SWNOVELS Departure with a Belly Chapter 434
Chapter 434
Mary could see Victoria and two kids–a girl and a boy at her sides. Both of them looked
very similar, and clearly, they were twins. Earlier, she was beyond shocked when
Terrance called her, “Kids? Are they Alaric’s children?”
“Yes, Mrs. Cadogan.”
“What? Victoria has kids with Alaric? How old are they?”
After Terrance told her that the children were already five years old, and a pair of twins
at that, she almost cried tears of joy. In the past, Alaric appeared uninterested in
anyone, and Victoria didn’t want to be in contact with them anymore. So, she reckoned
that she wouldn’t have the chance to be a grandmother because Alaric would never
find himself another partner and she needed a lot of time to take this all in.
Finally, she convinced herself that it was not a big deal not to have grandchildren. Her
son was still alive, and she shouldn’t worry whether he would ever have children of his
own. Since Alaric wasn’t bothered by this, all the less reason for her to be. Yet, she
didn’t expect a surprise to come knocking on her door so quickly. While she was still
distressed that she didn’t have any grandchildren, she suddenly ended up with two.
Although they were still quite a distance away, she could clearly see that the children
had delicate, sculptured features and were especially attention–catching while they
walked on the streets. More importantly, those little faces looked especially similar to
Alaric’s.
Before she came, the servant at home overheard her phone call and couldn’t help but
ask before she left the house, “Mrs. Cadogan, Miss Selwyn has already left for five
years, right? How could she have Mr. Alaric’s children? Could this be a trap? Are the
children really to Mr. Alaric’s?”
Although Mary hadn’t met the children yet, her face darkened when she heard the
servant disparaging Victoria like that. “You’re paid to do your job here, not gossip,” she
scoffed.
The servant jumped from her sudden outburst and curled into herself. “I’m sorry, Mrs.
Cadogan. I shouldn’t have shot my mouth off, but… I’m just saying this because I’m
worried that Mr. Alaric is getting scammed. I don’t mean anything by it.”
“Do you think you’re smarter than Alaric? Don’t you think he’d know if he’s scammed?
You’re in no position to question this.” The servant fell silent, not daring to say another
word. “If I hear anything like this again, all of you will be fired!”
She had no doubts because she believed in Alaric’s judgment. Furthermore, Victoria
had saved her family, and she thought that even if the children were not Alaric’s, they
had mistreated her so dreadfully in the past that they should help her to raise her
children as a way of repaying her.
Nevertheless, there wasn’t a shard of suspicion in her heart when she saw the tiny
faces that resembled Alaric. They are definitely Alaric’s children. Who else could their
father be when they looked so much like him?
She was so delighted that she felt her heart racing as they got closer. I’m going to be a
grandmother! In the past, she was envious when she saw others boasting about their
grandchildren, and it was finally her turn now. Her plastic friends within the wealthy
class would always show off their grandchildren in front of her and even asked her
questions about Alaric. Such as, why didn’t he have children after being married for so
long? Was Victoria unfit to have babies? Sometimes, they’d recommended doctors
from abroad and suggested she bring Victoria for treatment.
Although Mary had retorted sarcastically at that time, she was still fuming after
returning home when she recalled their gleeful, arrogant faces. Regardless, she had
never rushed Alaric and Victoria, who were still married to each other, because she
respected their decisions and thought that elders shouldn’t interfere in their children’s
relationships.
When she was young, getting pregnant with Alaric was far from planned. Initially, she
wanted to spend more time alone with her husband. Besides, Griselda didn’t pressure
them, either. Hence, she lived a loving, blissful life with Adrian until she accidentally got
pregnant one day.
Since that was her own experience, she didn’t intend to rush Victoria and Alaric. Yet,
they got a divorce and Victoria even left the country. After that, more people flaunted
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their grandchildren in front of her, but she couldn’t be bothered to snap back at them
and merely smiled in reply. Nonetheless, she canceled the collaboration with the two
companies after returning home, scaring the other parties so terribly that they came to
her house that very same night to plead with her. They admitted that it was their fault
and begged the Cadogan Family to let them off the hook.
For a few years after that, all was peaceful, and she didn’t carry any hope for
grandchildren. But now… They’re close, she thought in excitement as she watched
them getting closer and couldn’t help but crouch down.
Victoria already caught sight of Mary and Adrian from a distance. It had been years
since she last saw Mary, but she barely changed, still looking as beautiful as she always
did. She even flashed them a bright smile from afar. Then, she crouched down in front
of her children and opened her arms wide.
“Kids, they’re your grandparents,” Victoria said softly.
She already spoke about this with the kids on the plane earlier, so they greeted Mary
and Adrian after she pointed them out.
“How are you, Grandpa and Grandma?”
As the kids were still unfamiliar with them, they appeared a little wary when they looked
at them. Mary didn’t take it to heart and even had tears in her eyes when the kids
addressed her as ‘Grandma‘.
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“I’m fine, children,” shè answered and pulled them into her arms in excitement.
Adrian was calmer in comparison to Mary’s enthusiasm, but when he saw the scene
while standing next to her, he couldn’t hide his excitement anymore and slowly
crouched down in front of the children.
Meanwhile, Victoria watched as the elders turned into curious babies in front of the
children, bombarding them with various questions.
“What’s your name? How old are you? Are you going to school? What is your favorite
food and…”
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They asked all sorts of questions about their daily lives until Victoria interjected, “Let’s…
get up, okay? Aren’t you tired after crouching down for so long?”
After she said that, only then did Mary and Adrian realize what they were doing, but
they mentioned nothing about themselves and said instead, “Yes, you’re probably tired
after such a long flight. Let’s go home quickly and get the chef to prepare some
delicious food for you before you take a nice, hot bath and rest.”
“Okay.” Just when Victoria wanted to hold the children’s hands, Adrian and Mary each
picked up a child and walked away. She stared at them in utter bewilderment as she
thought, Okay, looks like they’re friendlier than I’m expecting.
She was reassured to see that the Cadogan couple adored the children. After all, she
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had left for so many years and thought that they would become distant.
“Miss Selwyn, come on. Let’s go.”
She snapped back to her senses when she heard Terrance’s voice and nodded. “Okay.”
Then, they all left together.