Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 273

Bane did not expect her to be so straightforward. He stood there for a moment, looking

at her helplessly. “In that case, can I take you, Nicole, and Nathan to school today?”

Since Victoria intended to clarify things with him that day, she did not think it would

matter if he brought them to school one last time.

“Okay,” she agreed.

On the way to school, she remained unusually quiet while Nicole chattered incessantly,

and Bane patiently responded to her throughout the entire journey. When they arrived

at the school, he even personally got out of the car to escort the two children inside.

Victoria quietly watched from the side, but at that moment, she suddenly felt a cold,

piercing gaze on her back.

Thus, she instinctively looked in the direction of the gaze. She was momentarily

stunned when she saw the black car from the previous day. After all, it could not be an All content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

illusion if she saw the car two days in a row and continued to feel as though she was

under watch. She intuitively felt that something was wrong. As she reflexively turned to

face the car and was about to walk in that direction, Bane called her, “Victoria.”

Bane’s voice snapped her back to reality. “What’s wrong?” he asked.

He might have noticed that she had been staring in a particular direction, so he walked

toward her, stopped by her side, and followed her line of sight. His movements paused

when he saw the black car, and his eyes narrowed slowly.

“It’s nothing.” Victoria regained her composure and gently shook her head. She did not

want to tell Bane about this matter. It was all just her intuition after all, and what if it

was all in her head? Besides, the car was parked at the school gate, and nobody in the

school seemed to find it suspicious. It was probably just a parent of one of the

students. She pursed her lips and furrowed her brows, still thinking about the cold,

piercing gaze she had felt.

“Aren’t you going to the company? You should go ahead and take care of your business.

My company is not far from here, and I can easily walk there.”

“Victoria, Bane said. His expression clearly disagreed with her suggestion. But she

persisted and looked at him firmly. “You’ve already gone through the trouble of bringing

the children here. You should go and take care of your matters. As for our issue… let’s

discuss it this afternoon, alright? I’ll explain everything to you then.”

In the end, he could only nod and agree to her suggestion.

Even after Bane disappeared from sight, Victoria was still standing there for a while

before she slowly approached the black car. Initially, she had planned to go to the

company in Bane’s car, but now, there was something else she wanted to find out, so

she decided to shoo him off.

Soon, she was right before the black car and stopped beside it. Alaric frowned upon

seeing her standing next to his car. But before he could say anything, Terrance, who

was sitting next to him, asked anxiously, “Has Miss Victoria noticed us?” Alaric pursed

his lips tightly upon hearing that and replied indifferently, “No, as long as you don’t do

anything st*pid.”

Terrance was left speechless by Alaric’s response. After all, what st*pid thing could he

possibly do? He had been sitting inside the car without moving an inch the whole time.

Knock. Knock.

While Terrance was desperately trying to wrack his brain to get them out of this mess,

Victoria suddenly bent down and lightly tapped the car window twice. This startled

Terrance, putting him on edge. Regardless, she received no response after knocking on

the window. Initially, she had thought that someone would roll down the window if

anyone were to sit inside. But she did not give up because she had clearly felt the cold

gaze staring at her from inside the car. Her hunch would never go wrong twice in a row.

So, it was with that thought in mind that she slowly bent down, intending to lean on the

“Get down!” At that moment, Alaric ordered in a hushed tone, and Terrance snapped

back to his senses, quickly following suit by lying flat. Victoria was seen leaning half of

her body on the car window, carefully peering inside.

The sunlight outside was intense, and she had been standing under the sun for a while,

so her vision was not the best. As such, even when she was leaning on the window, she

still could not see what was inside-it was pitch black. But she continued staring

intently.

Inside the car, the two men remained still. Alaric was flat on his back on the seat,

quietly watching her. Meanwhile, Terrance held his breath in fear. He never expected

Victoria’s vigilance to be so strong. They had not done anything. In fact, it was only their

second day there, and yet she had already discovered them!

After a while, she finally gave up as she probably saw nothing. Once she was out of

sight, Terrance finally breathed a sigh of relief. “Mr. Cadogan, that was a major scare.

How did she know someone was in the car?”

Both of them looked as though they were trying to mimic human pancakes, probably

still startled by her sudden inspection. They were afraid she might return suddenly, so

they did not dare to sit up straight. They only did so after confirming that she had truly

left. Alaric’s expression was gloomy. Terrance, on the other hand, looked frightened as

he patted his chest, attempting to soothe his pounding heart.

“That really scared me. So, what do we do next?” Terrance inquired. However, Alaric

merely shot him a cold glance, pursing his thin lips without saying a word. After a

moment, he opened the car door and got out.

Nicole brought snacks for break time today. Nonetheless, shortly after she arrived at

school, she started feeling a bit hungry. So, she turned to her brother, Nathan, who was

sitting next to her, and said, “Nathan, I want to eat.”

Since they were twins and had spent their entire lives together, he immediately knew

what she meant. Thus, he flatly rejected the idea, answering co olly, “No, we just had

breakfast not too long ago.” She looked at him with her big innocent eyes and pleaded,

“But Nathan, I’m hungry.”

He did not buy her explanation. How could he possibly believe that she was hungry

again right after breakfast? “Nicole, you can’t eat. Mommy said these snacks are for

break time, and we can only have them after class.” Even though he was only a few

seconds older, he was like the wiser one, giving his younger sister advice and

restraining her unruly behavior.

“But… it’s the same, isn’t it? If I eat now, there just won’t be any snacks left for break

time.” As she spoke, she sneakily tried to reach for the zipper on her backpack. Nathan

was about to stop her when a familiar but slightly cold male voice called their names

from behind, “Nathan. Nicole.”

Nicole stopped what she was about to do. As she turned and saw Alaric standing

outside, she could not help but exclaim, “Mr. Night!”

She immediately let go of her backpack and ran toward him. She was wearing a pleated

dress today, and when she ran, she looked like a fluttering butterfly.

Although Alaric

was initially in a gloomy mood, he quickly felt uplifted when he saw Nicole dashing

toward him. Even the resentment in his eyes gradually faded, and as she approached,

he squatted down and reached out to catch her, making sure she would not trip

accidentally.

“Mr. Night! You’re here again!”