SWNOVELS Departure with a Belly Chapter 355
Chapter 355
Victoria could only place her pen down and rose to her feet to head toward
the foyer.
Due to the fact that she lived alone, Victoria had always been extremely
vigilant, and she had equipped her door with cameras and a peephole.
Hence, she first turned on the cameras to take a look at the visitor
upon
reaching the foyer.
However, when she caught sight of the figure that appeared on the screen
and the face that belonged to it, she immediately froze.
Alaric? Why is he here? What’s he doing at my house at this hour?
Although she was not worried that he would harm her as he wasn’t a
stranger, she didn’t feel inclined to open the door for him due to their
relationship with each other. Besides, a phone call would suffice if he had
something important to tell her.
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However, she recalled the agreement that would soon be signed and
realized that he would have many more opportunities to spend time with her
children in the future. Since she had already made her decision, it seemed
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that there was no longer any reason for her to continue pushing him away.
At that thought, Victoria let out a sigh and walked toward the door before
opening it for him.
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Alaric had been waiting by Victoria’s door for a long time, but she still hadn’t
opened the door. He lowered his gaze toward his shoes. Due to the late hour,
he hadn’t held much hope that she would open the door for him when he
arrived, and he only pressed the doorbell to try his luck. If she couldn’t hear
him, then he would just forget about it.
Just like that, he waited for what felt like an eternity with downcast eyes, and
yet nobody came to open the door for him. However, when he was about to
leave in dejection, the door suddenly opened, and he turned to look at
Victoria in disbelief at the sound.
The moment their eyes met, Victoria was startled by his appearance.
When she was checking the cameras, she had mostly seen his figure, and
only half of his face was shown, so she wasn’t able to tell, but now that they
were face to face, she noticed that Alaric’s face was flushed crimson, as if he
were drunk.
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Moreover, there was something amiss with his gaze. Could he have gotten.
drunk and come to her to cause a fuss?
At that thought, Victoria took a step back, distancing herself from him. “It’s
very late. What are you doing here? Do you need anything?”
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Alaric pursed his lips slightly. She was right. What was he doing here at this
hour? Besides, what could he even achieve by coming to her when he was in
this condition? In fact, he shouldn’t have shown up in the first place. Even if he
was doing this to get her back, it was all the more reason for him not to
disturb her here.
However, for reasons unknown even to himself, his feet seemed to take him.
to where she was as if they had a mind of their own. Even at a time like this,
she was the only person he wanted to be with. And yet…
Thinking that, he panted lightly and said, “It was an accident.”
Victoria was utterly confused. An accident? He came all the way to her house
to ring her doorbell in the middle of the night, and now he was saying that it
was an accident. Did he take her for a fool?
As they spoke, she sensed that there was something off about him and
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asked with a frown, “Why are you panting so much? What did you do?”
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Her voice was extremely gentle and pleasant to the ears, not in a way that
was deliberate, but rather because she always had such a lovely voice.
Moreover, she was dressed in a nightgown, most likely due to the fact that
she had been getting ready to retire for the night. Her hair which was always
pulled back during the day now cascaded down her shoulders, while her fair
face and exquisite features were free from any makeup. Her brows were
relaxed, and underneath her small nose was a pair of rosy and seductive red
lips.
Red lips… Alaric’s breath caught in his throat, and he felt as if his body was
heating up even more. He forced himself to move his eyes away from her
face. “It’s nothing. I’ll leave now.”
Upon saying that, Alaric summoned all of his willpower to turn around. He
couldn’t stay here for another minute; any longer and he might get into
trouble. He might be able to hold himself back if it came to someone else, but
the fact that the person standing before him was the woman he loved only
added fuel to the fire.
“Wait a second.”
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Unexpectedly, he had just turned around when Victoria called out to him.
from behind.
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At her voice, Alaric’s feet came to a halt. It wasn’t because he was unwilling to
move, but rather that his body refused to heed his mind, and the struggle
between his limbs and his brain caused him to be rooted in place without
walking forward or turning around.
Meanwhile, Victoria walked over and circled around before coming to a stop
before him, where she placed a hand on his forehead emotionlessly. The
moment her hand came into contact with his skin, she immediately
retracted it from the scorching heat that was emanating from him.
“Why… Why is your skin so hot?”
When she first caught sight of his red face upon opening the door earlier, she
assumed that he was drunk, which would explain why he would show up at
her door in the middle of the night. However, as their conversation went on,
she couldn’t detect the smell of alcohol on his body at all, yet his face
remained flushed and his breaths were heavy as he spoke, and he even told
her that his visit was an accident.
Victoria found this strange, and as she expected, she realized that he was
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burning hot the moment she touched his forehead.
“Weren’t you perfectly fine when you went back earlier? Why do you have a
fever all of a sudden? What did you do?”
That was just a while ago!
“You have a really high fever. It’s so late at night; I think I should call an
ambulance for you.” As soon as she finished speaking, she retracted her
earlier words and corrected herself. “No, you’re still conscious now, so they
might not come over even if I call them. Besides, it takes too long to wait for
an ambulance. It’s best for you to go to the hospital immediately, but…”
If she followed him to the hospital, she didn’t feel safe about leaving the two
children alone in the house.
But… Victoria bit her lower lip as she glanced at Alaric, who seemed delirious
from the fever. Eventually, she gritted her teeth and made the decision to
take him to the hospital.
“Forget it, I’ll just go with you, but you must give Mr. Levane a call right now
and tell him to head to the hospital right away. After he arrives, I’ll…..”
Before she could finish, Alaric, who had been motionless, suddenly took a
step forward and wrapped her in his arms, putting a stop to Victoria’s next
words as she froze in place. All she could feel was his heavy breaths in her
ear and the sheer heat that enveloped her while he hugged her.
At first, she wanted to push him away, but she could tell from his current
behavior that he must have gone delirious from the fever. Did she really have
to call an ambulance after all?
Just as she was about to push him off her and call the ambulance
immediately after, Alaric spoke strenuously into her ear.
“I don’t need to go to the hospital.”
His hot breath fanned her ear as he spoke, causing Victoria to shrink away in
a subconscious attempt to avoid him.
“Why not? You’re burning with a fever…”
“I don’t have a fever,” Alaric protested feebly, unable to stop his large hands
from tightening around her waist, pulling her soft body closer to him.
Hence, every inch of their bodies was practically molded together save for
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their clothes, leaving Victoria unable to catch her breath from his strong grip.
“Did the fever make you lose your mind? How can you say that you don’t
have a fever when your body is this hot?”
“I-I don’t have a fever… I–It’s Claudia…”
His words were all over the place, but Victoria instantly understood–not only.
did he not have a fever, but it was also connected to Claudia.
Could it be that… Claudia had given him…