SWNOVELS Departure with a Belly Chapter 463
Chapter 463
The person on the other end kept talking and rambling, and Victoria listened attentively.
She felt warmed by the person’s words.
Victoria didn’t expect her relationship with this stepmother to be so close.
Furthermore, the information that Bane had revealed to her seemed to suggest that she
had a bad relationship with this stepmother.
However, that wasn’t true…
With this in mind, Victoria responded coldly while pretending to be tough. “I don’t need
you to worry about my affairs.”
As expected, after she said those cold words, the person on the other end fell silent for
a while and then awkwardly laughed. “Victoria? Are you in a bad mood today? Or did
something unpleasant happen at work?”
It seemed that their relationship wasn’t actually bad.
Just as they were talking, Victoria suddenly caught sight of a figure outside. Her
expression remained unchanged, and she continued in a cold voice, “Well, I am indeed
in a bad mood today, so let’s not talk about it for now. I’m going to sleep.”
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After saying that, she didn’t care about the other person’s reaction and hung up the
phone directly.
Once she hung up, she put away her phone and gazed into the distance with a calm
expression.
It seemed that her fiancé was hiding something.
However, she shouldn’t alert him for now.
.
With this in mind, Victoria put her phone away and walked outside.
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Having eaten very little, she had not much energy. When she got up to walk outside, her
steps faltered, and she almost stumbled.
As she stepped outside, Leon approached her. “Miss Selwyn, are you going out?”
Victoria’s gaze fell on him as she sized him up.
Facing her scrutiny, Leon remained silent for two seconds before introducing himself.
“Miss Selwyn, my name is Leon Fuller. I have been instructed by Mr. Morison to follow
you, and I will ensure your safety wherever you go.”
“Ensure my safety?” Victoria expressed her confusion. “I don’t need protection.”
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“Miss Selwyn, considering your previous incident that resulted in your memory loss, the
level of danger you may face when going out will certainly increase. I must accompany
you at all times for your safety.”
However, she pursed her lips unhappily. How could she not see through it?
On the surface, it seemed like he was protecting her, but she felt that he was actually
monitoring her.
For instance, he could have walked up to her openly earlier, but he chose to hide
outside the door after arriving.
Everything felt unusual.
She gave him a sidelong glance and remained silent.
Leon could sense that she didn’t particularly like him, and coupled with the previous
incident, he felt somewhat guilty now.
Victoria didn’t care about his thoughts. She went back to her room, grabbed a jacket,
and then headed downstairs.
He followed behind her.
Along the way, people greeted her and respectfully called her “Miss Selwyn.” They made
it seem that she had lived here for a long time.
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However, Victoria still noticed some clues.
Although their attitude toward her was respectful and flawless, she could detect the
probing and scrutiny in their eyes. It was evident that they were unfamiliar with her,
Body language could deceive, but the eyes could not.
The way they looked at her was simply too unfamiliar.
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However, Victoria didn’t show it even if she knew. After all, she had completely lost her
memory now, and Bane must have had a motive behind his actions. She wasn’t clear
about his intentions at the moment.
However, the one thing she could be certain of was that he wouldn’t harm her.
At this moment, Bane stood by the floor–to–ceiling window on the rooftop, watching
Victoria’s restless figure in the courtyard as his thin lips were tightly pressed together.
Someone behind him said, “Mr. Morison, the police are looking for us.”
Upon hearing this, Bane furrowed his eyebrows.
“What happened?”
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“It seems that before Miss Selwyn arrived, she encountered a female college student at
the airport. They had a brief conversation, but the college student felt that Miss
Selwyn’s condition was off, so..”
Bane understood it instantly.
“The police are concerned that it might be a misunderstanding, so they want to meet
with Miss Selwyn. However, given Miss Selwyn’s current state…”
The person paused at this point, and Bane knew what he meant. With Victoria’s current
state of memory loss, to have her face the words asked by the police would be…
“If we don’t allow the police to see her in person, it might-
“Let them see her.”
“Let them see her?” The person was surprised and probably did not expect Bane to
agree so readily. He stood there momentarily stunned. “But-”
“There’s nothing more to discuss about. She came here willingly in the first place. I
didn’t force her.”
After speaking, Bane smiled slightly.
His subordinate was speechless.
From the surface, it’s true that you didn’t force her, but you threatened her with the
person she likes.
However, he didn’t dare to say such words in front of Bane and quickly went ahead to
carry out his orders.
Victoria wandered around the garden but didn’t notice anything unusual. Moreover, her
energy was running low, and her eyelids began to feel heavy. She decided to return to
her room.
Upon entering the room, she discovered that Bane was waiting for her.
Bane stood up to greet her after seeing her come in.
“Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?”
Even though she had just eaten not long ago, he was clearly concerned about her
well–being.
Victoria was indeed hungry. Her body’s various functions were reminding her to eat and
replenish her energy. However, for some reason, she felt mentally excited and didn’t
have much of an appetite.
“Shall I have someone bring you dessert?”
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After thinking for a moment, she nodded.
There were many varieties of desserts presented before her, including sour ones, sweet
ones, and lightly flavored ones.
Victoria suspected that the entire kitchen had been busy preparing these desserts early
in the morning.
In the end, she chose a bowl of lightly flavored dessert and began drinking it.
Throughout her meal, Bane never took his eyes off her. His eyes were seemingly glued
to her lips. She felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze and instinctively set the
bowl down.
“Why are you staring at me like that?”
Bane snapped out of his trance and raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong? Can’t I look at
my fiancée?”
Victoria was speechless.
She nearly forgot that he had referred to her as his fiancée.
“Why are you watching me eat? It’s making me lose my appetite.”
Upon hearing her words, Bane redirected his gaze elsewhere and then asked, “Do you
remember whom you met at the airport when you came with Ethan?”
“Hmm?”
She was puzzled by the question. “What do you mean?”
He briefly explained the situation about the college student. After hearing the
explanation, Victoria understood his intention.
“The police want to see you because the college student was concerned that I had
abducted you,” he said while sounding somewhat resigned.
“So, you need me to clarify things with the police for you.”
Victoria hadn’t expected the police to come knocking on their door.
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She paused for a moment and looked at him. “I can clarify things for you, but you have
to answer one question for me.”