Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)
Chapter 246

Chapter 246

It's working! Terrance thought his efforts hadn't been for nothing when he saw the

touch of warmth on Alaric's face, and he asked excitedly, "Shall we eat something,

Mr. Cadogan?"

Lo and behold, Alaric's answer came like a wet blanket thrown onto him. "Did I say I want to eat? Didn't I tell you not to do anything unnecessary?"

Terrance was stunned. "Why? Weren't you just..."

The hint of warmth in the corner of Alaric's eyes had disappeared, and now, he had returned to the distant and aloof man he usually was.

At this point, Alaric had lost all patience in entertaining his assistant. He recalled the words of the two little ones who had wished him well and felt comforted.

Strange, though, that he would be healed by two little strangers through a screen. At that, he swiped his phone and rewarded the twins again.

"Hmm?" Nicole widened her twinkling eyes when she saw the reward notification on the phone and said, "You're here too, Mr. Night?! Hi, Mr. Night! Thank you for your

reward!"

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The little girl's cute and childish demeanor was exactly the same as when he met her on the plane. However, this 'Mr. Night' was a stranger to her. She didn't know she had seen him on the plane, and she didn't know he was the same person on the live-streaming channel.

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Nathan, who was beside her, scratched his head as he didn't expect Mr. Night to send rewards again. No matter how many times he said it, it didn't work. Nathan could only watch as this person named Silent Night sent wave after wave of

rewards.

Wealthy and generous-That was Nathan's only impression of 'Silent Night.' Mr. Night would always watch and send them many rewards every time he and Nicole did a live stream. So, when Nicole expressed her gratitude, Nathan would also follow suit and say, "Thank you for the gift, Mr. Night."

Terrance was watching the live stream when he suddenly noticed someone sending rewards continuously. The colorful gift notifications kept popping up on the screen, and it was then he finally had a moment of epiphany. "Mr. Cadogan, you're not actually Silent Night, are you?"

Shoot, how much money had he just spent in this one go? Then again, what might be a fortune to Terrance was measly to Alaric. So, there was no reason for Terrance Chapter 246 Refuse to Eat

to care or feel bad for Alaric at all.

If anything, he should be worrying about his boss' health, and the number one priority was to get Alaric to eat. Hence, Terrance changed the topic without waiting for Alaric to answer him. "Are you really not going to eat, sir? Not even a few bites?

I'll have to call Miss Selwyn if you continue to resist."

At that, Alaric stopped whatever he was doing and gazed at Terrance, who was rendered stupefied. Is it me, or does Mr. Cadogan look a little excited?

As such, he pulled his phone out and probed, "I'm going to call her now." Alaric lifted his brows slightly, showing no signs of stopping the assistant. Alright, I see where we're going with this now. With that, he dialed Victoria's number. Meanwhile, in the kitchen of the Selwyn household, Teresa urged Victoria to leave the house chores to her. "Please leave this to me, Miss Selwyn. This is my job." "Don't worry about it. I'm free right now anyway," said Victoria as she put the bowls

into the sterilizer.

Teresa sighed as she looked at the beautiful and gentle lady of the house in front of her. Although she had only worked for Victoria for a little over a month, Victoria was

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the best employer she had ever seen.

Just as Victoria was cleaning up, her phone rang, and Teresa immediately took the

job over. "Miss Selwyn, your phone is ringing. Let me handle the rest."

"Alright."

The young woman could only go out and answer the call. "Hello?"

"Miss Selwyn."

The familiar voice caught Victoria off guard. "Mr. Levane?" Why has he called again?

"I'm sorry for calling at such a late night, Miss Selwyn."

Victoria pressed her lips together and asked plainly, "What's up?"

Terrance was about to speak when Alaric gestured for him to turn on the speaker. Hence, the assistant did as told, stuttering, "Well, Mr. Cadogan, he, um, he still refuses to eat. So, can you-"

"Mr. Levane," Victoria interjected at once. "Mr. Alaric Cadogan is a full-grown adult who is well capable of deciding whether he should or needs to eat. If he refuses to eat, it only means that he knows how his body is doing."

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With that, she hung up the call.

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Terrance was at a loss for words. He kept his head hung low while holding his phone in his hand, ruing the moment. Great, just great... I should have pretended to not notice

hat Boss wanted to put the phone on speaker...

He didn't even need to look up to know Alaric was oozing with grimness. "M-Mr. Cadogan..."

"Get lost."

Terrance dared not speak and silently got up, leaving with his phone in hand. Alaric, on the other hand, sat grimly in his bed and exited the live-streaming channel. He couldn't even continue watching the live stream anymore.

He exited the scream so quickly that he missed the gentle voice of a woman that appeared right after he exited the live stream. "Nathan, Nicole, it's time to end the live stream for today."

Alas, if Alaric had just left TikTok a second later, he would've been able to catch

Victoria's voice.

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"Alright, that concludes today's live stream. Goodbye, everyone."

After ending the live stream, Victoria put the phone away and asked, "Have you

finished your homework today?"

"Yes, Mommy."

Sensing something, Nicole hugged Victoria's shoulder and asked, "Mommy, did.

someone call you just now?"

"Yes." Victoria nodded after a split second stump.

"Was it Mr. Bane?"

"No," said Victoria and continued after a beat, deciding to explain it clearly to the

twins. "It was a business partner. He told me a client refusing to eat, but I've already

resolved it."

"Refusing to eat?" The kids blinked in response, and Nathan added, "What a

coincidence, Mommy. There was also a man in the live stream who refused to eat.

His friend commented to tell us about it."

"Oh. What's the story?" Victoria asked, puzzled.

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With that, the twins related the event to her, and she couldn't help sighing, "What a coincidence."

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However, she didn't dwell on it because Nicole mentioned next how Silent Night had

sent them a lot of rewards.

"Alright, I know now."

After the two children went to bed, Victoria took out the livestream phone to check

and indeed found that the person named Silent Night had sent a ton of money

again.

She sighed in response. This man sure has money to burn.

After finding the user, she clicked on their profile. The profile picture was exactly the same as their WhatsApp profile picture, without any updates. However, Victoria quickly discovered something important-this person's IP address was in Jasea.