Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)
Chapter 141

Chapter 141

If it weren't for meeting Victoria at the hospital back then, Samantha

wouldn't have been so cautious in her actions afterward. After all, she

didn't want anyone to know about the things her daughter had done. Her family was wealthy and powerful, so she felt that her daughter had to be matched with the best man in the world. At first, she was close to Mary because she saw Alaric, the only heir to the Cadogan Family, as a potential match for her daughter. If the Keith Family and the Cadogan Family could become in-laws, their combined developments would be unbeatable. In any case, they wanted to get on board the Cadogan Family's ship. However, they didn't expect the Johnson Family to intervene. In fact, she had openly and secretly disliked the Johnson Family's daughter for a long time. Yet, she didn't expect that the woman who would end up marrying Alaric would be Victoria. As such, she redirected her jealousy and resentment toward Victoria.

The last time she saw Victoria going to the hospital, she guessed that Victoria was probably going to have an abortion, but she didn't know why. With a family background like the Cadogan Family's, if the child was

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Alaric's, Victoria would have revealed it directly to the Cadogan Family,

and it would be even better for her to rely on the son. Yet, she had secretly gone to a small hospital to have an abortion.

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Samantha never thought that Victoria, who seemed unattainable on the surface, would cheat on her husband. If it weren't for her daughter also doing things that she found unspeakable, she wanted to expose what Victoria had done. At the same time, she was afraid that Victoria would retaliate by exposing her daughter.

Thinking of this, Samantha tugged at her lips and said, "I haven't been

feeling well lately, so I came for a check-up."

After she said that, Sandy walked toward them while holding a registration

form. "Mom."

At her daughter's voice, her face changed.

"Is your daughter here too?"

Before Mary could finish her sentence, Samantha said, "I have something

else to do. Let's catch up another day." With that, she turned around and

walked away with Sandy.

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Mary wanted to ask more, but they had already gone out of sight. After a while, Mary said to Victoria, "Victoria, don't you think there's something strange about Samantha? She seemed very nervous." Yet, even after she threw the question out, she didn't get a response. She looked at Victoria and saw that the latter was lost in thought, standing still. "Victoria? Victoria?" Mary called her several times again, pulling her back to reality. When she saw Victoria coming back to her senses and looking at her apologetically, she sighed helplessly. "Why have you been absent-minded all day, Victoria? Did something happen? Why don't you tell me?"

"It's nothing. I was just thinking about something. Don't worry." Victoria chuckled lightly after coming back to her senses.

When she saw Samantha and Sandy, she thought of what had happened

in the restaurant that day. Perhaps she sympathized with Sandy, who was

in a similar situation, and she felt sorry for the girl.

I consider myself emotionally mature, but it seems like that young girl

still living under the control of her mother. Does she know that the man

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has other women in his heart? I want to tell her so badly. Suddenly, she had this thought in her mind.

Before this incident, she had seen Sandy a few times. Despite Sandy's introverted personality, she would always smile shyly at her whenever they met. Victoria couldn't even imagine someone as malicious as Samantha could have such a cute and shy daughter.

"Victoria? Victoria!" Mary's voice rang in her ears once again.

When Victoria came to her senses, she realized that she had zoned out in

front of Mary for the third time today. It made her feel embarrassed and

guilty. "I'm sorry, Mom. I'm really not in the mood today. Can't we skip the check-up for now?" This time, she was very straightforward.

Mary was taken aback for a moment but finally nodded in agreement. "If you don't want to do it, we can do it another day."

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"Thank you, Mom." Victoria smiled. "I have other things to take care of, so I'll

deal with them first. I'll visit Grandma in the ward later."

Since Mary was an extremely understanding person, she agreed. "Well, go

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ahead and deal with it. I can see that your mind is not here today. I think you won't have the mood to do the check-up if you're not done dealing with that." Then, she waved her hand at Victoria. "Go ahead. If you need my help, just let me know." After a pause, she continued, "If you can treat Grandma as your own grandma, you can also treat me as your own

mom."

Victoria was originally planning to leave, but she didn't expect Mary to say these words. Her actions came to a halt, and emotions seemed to be surging within her.

Treat her as... my own mom? What a touching statement. If I had heard it earlier, I would have been happy for a long time. It doesn't seem too late

for me to hear this now. At least from now on, I will always remember this

statement.

Thinking of this, she suddenly took a big step forward and hugged Mary tightly.

Mary thought she was about to leave, but she didn't expect Victoria to suddenly hug her. At the same time, she could feel the emotions in this

hug. For some reason, she felt a little strange. This little girl must be hiding

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something from me.

Victoria held her tightly for a long time before letting go, and when she did,

her face was still a little red, probably from her shyness. "Thank you, Mom.

I'll be going now."

"Okay, go ahead." With a smile, Mary watched Victoria leave, and after she was gone, she pulled out her phone to call Alaric.

The phone rang for a while before someone who should've been in an important meeting right then picked up the phone. His voice sounded lazy.

"What?"

Mary was already full of doubts and wanted to ask her son for an answer,

but she was taken aback to find that his attitude was so indifferent after

he picked up the phone. The last incident had already made her extremely dissatisfied, so her face immediately darkened. "What? Can't I call you if there's nothing wrong?"

"No, it's not that." After denying it, Alaric had no choice but to soften his tone. "What's up?"

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Hearing that his tone had returned to normal, she felt a little more at ease,

so she talked about the situation. "Did something happen between you

and Victoria lately?"

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Alaric, who had no expression before, narrowed his eyes when he heard

this question. Then, he quickly remembered what she had said to him in

the car last night. I thought I could let this slide by finding an excuse not to see her this morning. I didn't expect...

At this thought, he frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Nothing happened. What's wrong? Did she tell you something?"

Mary instantly realized something amiss when she heard his last

sentence. "Don't try to hide it from me!"