Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 268

“No chance?” Alaric chuckled softly. “Why do you think that I don’t have a chance?”

When Terrance learned that Victoria had children who were already a few years old, he

felt sorry for Alaric and said with a dejected look on his face, “Mr. Cadogan, her children

are already toddlers, that goes to show that they have a father. If you continue down

this road, you may end up as a homewrecker in the future. Do you really want your

reputation to develop in that direction?”

Alaric swept his gaze over him, as though he was looking at a ret ard, and Terrance

couldn’t help but wonder what he said wrong.

“Do you remember what you said before?”

“What did I say? Will you please explain everything?” The way Alaric spoke was wearing

down Terrance’s patience, and he had no idea what he was trying to say, so he sounded

a little impatient. But right after that, he started to regret it. Even if I’m impatient, I

shouldn’t have used this tone with him. Just when he wanted to apologize to Alaric, he

realized that Alaric wasn’t mad at all and seemed to be in a rather good mood.

“Have some patience and look at the picture again.” Once again, Alaric showed him the

picture.

Terrance frowned as he decided to look at the picture carefully despite the confusion in

his heart but couldn’t find anything extraordinary about it. In the end, he asked, “Ar

Cadogan, I’ve been staring at the picture with the utmost focus that I swear that if I’m

capable of drilling holes into it, you’ll have a broken phone. What’s the problem with it?

Aren’t they just Miss Selwyn’s kids?”

A speechless Alaric looked at him doubtfully, wondering, Why does his brain suddenly

stop working at this time? When nothing was happening before this, he could come up

with all sorts of nonsensical ideas, but now that something has truly happened, he

couldn’t think of anything at all. With this thought in mind, he prompted him in

annoyance, “Take a closer look at the children’s features.”

Their features? Following his order, Terrance took a look again and said, “In all honesty,

these kids have handsome features, and they look very similar to each other, but their

temperaments are different. The girl is pretty, and the boy is also good-looking. It’s just

that…”

Alaric watched in resignation as Terrance deliberated the matter while scratching his

chin. Frankly, it made him speechless that Terrance was still missing the point after

saying everything yet nothing. “Just what?”

“It’s just that these kids don’t look like Miss Selwyn. Instead, they look a little like-”

Then, he abruptly trailed off mid-sentence, paused for a few seconds, and turned to

Alaric in astonishment. Then, he checked the two kids again to confirm his suspicion,

and after checking a few times consecutively, he gulped, “Y-You,”

“Yes.” Alaric calmly looked at him and said in a steady voice, “Finish your sentence

earlier. Whom do they look like?”

By now, Terrance had already cursed a few times silently in disbelief, but after he had

this idea in his mind, they really did resemble Alaric. Especially the little boy in the

picture, who looked like an exact copy of Alaric. He did mention something about it in

the past, but he hadn’t really thought anything of it at the time. After all, who would

have thought that Alaric already had children? But now, these are Miss Selwyn’s kids

and they’re already so big. Maybe…

“Speak,” Alaric urged with a frown.

After a few seconds in silence, Terrance said firmly, “They look like you, Mr. Cadogan,

they really do. I’ve mentioned that these kids resemble you a little, but I wasn’t really

thinking at that time. Now… If these kids are related to you, that means, five years ago,

Miss Selwyn was already…”

This was the question Alaric was thinking about as well. “Mr. Cadogan, you… didn’t

know about it?” The way Terrance looked at Alaric had changed, like he had so many

things to say but couldn’t.

Alaric pursed his lips, and his eyes were dark. He, too, wanted to know why he had no

idea about this. “Pack up. We’re going to Jasea.”

Terrance nodded. “We’re all packed. When are we going?”

“Right now,” Alaric answered with a serious look. Before he boarded the flight, he said

to Terrance, “Send someone to find out where the kids are and how they’re doing now. I

want it in detail.”

“Okay, Mr. Cadogan. I’ll make the necessary arrangements now.”

When they were on the flight, Alaric kept looking out the window, but he couldn’t see

anything. Who would have thought that Nicole and Nathan could be his children? That

explained why they always seemed special to him. So, this was the reason! Now that he

was sure that they were his children, all the pain and unease had seemingly

disappeared.

Terrance had a laptop on his lap as he took a seat next to him and whispered, “Mr.

Cadogan, I’ve sent someone to investigate the matter. We’ll receive the information

tonight or tomorrow the latest.”

“Okay.”

Terrance stole a look at Alaric before looking away. Until now, he was still in shock

because he never imagined that things would take such a dramatic turn. Those two

kids may be Mr. Cadogan’s children…

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Before this, he had been wondering why the usually aloof Alaric liked watching the live

broadcast of two kids without reason. He had even spent a considerable sum on the

channel. As it turned out, The Universe was leading their paths toward certain things,

and Fate would always bind those who were fated without them realizing.

Although they still didn’t know the results of the investigations, judging from the similar

features, Terrance reckoned that the chances of their assumptions coming true were

very high. All we have to do now is wait for the results.

After work, Victoria left her office and went to Fiona’s place to pick up her kids. The

place she went to was the quaint place, where Fiona was still living.

Fiona didn’t really feel as though anything was off, but when Victoria stepped into the

living room, she recalled the scene when she chased Victoria away and felt incredibly

remorseful. So, she apologized to Victoria when she got close, saying guiltily, “I’m sorry

about what happened last time.”

Victoria’s first reaction was surprise. However, the very next second, she said lightly,

“It’s not a big deal.” She had already let the matter slide, so it really wasn’t a big deal.

“I really don’t know if I had lost my mind at the time. How could I tell you to leave

because of this? I rented this place because you’re back, but I didn’t imagine that I’d

actually… I’m sorry.” Fiona’s eyes welled up with tears as she spoke, and she dashed to

Victoria and hugged her. “I’m really sorry.”

This scene was hidden from the kids in the room, and Victoria returned her hug, patting

her gently on her back. “Never mind. If I’m truly upset with you, do you think I’ll bring the

kids along to look for you? The fact that I came looking for you means that I never once

took your words to heart.”

“It’s precisely because you came looking that made me feel so guilty. You cherish this

friendship, but I destroyed it so easily.”

“No, you didn’t.” Victoria chuckled softly. “Even if you don’t want to be friends with me

any longer, I still do. So, don’t worry about it anymore, okay?”

Fiona laid her head on Victoria’s shoulder and sniffled a few times before pulling away

with reddened eyes and was filled with even more regret when she recalled the call she Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

had with Alaric today.

She wanted to make things clear to Victoria, but she swallowed

back the words before they managed to fall from her lips. Forget it. Judging from how

she is, I don’t think she’ll mind it.