Departure with a Belly ( Victoria Selwyn & Alaric Cadogan’s )
Departure with a Belly Chapter 157

Chapter 157

“Play matchmaker?” Summer’s mind went blank before she blurted out

without thinking, “For who?”

Victoria fell silent for a moment. “Alaric and Claudia,” she eventually

uttered.

After a brief pause, Summer grumbled, “Seriously, I just want to strangle

myself right now.”

Knowing why she said that, Victoria looked up and reassured her with a

smile. “It’s fine. I’m okay. He wasn’t wrong in the first place. They are

indeed a couple in love.”

“A couple in love, my *ss!” Summer gritted her teeth. “Would Alaric even

have paid attention to Claudia if she hadn’t saved him? She only has the

upper hand because he owes her one!”

Victoria’s eyes dimmed as she lowered her gaze when she heard that.

“Alright, alright. Let’s not talk about this anymore. It is what it is.”

“My bad.” Summer stuck out her tongue. “You should rest up while I heat

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the ramen up for you. You can eat it later.”

“Okay.”

The room fell back into silence after Summer left, and that was when

Victoria gently wiped away a tear from the corner of her eye.

This was the last time. From now on, she would not shed another tear for

Alaric.

Victoria didn’t return home that night.

Alaric’s mother, Mary, couldn’t help feeling puzzled the longer she waited

for Victoria. In the end, she went to ask Alaric about it.

Alaric, on the other hand, locked himself in his study after he returned

home. When Mary pushed open the door, she found him sitting at his desk,

engrossed in something.

“Where’s Victoria?” she asked.

Hearing the name, Alaric felt as if something was tearing at his chest.

However, he only pursed his lips and remained silent.

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Mary had always known that the couple didn’t have the best relationship.

Now that she was looking at his face, she could tell that something had

happened.

She pressed her lips together as well before probing, “What happened? Did

your relationship get worse?”

Instead of answering her question, Alaric only stated, “I’m busy.”

“With what, exactly?” Mary pointed to the laptop in front of him and

scoffed. “Busy staring at a black screen?”

He hadn’t even turned on his laptop since he came home.

Alaric frowned and remained silent.

“Just what is going on between you two? Your relationship wasn’t this bad

before this, but now she’s not even coming back. Did you two fight?”

As if unable to bear hearing more of those questions, Alaric walked away

with a stern face.

“Stop right there!”

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Even though Mary called out to Alaric, the man kept defiantly walking as if

he hadn’t heard her.

Alaric’s attitude infuriated his mother, who took a few steps forward to

block him.

“I’m asking you where Victoria is.”

As if finally reaching his limit, Alaric was clearly upset when he retorted,

“Why don’t you call her if you want to see her? Why are you asking me? Am

I her guardian? Do I have to be responsible for reporting her

whereabouts?”

His words left Mary in disbelief.

“What are you saying? If I can reach her on the phone, do you think I would

bother coming to you?”

Upon hearing this, Alaric smirked and mockingly suggested, “You can’t

reach her? Don’t bother calling her, then.”

“You… You!” His impatient and indifferent responses were driving Mary

crazy. “What kind of attitude is this? Is this how you talk to your mother?

Have I been raising and teaching you for nothing? Are you taking your

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failure to handle your relationship out on your mother?”

After saying that, Mary lost her desire to communicate with her son when

she realized that he remained as unaffected as a wall. “Fine! I can’t reach

Victoria on the phone, and you won’t tell me anything. You’d better not

regret it if anything happens to her.”

She then turned around and left, leaving him alone in the same spot.

As Mary walked away, she felt a throbbing pain in her temples from the

anger surging within her.

However, she suddenly stopped in her tracks when something seemed to

have come to mind.

Alaric was her son, and as his mother, she knew his personality best. She

had seen him get angry from time to time since childhood, but this was the

first time she had seen him showing this level of anger.

He didn’t even bother to respect her!

With that, her expression instantly became solemn.

Did something… really happen?

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It was quiet in the study after Mary left. Alaric continued to stand there for a

while, but he eventually returned to his original spot.

Although he sat still with a gloomy expression, his mind kept replaying his

mother’s words before she left.

“You’d better not regret it if anything happens to her.”

A voice seemed to be telling him that he would surely regret it if something

happened to Victoria, and that he should go out and find her right now.

However, Alaric found it utterly ridiculous.

How can anything happen to her? She was so eager to be with Bane! I have

kept her trapped for a long time. The reason she has been impatiently

urging us to get a divorce is to be with Bane, right? Now that she is free, she

is probably already in Bane’s arms. Her not answering the phone must be

because she is too busy being with him. What could possibly go wrong? She

and I have become people who have nothing to do with one another.

Still, every time Alaric thought about the possibility of her being with Bane

at this very moment, he seemed to know what was happening.

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It was easy to imagine what two adults could do together this late at night.

He couldn’t control the images that appeared in his head.

“F*ck!”

Just the thought of it made Alaric’s anger burn beyond control. He soon

swept his hand across the desk, knocking everything off.

The room was immediately filled with the sound of heavy objects crashing

to the ground and the shattering of glass.

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However, not even making things fall and destroying things alleviated

Alaric’s restless mood. Instead, it intensified his grouchiness. His chest felt

like a ball of fire that burned so fiercely he could hardly contain himself.

Alaric slammed his clenched fist onto the table.

Ring! Ring!

At that moment, a melodious ringtone rang out from his phone. Alaric’s

expression froze and he took out his phone.

When he glanced at the screen and saw that it was a call from Claudia, the

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light in his eyes vanished instantly. He promptly tossed the phone onto the

table and ignored the call.

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The phone continued to ring for a while and it paused briefly before ringing

again. However, Alaric never answered even one of those calls.

After a while, the corners of his lips curled into a mocking smirk.

I can’t believe I’m still thinking she would call me now. What can she even

talk to me about now that we are divorced? You are delusional, Alaric

Cadogan.

That night, no one in the Cadogan Residence could rest peacefully.

It was the first time in the master and mistress of the house’s long marriage

that their mistress hadn’t come home.

Alaric, too, had locked himself in the study and didn’t even come

downstairs for lunch or dinner after he returned home. When the servants

tried to inform him that the meals were ready, no one dared to approach

him the moment they heard the sound of things being thrown around.

Hector went to the study twice, only to return with a sullen face both times.

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The curious servants couldn’t help but ask, “Hector, what is going on? Is he

still refusing to eat?”

Hector nodded. “He’s not even acknowledging my presence. I wonder what

happened between sir and madam.”

“Right! Madam didn’t even come home. Have you called her, Hector?”

“Her phone is off.”

“It’s off? Why is sir not out looking for her, then?”