Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 229

The eavesdropping duo, Jordan and Zoe, heard the words ‘bedmates‘ and were so shocked that they

looked at each other with wide eyes, exclaiming together.

“Bedmates?”

“What does that mean? Did they sleep together?”

Even the driver was shocked to the point of slamming the brake, causing a sharp

shriek. Everyone looked at him, and he took a handkerchief to wipe away the sweat

on his temples while smiling apologetically. “We’re here.”

Hearing that, Victoria realized that they had arrived at the equestrian facility. Her

expression changed slightly as she immediately pushed Jordan away, after which

he hurriedly alighted from the car.

Noticing the situation, she wanted to follow suit but heard Alaric’s cold voice from

behind her. “Are you going to walk away after what you just did?”

She remained silent. Five years have passed, yet he’s still as brazen as ever. She

swept her gaze across him and taunted, “What can you do about it?” Then, she

jumped out of the car and changed her clothes in the room before leaving.

On her way out, Jordan caught up to her and apologized in embarrassment. “I’m so

sorry. If I’d known you had such a relationship with him, I wouldn’t have invited you

here.”

“What relationship?” Her face was calm. “We have nothing to do with each other.”

“You have nothing to do with each other? But back in the car-”

“Even if we did, it ended five years ago.”

“Five years ago?” He was muttering at first but then seemed to realize something

before his eyes widened. “Are you saying…”

Victoria nodded.

“Oh, f*ck. So, that’s how it is…” Jordan murmured. “No wonder he became so

disorderly and irrational after seeing you.”

Alaric had been acting crazy along the road, a side Jordan never saw of him before.

“Mr. Floyd, I hope this doesn’t affect our future partnership no matter what.”

Partnership… It was then Jordan remembered that Victoria came here today to talk

about work, but he was unsure about the details.

She thought about it and asked, “Today’s not a good time. Will you be free

tomorrow?”

He nodded. “You can come to my office tomorrow.”

Slightly surprised, she nodded in return. “Sure. Thank you.”

After Victoria made an appointment with Jordan, she saw Zoe approaching her.

“Hello.” Zoe waved and smiled. “Can we exchange phone numbers?”

Victoria was somewhat astonished as she did not expect Zoe would want to do

that. “Sure.”

After that, Zoe asked softly, “So, did you seriously sleep with him?”

When Victoria heard that question, she felt her hand tremble slightly but then straightforwardly asked, “I

refuse to answer this question.”

“That’s fine.” Zoe did not mind that answer and shrugged. “I won’t ask again.”

Then, Victoria bid her goodbye and left the equestrian facility. Before leaving, she sensed a sharp gaze

locked on her back. It was a no–brainer whose stare it

helonged to. Then, she opened the cab’s door and got in.

When she returned to her company, she saw Henry coming to welcome her, asking,

“How was it? Am I going to like what I’m about to hear?”

She hopelessly glanced at him.

“Huh. I guess not.”

“Ugh. Don’t even mention it.” She sat on the couch. “We didn’t even talk about the

investment, but I’ve arranged to meet him tomorrow.”

When he heard her last sentence, he was relieved. “That’s great. I’m sure you can

get the investment when you have a nice chat tomorrow. You are smart, after all.”

Smart? How is that going to get us the investment? It’s going to be a difficult task

for sure.

Recalling something, Victoria looked at Henry, asking, “Between Jordan and Alaric,

who do you think is better?”

Confusion instantly appeared on his face. “What do you mean? Why would you ask

that?”

“Be honest and answer the question.”

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her question. He was unsure whether she would get angry if he said something

good about Alaric. After all, she was his current boss.

“What are you worried about?” she asked, sensing his hesitation.

Henry mustered his courage to answer, “I was deciding whether to toss the truth

bomb or amuse you.”

That answer was interesting and even caused Victoria to smile. “Then, you’d better

amuse me with your truth bomb.”

He replied, “Miss Selwyn, that’s quite difficult.”

At that, she raised an eyebrow. “Take it as the management assessment for your

first month on the job.”

“An assessment? I’ll have to think about it.” Henry stood there for a while before

continuing, “Regarding seniority, Alaric is better than Jordan because, to Alaric,

Jordan is just a newbie. But the underdog who just took over the company has

endless possibilities. Doing business is like going into a battle. The last one.

standing will be the winner.”

That answer cracked Victoria up. “I finally know why you made it up to the

management level so quickly.”

Henry smiled. “You’re flattering me, Miss Selwyn.”

“One more question.”

“What is it?”

“Do you think Jordan Floyd would offend Cadogan Group for a small company like

Us?”

When he heard that, he was slightly stunned.

“How about that? Is this difficult enough to answer?”

“Miss Selwyn, I believe you’re dissatisfied with my suggestion, so you asked me a

challenging one.”

“Oh, so you do know.”

“That can’t be helped, Miss Selwyn. This company needs to run and develop.” He

reminded her, “This is your company.”

Victoria was promptly reminded. “You’re right. This is my company.” In other words,

she still needed to work hard despite knowing she would dislike the results.

“I’m glad you understand.”

“Mr. Poole, please come up with a new list of companies besides Floyd

Corporation.” Henry’s visible confusion led Victoria to smile. “A list of possible

investors. There’s a huge possibility that tomorrow will fail.”

He stayed quiet for a while before looking at his boss, who still wore her fake smile,

and asked with difficulty, “Excuse me for being rude, but who did you meet today,

Miss Selwyn?”

“You know the answer to that.”

He pressed on. “You met Mr. Cadogan? What a coincidence.”

“Yes, I did and even offended him.”

Jasea was such an enormous city, but Victoria did not expect to bump into him so often in such a short

period. Meanwhile, Henry lost the desire to speak further. He thought her questions were to make

things difficult for him, but it turned out… She

had offended an important figure..