Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 270

The school principal, Greg Bacher, came out personally to welcome Alaric. In fact, he

was shocked to find out that Alaric wanted to visit their kindergarten.

Although he was

aware that Alaric was a successful businessman, it was astonishing to him that he

would like to check out the environment of the school because he had never heard that

Alaric was married or had children.

When he voiced his doubts, his wife said, “Why do you care whether he has children or

not? Maybe he’s just prepping for the future. You know, the rich are always planning

ahead in everything. Don’t read too much into this when he’s just here for a visit. Just

do what you’re supposed to do, and it will be fine.”

After Greg listened to his wife’s advice, he greeted Alaric with a smiling face and led

him to walk around the school compound. “The environment of our school is not bad. If

you have kids in the future, you can consider sending them to school here, Mr.

Cadogan.”

Sadly, no matter what he said, Alaric’s face remained stoic and didn’t show any reaction

at all. Greg stared at his expressionless face and wondered worriedly, Is he unhappy

with the school?Next to them, Terrance, who knew that Alaric wasn’t here to check out

the school nor was he interested in the surroundings, stepped forward and said, “Mr.

Bacher, the environment looks very good, but we wonder how the teaching atmosphere

is. May we take a look in the classrooms?”

“Sure!” Greg nodded. “Of course, come with me.” He led them toward the classrooms,

but it was not yet time for classes; many kids had just arrived, and some classes were

missing some of their students. “Now is the free activity time for the kids, but we have a

few teachers watching over them to assure that there’s no accident during this time.”

When they entered the first classroom, Alaric looked around the room but didn’t find

familiar faces. Then, he turned his gaze away, and Terrance immediately knew what he

had to do next. “May we go to the next class?”

“Of course, you can. Let’s go.” Because he was the principal, he could lead anyone to

any place in the school. Along the way, some kids recognized and greeted him in all

sorts of baby voices.

“Hello, Mr. Principal.”

“Good morning, Mr, Bacher.”

Just like that, Greg returned everyone’s greeting awkwardly in Alaric’s presence, and

after visiting a few classrooms, Alaric still didn’t find the kids he wanted to see. A frown

slowly appeared on his face as he thought, I saw them coming in when I was in the car,

but why can’t I find them now? Where the hell did they go?

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While he was pondering over this, he suddenly caught sight of two familiar figures

sitting in a corner and playing with something. Their heads were put together as they

looked at something in their hands.

Alaric stopped, staring at the kids in a daze, and whether it was his gaze or feet, he

couldn’t move them a single bit.

Meanwhile, Terrance and Greg followed his gaze. When Greg saw that he was looking

at Nicole and Nathan, he smiled. “Mr. Cadogan, those two kids are very adorable, aren’t

they? Do you know that they’re really popular on the Internet? They have a live

broadcast room with a lot of viewers and their viewership is comparable to a celebrity.

wife and kids like to watch their live broadcast.”

At the mention of this, Greg suddenly remembered that he was next to his wife when

she was watching their live broadcast. While they were watching the broadcast,

something popped up in his wife’s mind and she passed the phone to him. “Old man,

look. Doesn’t this kid look like Mr. Cadogan from the Cadogan Group?”

Her words piqued his interest, and he took a look. Before she brought this up, he hadn’t

really thought anything of it, but after she did, he thought that the features were very

similar. “They do look alike.”

“Could they be his illegitimate children?”

“That’s nonsense. Why would he have illegitimate children when he’s not even married

yet?”

“Yeah, but I remember there was a rumor before this going around that someone put

their children through plastic surgery in an attempt to pass off as a Cadogan. Even that

attempt was a failure, not to mention that it’s common to have similar–looking people in

this world. Maybe they’re not related at all.”

As Greg listened to his wife blabbering, he took another look at the screen and thought,

This is different from plastic surgery. They really look alike.

Still, there was no way he could say this out loud in Alaric’s presence. Besides, the fact

that Alaric was staring at the kids without moving an inch was probably because he

thought the same, too.

Alaric’s gaze never wavered from the two kids as he started toward them.

“Mr. Cadogan-”

Seeing that, Greg wanted to go after him but was stopped by Terrance. “Mr. Bacher, he

just wants to say hello to the kids because he finds them adorable. Is that not allowed?”

“But…” Dilemma washed over Greg’s face. “This isn’t in line with the school’s regulations

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because he’s a stranger to the children.”

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“You’re wrong about that,” Terrance corrected. “He’s not a stranger to them.”

Right after the words left his lips, Alaric had come to a stop in front of the kids. In the

midst of playing, Nicole raised her head, and her eyes lit up when she saw that it was

Alaric who approached them. “You’re Mr. Good Looks!” she exclaimed and tugged

Nathan’s sleeve. “Nathan, he’s the handsome man on the plane that I told you about

last time.”

Nathan lifted his head and met Alaric’s eyes when he heard his sister gushing. It only

took him just one look to recognize that Alaric was the one who helped him with the

door at the airport. At that time, he was on the phone, but he still helped him out. After

he paused for a few seconds, he greeted, “Hello, sir.”

Alaric merely stood rooted on the spot, watching the children silently. For some

unknown reason, maybe it was because this was the first time he was seeing them in

the flesh in front of him instead of through the screen, they felt so real to him. Their

features, breathing, and voice were so close, which made him feel like he was stepping

on clouds, swaying shakily. Although they were real, it seemed like an illusion. While he

was immersed in such thoughts, he slowly crouched down, and his eyes stopped for a

few seconds on Nathan’s face before turning to Nicole. NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.

Perhaps Nicole was surprised that he wasn’t speaking and didn’t reply to her, she tilted

her head with unblinking eyes. “Mr. Good Looks?”

Alaric immediately snapped back to his senses as he reached out and placed his hand

gently on her head. “Yeah?” he answered softly.

Nearby, Terrance pointed at the scene and said with a smile, “Look, Mr. Bacher. I told

you that he’s not a stranger to them. They know each other.” And he’s their father, at

that, he added silently. Of course, he wouldn’t say this before any result was available.

A stunned Greg watched the scene unfold before his eyes. “Do they know each other?“

I can’t believe that they know each other, he thought, recalling the things his wife had

mentioned. It definitely didn’t help that the more he looked at Alaric and the twins, the

more they resembled the man.