SWNOVELS Departure with a Belly Chapter 68
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Who would have thought the house would be in chaos because of
Victoria’s sudden reaction?
As Victoria snuggled against Alaric, her mind was still fuzzy.
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Besides them, Claudia seemed to have thought of something and
suggested, “It will take us some time to go to the hospital, Al. Why don’t we
take her to my friend’s clinic? I think it might be food poisoning.”
Although Claudia seemed calm on the outside, she was already a mental
mess. After all, Alaric would know the truth if he took Victoria to the
hospital. Thus, she insisted on going to her friend’s clinic since she could
hide the truth if Victoria were required to do a checkup.
As she thought about it, she suddenly recalled the last time Victoria had a
fever and refused to go to the hospital. She remembered thinking that
Victoria was throwing a tantrum at Alaric because of her. Thus, she was
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trying to gain Alaric’s attention. At that moment, Claudia despised her.
However, now that she thought about it, she understood why Victoria
refused to go to the hospital or take any medications. There were clues all
along.
“A clinic?” Alaric frowned and refused her suggestion. “I think it’s best if we
go to a hospital. It has a higher standard.” He wasn’t trying to embarrass
Claudia as he just wanted to take Victoria to a hospital and do a checkup
since he felt that she must be extremely uncomfortable to have thrown up
so badly.
However, Claudia had a grim expression when she heard his words. She
looked at Alaric and thought, Does he think the clinic I recommended has
low standards?
Sadly, Alaric couldn’t care less about her at the moment. Right now, all of
his attention was on Victoria.
Suddenly, he heard Victoria’s weak voice. “Stop.”
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He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at her. In the meantime, Victoria
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had regained her senses. She patted his hand and signaled him to put her
down.
However, Alaric frowned and didn’t budge.
Sighing, Victoria opened her mouth and said, “Put me down.”
“You’re feeling unwell. You should go to a hospital,” Alaric replied as he
silently hugged her tighter.
“I’m fine now,” said Victoria.
“You wouldn’t be vomiting your guts out if you were fine.” His words were
blunt. No matter what, he was unwilling to put her down.
“That’s because I had gotten a whiff of…” Initially, Victoria would say that
she threw up because of the smell of meat. However, she swallowed her
words back. After all, Alaric had thought she had already gotten an
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abortion. Thus, he would notice something wrong if she told him the truth.
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When Alaric saw that she paused mid–sentence, he squinted his eyes.
“What is it?”
Before Victoria could say anything, Claudia rushed toward them and
came to the rescue. “The soup must have been too much for her. I feel
uncomfortable smelling it when I drink it too. Victoria just had a bigger
reaction than me. Could it be that it’s because she dislikes fish?”
Hearing her words, Victoria glanced at her. After all, Claudia was right. She
hated fish.
As expected, Alaric looked at her with a suspicious look. “The fish fumet is
overbearing for you?” He still had his doubts about Claudia’s words. After
all, Victoria wouldn’t have reacted so intensely even if she disliked fish.
However, he knew that Victoria didn’t like eating fish since they were
young. Thus, he trusted that she felt nauseous because of the smell of fish.
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Then, Claudia added, “I think it stinks too, but those who love it wouldn’t be
able to sense it.” Then, she seemed to have thought of something and
said, “It’s the same as how you dislike sweet foods, Al.”
Still, it doesn’t make sense to react so strongly even if she dislikes it, Alaric
thought as he looked at Victoria. At that moment, he felt that she was
hiding something from him. As he recalled the shredded report that
Hector informed him, his eyes darkened.
However, before he had the time to think further, Victoria fidgeted. “How
many times am I going to tell you? Put me down.”
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“Are you sure you don’t want to see a doctor?” asked Alaric as he squinted
his eyes.
Victoria took a deep breath out of exhaustion. “I’m not sick. I just don’t want
to drink the soup. Should I go to the hospital because of this?”
Her face seemed better than before, and her lips weren’t pale. She didn’t
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look like a sick person would be, and only then did Alaric put her down.
As soon as Victoria’s feet touched the ground, Claudia immediately
wrapped her arms around Victoria’s. “Are you alright? I think it’s best if you
eat something light after going home. Your stomach must be weak since
you have just recovered from a fever. Maybe it’s time you eat less oily
food.”
Although Claudia acted like she was worrying about Victoria, she was
actually trying to hide the truth from Alaric.
Looking at Claudia, Victoria had a thoughtful expression. However, she
soon brushed it off. They both had an agreement. Since Victoria decided
not to break the promise, Claudia would do the same too.
“Yeah.”
“I’ll take you back home. If you feel unwell again, I’ll take you to the
hospital.”
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“Okay.”
Then, Claudia supported Victoria as they walked back to the house.
In the meantime, Alaric stood there and watched as they left. Since when
were they so close?
When Alaric carried Victoria out of the house, Griselda wanted to tag
along. However, Hector stopped her.
“Don’t worry, Old Mrs. Cadogan. Mr. Cadogan will surely take good care of
her.” Hector’s words calmed Griselda down.
That’s right. With Alaric by Victoria’s side, he will surely take good care of
her. On the contrary, he would need to take care of me if I follow them
since I’m in a wheelchair.
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As Griselda thought about it, she soon calmed down.
“Do you want to continue eating, Old Mrs. Cadogan?”
She shook her head. How could she eat when she was worried sick about
Victoria? She wondered whether Alaric had been taking good care of
Victoria.
The more Griselda thought about it, the more nervous she was. However,
there was nothing she could do.
At this moment, a servant suddenly exclaimed, “Is that Mrs. Cadogan?”
When Griselda heard her words, she turned around and saw that Claudia
was supporting Victoria as they entered the room.
Immediately, the servant knew what Griselda was thinking and quickly
pushed her over. At the same time, Victoria knew that Griselda was
worried about her. Thus, she refused Claudia’s help after entering the
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house and quickly rushed toward Griselda.
“Did I scare you, Grandma?”
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Griselda grabbed her hand and shook her head. “Why did you come back
all of a sudden? I thought you were feeling unwell. Why didn’t you do a
checkup at the hospital?”
“I’m fine.” Victoria smiled and said awkwardly, “It’s just that… I don’t like fish.
That is why I feel nauseous when smelling it.”
“Nauseous?” You wouldn’t have reacted strongly just because you dislike
it, though, thought Griselda. Slowly, she seemed to have realized
something.
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