myself, nothing changed because Boss is the 

root of it all! 

He was too shocked earlier to piece the puzzles together. 

“Don’t you think I’m right?” Yasmin asked, seeing that he remained silent. 

“Don’t you think this is betrayal?” 

Peter had nothing to say. In fact, he could understand and even felt angry 

for Victoria when he put himself in her shoes. 

“I’ll take it as you agree with me if you don’t say anything. In that case…” 

Yasmin whispered. “We’ll keep this between us for now.” 

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Peter nodded in agreement. “I know. This isn’t what we should be revealing 

in the first place.” 

“Good. We’ll pretend we know nothing. Miss Selwyn is already in a difficult 

situation. We can’t add to her troubles.” 

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“But…” Peter frowned. “I still don’t get it. Why wouldn’t Miss Selwyn reveal her 

pregnancy to Mr. Cadogan? If she does, Mr. Cadogan might even cut off 

his ties with Claudia Johnson.” 

“Huh!” Yasmin sneered. “What age do you think we live in? Don’t tell me you 

actually think using a child to hold a man down will work!” 

Her reprimand embarrassed Peter. 

“Either way, no one else can know about this. Whoever talks about it will be 

cursed to remain single for the rest of their lives.” Yasmin threatened, 

rendering Peter speechless. 

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Peter wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, taken aback by the severity of 

the consequence. “Can we change it to something else?” 

“No!” Yasmin growled. “It’ll have to be this since you mind it so much. That 

way, you’ll think twice when you want to reveal it.” 

“Fair enough.” At that, Peter vowed, “I will be cursed to remain single for the 

rest of my life if I reveal it to anyone else.” 

Finally, Yasmin nodded with satisfaction. 

Soon after that, the two left with different thoughts in their minds. 

Yasmin couldn’t help looking into Victoria’s office after returning to her 

seat. 

She still couldn’t believe she would overhear such a massive secret, and 

she cupped her cheeks and sighed helplessly, having a feeling that she 

would behave guiltily in front of Victoria from now on. 

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Suddenly, her heart ached for Victoria. She must actually be in a lot of pain 

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despite her nonchalant appearance when everyone pointed fingers at her 

at the cafeteria the other day. 

On the other hand, Peter returned to his desk with multitudes of emotions. 

“Mr. Levane, aren’t the files for Miss Selwyn? Why did you bring them back?” 

someone asked when they saw the files in Peter’s arms. 

It was only then Peter realized he had forgotten to deliver the files. He 

sighed and slapped his thigh in despair. 

“Oh, by the way, Mr. Levane. Mr. Cadogan asked to see you in his office.” 

Mr. Cadogan? 

“Got it.” 

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With that, Peter asked someone else to deliver the files to Victoria while he 

headed off to the CEO’s office, where he found Alaric working away at his 

desk. 

The man had a handsome face, but his eyes were cold, and his pressed 

lips made him unapproachable. And having been in a position of power 

for many years, he exuded great intimidation. 

Normally, Alaric was handsome and powerful in Peter’s eyes. Sometimes, 

the assistant even wondered how it was possible for a man as perfect as 

Alaric to exist in this world. But now, he thought his boss was nothing but 

an *sshole, mediocre and stupid, or how could he abandon a woman as 

wonderful as Victoria and hook up with Claudia instead?! 

Alaric was focused on his work when he sensed a gaze of anger on him, 

and he looked toward Peter with a frown. “What is it?”