SWNOVELS Departure with a Belly Chapter 408
Chapter 408
The two kids cowered behind her simultaneously, their hands clinging to her shirt.
Having braced herself, Victoria flung the door open after unlocking it. The words she
had intended to say rushed out of her mouth. “I’ll go with you guys. Just don’t hurt my
kids and-”
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However, before she could finish her sentence, she felt everything go black before her
eyes; she was wrapped in an embrace. “Get off-” Realizing what was happening, she
subconsciously tried to shove the person away, only to be startled when a familiar
scent assailed her nostrils. This is…
Just then, the man tightened his arms around her, holding her tightly as if to make her a
part of his own body.
Even so, Victoria didn’t feel any pain at all. Her eyes glistened, misting over with tears in
only an instant. At the same time, she heard the two kids cry out behind her, “Mr. Night!”
It’s him. It really is him!
She never thought that it was actually Alaric who had come looking for her. She never
mentioned him over the phone with Summer earlier, and perhaps due to the urgent
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situation, she didn’t hear Summer mention him either. Not knowing if Summer had told
the man about this, she thought he was still in the dark about what had happened. In
her heart, she never expected him to come to her rescue.
But little did she think Alaric would show up in front of her without warning.
She gently pushed him away with her hands pressing his chest. However, this tiny
movement seemed to provoke him, causing him to clasp her to his chest once again.
Not expecting him to tightly embrace her again, Victoria was startled. She rested her
chin on the man’s shoulder.
At the sight of this, Terrance let out a cough with his hand over his mouth. “Ahem! Mr.
Cadogan, we’d better get out of here now. Otherwise, we might have a bit of trouble if
we come across their men again.”
Only then did the large hands that had been holding onto Victoria relax their grip before
slowly letting go. After taking a step back, Alaric looked down at her, who had visibly
lost a great deal of weight. His thin lips almost compressed into a thin line in
displeasure. He placed his hand on top of her head, then brought it down to cup her
cheek. All he said was, “You’ve lost weight.”
Hearing this from the man, Victoria couldn’t help but burst into tears, having held back
her tears just now.
Alaric tenderly wiped her tears away before bending down to kiss her on the eyelids. He
said in a husky voice, “Let’s go home.” With that, he took her by the hand and led her out
of the washroom stall.
The two little ones threw themselves at him from behind. “Mr. Night!”
Alaric’s lips curled into a smile as he patted them on the head. “Uh–huh. It’s been a
while, sweeties.”
Back in the country, the twins had noticed signs of a thawing relationship between their
mother and Alaric. And now, this was his first time showing up in front of them while
they were on the run in a foreign country, which felt like a much–needed rain after a long
drought. Therefore, one might as well say that they became very well–disposed to him
at this moment. They said to Terrance, “Hi, Mr. Levane.”
Terrance came over and took them by the hand to keep them from bothering Victoria
and his boss. He said to them, “Come on, let me get you two out of here now.”
“Wait a minute.” Victoria stopped him as she recalled something. “Nicole’s foot is hurt,”
she explained. After that, she went over and tried to pick the girl up.
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Before she crouched down, however, she was stopped by Alaric. “Let me do it.” He bent
down and picked Nicole up on his own, upon which Nicole threw her arms around his
neck, saying, “Thank you, Mr. Night.”
“Let’s go.”
Victoria took Nathan by the hand and walked on as they left the place together.
Unexpectedly, just when they reached the entrance, a group of people surrounded
them, blocking their way completely.
Victoria’s heart sank at the sight of these people. “It’s their men.”
Alaric instinctively pulled her toward him with his arms around her. “I’m here.”
Victoria also leaned closer to him unconsciously. After pursing her lips, she asked, “You
didn’t call the police, did you?”
Alaric paused for a moment before lowering his eyes to look at her. “Why? Are you
worried that I’d
call the police to get him arrested?”
Victoria’s eyes lowered under the gaze of the man’s pitch–black eyes. “I don’t want to
hurt him. He helped me a lot in the past, after all.”
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“He’s hurting you right now.”
“He only took me away, but he didn’t hurt me,” stressed Victoria. “He didn’t hurt me and
the kids.”
Alaric frowned slightly. It was true that he didn’t call the police: Nevertheless, he
couldn’t help feeling jealous deep down when he saw Victoria defend and speak for
Bane like this in front of himself.
Just then, Bane stepped out of the crowd, cutting short their conversation. As soon as
he stepped out, he accurately spotted Victoria among the crowd with his gaze. He fixed
his eyes on her, as if he hadn’t noticed Alaric at all.
Fixed by the man’s stare, Victoria pursed her lips. Just when she subconsciously tried
to avoid his gaze, Alaric wrapped his arms around her. After clasping her to his chest,
he looked straight into Bane’s eyes, as if wanting to declare her his in a fit of
possessiveness.
Seeing the large hand on Victoria’s supple waist, Bane finally shifted his gaze a little to
meet Alaric’s. A moment later, he curled his lips into a smile. “It’s been a while.”
Alaric stared at him frostily without answering him.
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“It’s been a while since we last saw each other, Alaric. That being said, don’t you think
it’s rather rude of you to try to take my people away without asking for my permission?”
“Your people?” Alaric let out a sneer. “Since when did she become one of your people?
Why didn’t I know that?”
The two men were eyeball to eyeball, and so were their men. Those with weapons held
onto their weapons, whereas those without weapons got into position and were only
waiting for their boss‘ command.
At the sight of this, the man next to Bane who had previously badmouthed Ethan
whispered into Bane’s ear, “Mr. Morison, why waste time talking to them? Just go
straight over and grab Miss Selwyn!”
Bane’s countenance instantly changed at his words. “No, that won’t do.” They weren’t
the only ones here; Victoria, Nicole, and Nathan were here too. It didn’t matter if he got
injured when both sides got into a fight, but what if the three of them got injured by the
weapons? Hence, he had no choice but to sullenly watch Victoria being protected by
the man next to her. Had he known earlier that Ethan would suddenly betray him, he
would’ve probably kept one of the kids by his side. That way, she would have something
to worry about if she wanted to leave. “Victoria,” he called her name in a faint voice
while looking at her. Then, he asked, “Are you sure you want to go with him?”
Victoria didn’t answer.
“Have you forgotten what he did to you five years ago?”
“What he did to me five years ago is none of your business,” Victoria replied in a grim
voice. “And besides, I don’t like being confined.” She cast a glance at Nathan and Nicole
beside her. “Even if I’m not going back to Alaric’s side, I won’t go back with you either.”