Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 305

The next day, Victoria, as usual, sent the children to school as though nothing had

happened yesterday.

She went back to the company after dropping off the kids..

Once she arrived at the office, she received a call from Fiona..

“Victoria, were you really alright last night?”

Although they had informed each other when they got home yesterday, Fiona decided

to ask again at the thought of Victoria’s expression last night.

“I’m alright. Don’t worry about it.”

“Are you sure? But you seem-”

Victoria let out a soft sigh. “I’m really fine. It’s just that there are things I need to handle.

I’ll tell you everything once I’ve sorted them out.”

“Okay then. Let me know as soon as you’re done. Don’t tell Summer first.”

The last sentence made Victoria chuckle.

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“Okay, okay. Both of you will be the first ones I inform. We can have a call in the group,

okay?”

“Good.”

Satisfied, Fiona finally hung up after that.

After the call ended, Victoria raised her hand and took a look at the time.

There were still a few hours until noon.

Even though she knew that getting anxious over this wouldn’t help with the situation in

any way, she couldn’t get productive at work no matter how many times she tried.

Even though she was an adult who knew she shouldn’t let her emotions get in the way

of her work, she couldn’t help but waver now.

She somehow managed to get through the morning, and when it was time for a lunch.

break, she immediately shut down her computer, grabbed her bag, and hurried outside.

But when she reached the doorway, she stopped in her tracks.

No, I can’t go now.

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She was off from work for now, but it might not be the children’s recess period yet. She

had to wait a bit longer and carefully time her arrival so that she could catch them

red–handed.

If she had gone earlier and ended up being noticed by Alaric, he might choose to not

show up in front of her at all.

Reason brought Victoria back to her senses, and she sat back at her computer desk

while staring at the time. She waited until it was about time before leaving the office.

As she walked out, she coincidentally bumped into Henry who came to see her.

“I noticed that you hadn’t come down, so I came to ask if you want to have lunch

together.”

To his surprise, Victoria hurriedly brushed past his shoulder as soon as he finished

speaking and threw out, “I’m not eating. I have something to deal with at noon.”

After saying that, she disappeared like the wind.

She was already nowhere to be seen when Henry turned his head.

“What could be so urgent for her to rush out like that?” He couldn’t help scratching his

head

By the time Victoria arrived at the school, the children who didn’t stay for lunch had NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

already been picked up by their parents. Because of that, the school gates were closed

With how quiet and empty the entrance was, Victoria immediately noticed another car

the same black car she had seen before–parked there.

Since she had seen it before, and considering the recent events, Victoria was certain.

that it belonged to Alaric.

Her intuition rarely steered her in the wrong direction.

She had felt someone watching her from the black car last time, but since she hadn’t

seen anyone inside, she thought that she had gotten it wrong.

But now, Victoria was convinced that her intuition was always right.

Alaric is right inside the black car.

This was the only overwhelming thought that consumed Victoria’s mind at this very

moment.

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After she took out the car key, she got out, closed the door, and walked slowly toward

the school gate.

Since she came to pick up the children every day, the security guard at the school gate

recognized her. They greeted her when they saw her approaching.

“Miss Selwyn! May I know what brought you here at this hour?”

Victoria smiled at him and replied softly, “I happen to have some free time today and

wanted to come and see the children. Can I go in now?”

Hearing that, the security guard opened the gate and nodded with a smile. “Of course.

Please come in.”

Victoria nodded in return. As she walked in, she asked, “Did any other parents come

today?”

“No, I don’t think so.”

Her heart skipped a beat at the reply. “None?”

Did I make a mistake? Or did he know that I would come?

Scratching his head, the security guard seemingly remembered something when he

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suddenly said, “Oh, I apologize. I almost forgot about this man. I heard he usually came

to deliver lunch for his child. He has been coming quite often lately.”

Often? Deliver lunch?

With this information, Victoria finally had an idea.

This person delivering lunch was the one she was looking for.

“By the way, Miss Selwyn, I often see your children playing with that man.”

“Thank you. I’ll go and take a look.”

“Alright, go ahead. You could probably have a meal together.”

Have a meal together? Victoria only inwardly scoffed at those words. That is out of the

question.

Today, Alaric brought some fruit cocktails made by a pastry chef he specially hired. Not

only did the dessert look beautiful, but it also tasted exquisite.

As Nicole stuffed her mouth full, Alaric watched her from the side with a handkerchief

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which he occasionally used to wipe her mouth in his hand.

Feeling embarrassed after the man did that a few times, the girl pushed his hand away

and whined, “Mr. Night, have something to eat. Don’t worry about me!”

“It’s okay. I’m not hungry.”

“But Mr. Night, you haven’t had lunch, right?”

“I will eat later. Go ahead and have more.”

Nicole looked away and pondered for a moment, but instead of eating by herself, she

picked up Alaric’s spoon and scooped a piece of chicken.

“Let me feed you, Mr. Night.”

Alaric paused at her action.

He never thought that there would come a day when his daughter would offer to feed

him.

As his hardened heart softened inch by inch, he gently stroked the back of Nicole’s.

head. “I really am not hungry.”

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“Mr. Night, please eat!” Nicole persistently urged.

Seeing the girl struggling to hold the spoon up, Alaric lowered his head slightly and ate

the piece of chicken meat she fed him.

“Done. Now, you eat.”

“Okay! You have to eat too, Mr. Night.”

Surprisingly, Alaric found the piece of meat in his mouth delicious. Food had always

been mere sustenance for him in the past.

But now…

With that in mind, Alaric looked at the little girl with an even softer gaze. He was

completely unaware that there was a pair of eyes behind him watching this scene all

along.

Victoria stood still, and she almost burst into laughter despite her anger when she saw

Nicole feeding Alaric with the spoon.

As the children’s mother, she had never been fed by Nicole. It hadn’t been more than a

few days since Alaric got close to the kids, and yet Nicole was already so partial to him!

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While speechless, Victoria also found it alarming.

Alaric had approached and won over the two children without her consent or

knowledge.

What would happen if I hadn’t noticed this now?

Would the kids turn to him instead?

She immediately felt a coldness envelop her at those thoughts.