SWNOVELS Departure with a Belly Chapter 440
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Victoria set her phone aside and lost all interest in the food in front of her. She had
planned to leave the house, but there was no need for that now that she was aware of
the situation at hand.
“Miss Selwyn?” Her emotions were on a rollercoaster ride while she was on a call
earlier, so the servant in a corner didn’t dare to make a sound. However, when the staff
noticed that she hadn’t touched a single morsel on her plate after ending the call, she
tentatively reminded Victoria, “The food is getting cold.”
Victoria lowered her head and glanced at the food before turning to the servant. Her
lips parted and she wanted to tell the woman to take it away because she couldn’t
stomach anything right now. After a few moments, she turned her attention back to the
food and decided to finish it in a few mouthfuls before leaving the room instead. She
had to set an example for the children as she was always telling them not to waste
food.
Then, she returned to her room and dialed Alaric’s number. Although she heard from
Terrance that due to the bad reception in Alaric’s area, her calls wouldn’t be answered,
she simply couldn’t find it in herself to give up so easily.
Beep, beep.
The call beeped twice before disconnecting and there was no notification that Alaric
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had switched off his phone; it was simply not connecting. As she listened to the
monotonous dial tone, she couldn’t help but wonder, What exactly is happening?
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Just then, her phone started ringing across the quiet room, which made her jump in
surprise. She thought it was a call from Alaric but was disappointed when she saw the
caller ID.
“Hello.”
“Miss Selwyn, why do you sound so sad?” Henry’s voice echoed into Victoria’s ears
since the last time she heard it days ago.
Right now, besides Alaric, anyone else who called her couldn’t bring her any joy. So, she
replied to his question in a sad, dejected voice, “It’s nothing. What’s the matter?”
“What else could be the matter? Miss Selwyn, when was the last time you came to the
office? You weren’t answering your phone earlier and I wouldn’t have found out that
you’re out of the country if I hadn’t asked Mr. Levane about your whereabouts.”
Office… That’s right, I still have a company to run, she recalled absentmindedly. A long
time had passed since she was kidnapped by Bane, and she hadn’t made a single trip to
the office since that fateful day.
“I’m sorry. Recently, I’ve… I’ve got a lot to deal with.” As she didn’t plan to tell him the
truth, she fabricated some random excuse.
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“Okay, I can understand that you may be busy, but when do you plan to come to work?
Although I’m experienced, I’m not the boss of your company, and can’t make certain
decisions without you giving the green light. Why don’t you free up some time and pop
over to check things out?”
“I’m coming right now.” After she hung up, she left the house quickly. When she arrived
at her office, she happened to bump into Henry discussing a collaboration with
someone.
Henry immediately caught sight of her after sending the guest off, told her about the
details of the collaboration, and passed the agreement to her. “This project is not bad,
but there are some things that need your personal touch as I don’t have the authority to
agree to them without getting your approval. So, you should look it over personally.”
“Okay.” She took the file from him and flicked it open. Even though her eyes were
staring at rows upon rows of dizzying words, her mind was preoccupied with images of
Alaric’s face.
Next to her, Henry was looking at her expectantly as she stared at the first page of the
agreement in her seat. One minute passed, two minutes, and then, five minutes, but
she didn’t even flip the page. As he found her behavior odd, he tilted his head and
looked into her eyes. He quickly noticed that they weren’t even focused on the words in
front of her. Thus, he reckoned that her mind should have wandered elsewhere. Oh, she
seemed professional at first glance, but she was clearly not ready to handle work at the
moment.
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Nevertheless, he rapped the table and said, “Miss Selwyn?” He repeated her name
several times before Victoria finally snapped back to her senses.
After that, she stared at his exasperated face, feeling incredibly sorry. “I’m sorry. My
mind was elsewhere.”
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“Miss Selwyn, I know that there’s a good reason behind your strange behavior right now,
but… all I need from you is to spare some time to go through this agreement. Your mind
can go wherever it wants once you’re done reading this. Is that okay?”
She twitched her lips into an approximation of a smile and nodded wearily. This time,
she had an iron grip on her traitorous mind, focusing on the agreement instead, and left
her signature at the end once she was done with the whole thing. Then, she returned
the agreement to him. “Thank you for your hard work for the past few days.”
“Don’t mention it. I’m your administrator, you know?” He smiled and was just about to
leave with the agreement in his hands but couldn’t stop himself from gossiping one
second before he left. “Miss Selwyn, are you having a problem in your relationship?”
However, his question received no reply because Victoria had slipped into her own
thoughts yet again after handing the document to him.
In the end, he could only stare at her and sigh helplessly as he mumbled, “Forget it.
Watch out when you’re going home later and don’t run into any accidents.”
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He turned around and walked away but was surprised to run into half a dozen tall and
bulky men in black suits and sunglasses at the door.
“Who are you guys?”
The man who was the leader glanced at him coldly. Nonetheless, he was aware that
Henry was a manager in the office, so he was rather polite to Henry. “Hello, we’re Miss
Selwyn’s bodyguards.”
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Henry was dumbfounded. Victoria reappeared with so many bodyguards around her
after her brief disappearance. Even though she hadn’t told him what happened to her in
the past few days, given his intelligence, he could tell from the current situation that
things were not looking good.
It seems like she wasn’t dealing with things the past few days but had run into some
trouble, he thought. Otherwise, she won’t have so many bodyguards in her retinue at
the moment. No wonder she couldn’t focus on the agreement, he thought and sighed
silently.
Even though he had no idea what happened, he reckoned that he had a vague idea
about what was going on. Nevertheless, it would only cause her more trouble if he
pestered her about it now. Therefore, he tossed this matter to the back of his mind and
quickly left the room with the agreement.
When he walked out, the lead bodyguard knocked on the door, stepped in, and found
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Victoria seated at her desk with a blank look on her face.
Meanwhile, Victoria was deep in her thoughts. When she heard the knock on the door,
she instinctively raised her head, asking, “What’s the matter?”
The leader of these bodyguards nodded at her. “We have to ensure your safety, Miss
Selwyn. If you’re going to work here today, we have to be in the room to keep you safe.”
As though worried that she wouldn’t agree, he added before she could say anything,
“There are windows everywhere in this office, and their men may break in through the
windows.”
Her eyes reflexively darted toward the full windows, and he continued, “As well as the
air shafts.”
She stared at him wide–eyed and thought, Fine, if one can get through the air shafts,
windows seem possible. “Okay.” After she gave her consent, a group of people poured
in, and her spacious room immediately appeared cramped as the well–built men filled
up the room. Perhaps it was her mind playing tricks on her as she felt that the air was
getting stale and stuffy.
Hence, she got up and wanted to open the windows but had barely taken a few steps
when a bodyguard stepped forward, blocking her path. “Miss Selwyn, please don’t go
close to the windows. It may be dangerous.”