SWNOVELS Departure with a Belly Chapter 334
Chapter 334
When Victoria mentioned that Alaric didn’t want the kids, he frowned and snapped,
“When did I ever say that I don’t want the kids?”
His reaction seemed amusing to Victoria. “Cut the pretense. Don’t think that you didn’t
do it just because you didn’t say it yourself.”
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Alaric’s frown deepened at her statement because it sounded ridiculous. So, he tried to
defend himself. “Since I didn’t say it, how can you say that I did it?”
A look of disbelief washed over Victoria’s face. “Alaric, don’t you even have the guts to
admit it?”
Annoyed by her confusing words, he argued, “Why should I admit to something I never
said?”
A mocking smile spread across her face. “I didn’t think that you’ve turned into a wimp
who doesn’t even dare to own up to your own actions. And now, you keep playing word
games with me.”
“When was I playing word games with you?”
“If you aren’t, why won’t you admit it?”
“How do you expect me to admit something I’ve never done?”
Victoria felt that there was no need to waste any time talking to him. Besides, words
alone were not proof. It was true that he didn’t say it himself at that time, but if he
wanted to fight for custody of the children, then he would have denied it back then.
Still, she just didn’t expect him to turn into such a person now.
Not only was she quiet, but the way she was looking at him had changed tremendously
and she was wearing a completely different expression. When he noticed this, he
couldn’t help but grab her shoulders and said through a tightened jaw, “Fine, if you
insist, then I’ll admit it. Just take it that I’ve done something like that. Then, as the
person involved, may I ask you to review what happened at that time?”
Victoria flinched a little, thinking, Just admit it. Why is he being so pushy about what
happened back then? Could it be…
“Even if you’re going to convict me, you should let me know what crime I committed,
right?” Alaric growled; it was an understatement to say that he was utterly frustrated by
this entire ordeal.
He had absolutely no idea what happened back then, but now, Victoria was so sure that
he had done something like this before and even called him a wimp for not owning up
to his actions. This was enough to show that a deep misunderstanding existed
between them. When she went silent, he softened his stance, coaxing, “Will you please
tell me?”
After she stared at him for a couple of minutes, she took a deep breath, looked the
other way, and blurted, “Text message.”
“Text message?” Confused by her words that came out of the blue, he narrowed his
eyes. “What text message? Are you saying that I sent you a text all those years ago?”
His question merely made her even more puzzled. Things are already set in stone, but
why is he acting like he doesn’t know anything about it? “It’s the text message I sent
you. Do you know now, or do you still need me to tell you anything else as a reminder?”
Alaric’s brows knitted together tightly. The text she sent me? He tried to recall
everything that happened but couldn’t remember ever neglecting any of her texts nor
did he have any recollection that she had sent him any texts about her pregnancy. At
the thought of this, he gazed at her and asked a crucial question, “Did I reply to your
back then?”
“No.”
As I expected, he thought. That explains why I don’t remember it at all. If she had sent
me a text for something so important, I’d definitely remember it. So, he said seriously,
“Victoria, will you believe me if I tell you that I’ve not received that text?”
Victoria’s lips curled into a cold smirk as she was expecting him to say that. “I knew that
you’d deny it. Anyway, you didn’t reply to my text, so you can simply take it that you’ve
never seen it.”
“I swear I didn’t see it. Otherwise, do you think I won’t reply to something so important?
We grew up together. Am I that kind of person to you?”
“Yes, we did grow up together and I thought that I knew you, but who knows if you’ll
change or not? After all, Claudia is your savior and it’s not entirely impossible for you to
change because of her.”
“Do you think that I’ll hurt you because of her?”
Well, this question is… She shot him a scornful look at that outrageous statement.
“Haven’t you hurt me because of her?”
“When did I do that?”
When? How dare he!
While Victoria was fuming in anger, he continued, “If you mean the divorce, then I can
explain.” Again, she didn’t say anything. “Didn’t we already agree that the marriage was
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a pretense before we got married?” When she heard that, she finally glanced at him
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without saying a word, and he used the opportunity to add, “Do you remember what you
said to me back then? You said that we’ll get a divorce when Grandma’s surgery is over.”
“I didn’t say that,” she snapped. “You did.”
“Did you forget?” The smile on his face seemed a little sad. “On the fifth day after we
slept together, you told me that we’ll divorce after Grandma’s surgery.”
Victoria was a little startled by his words because she had forgotten about this part, but
now that he had brought it up again, she thought about it seriously and realized that
such a thing did happen.
That was the first time they slept together, but it happened because alcohol played a
big part in it, and both of them were very awkward after waking up unclothed right next
to each other. She could recall that after that discussion, Alaric was in low spirits for a
very long time.
Victoria couldn’t take it anymore, so on the fifth day of their awkwardness, she woke up
early and said to him without even looking at him, “Stop pulling a long face every day.
Didn’t I already say that what happened that night was an accident? If it bothers you
that much, we can divorce once Grandma’s surgery is over.”
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Alaric stopped in his tracks at her words, but she dashed right into the bathroom before
she even had the chance to check out the look on his face. At that time, it felt horrible
to her that he was giving her the cold shoulder. She wanted to be in a passionate
relationship like other couples, or maybe whine to him like a young girl in marriage.
However, when she thought about her situation–that their marriage wasn’t genuine, to
begin with, and the relationship they shared was childhood friends hidden under the
pretext of a happy marriage–she felt that she was in no position to whine like his
girlfriend, asking him not to give her the cold shoulder anymore.
In addition, she wasn’t coveting anything in her heart, thinking that he was only pulling
a long face because their friendship was ruined. So, she reckoned that clearing up their
relationship would set him at ease. After all, he had helped her out and she should do
something in return.
Nonetheless, she snapped out of her flashback and looked at him coldly. “So what if I
said that? Would I have said that if you hadn’t shunned me after that incident?”
Alaric narrowed his eyes. “I shunned you? Victoria, aren’t you the one who said that it
was a physical need after waking up and asked me for 14.5 million? You’re the one who
turned our relationship into a deal.”
At this point, she finally understood something and turned to him with an amused look.
“What? Isn’t that the entire basis of our relationship?”