Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 302

Meanwhile, Fiona hadn’t noticed anything strange as she happily started ordering their

meal.

“Since Nathan and Nicole are still too young, it’s better for them not to eat spicy food.

But I feel like having some chili. How about we order meat with two types of

marinades?”

Fiona chattered for a while, but when she realized no one was responding, she raised

her head and saw Victoria staring blankly at Fiona’s phone screen, seemingly lost in

thought.

“Victoria?” Fiona waved in front of her, bringing Victoria out of her stupor.

“What are you thinking about? We’re here to eat, but you’re zoning out. You’re not still

thinking about work, are you?”

Upon hearing this, Victoria looked at Fiona and lightly chewed on her lower lip.

“Sorry, you…” She seemed hesitant to speak.

“Why apologize?” Fiona reached out and patted her head. “There is no need for an

apology between us. I just feel sorry that you’re working too hard. Don’t think about

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work while we’re eating, okay? Live a little.”

Indeed, Victoria shouldn’t think about other things during the meal. She decided she

would ask about the profile picture after they finished eating.

Perhaps she had mistaken it since she only caught a glimpse of the profile picture.

However, she was now curious about how exactly Fiona got Silent Night’s number if it

indeed was Silent Night.

“Nicole, Nathan, what do you want to eat? Come, let’s choose something.”

The two kids immediately gathered around Fiona to look at the menu. Victoria, too,

forced herself to snap back to reality and focus on ordering the food instead of dwelling.

on other matters.

During the meal, Fiona couldn’t help but pick up her phone again and took some

pictures of the children eating. She even went out and bought a few popsicles.

It was already past 9.00PM by the time they were done with dinner.

Feeling full and sleepy, the children each hung onto both of Victoria’s arms, their eyes a

mere slit as they started to fall asleep.

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“Oh my, they’re so cute. I wonder when I will ever have two adorable babies like them,”

Fiona exclaimed with a sigh.

Victoria looked at Fiona in front of her and glanced at the two kids beside them. It didn’t

seem appropriate to ask Fiona in front of them.

“Come on. Let’s head back.”

“Sure, let’s go.”

Since they had each come in their own cars, they would go home separately. Victoria

proceeded to ask the children to wait in the car because she had something to ask

Fiona.

“Kids, wait in the car. I have something to ask Fiona.”

The children nodded obediently upon hearing this.

“Got it, Mommy. We won’t eavesdrop.”

“My good babies,” Victoria cooed before closing the car door and turning to Fiona who

was now looking at her after overhearing her words.

“Victoria, what is it that you want to tell me?”

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Victoria gazed at her without a word at first. She then spoke softly, “When you were.

ordering just now, I accidentally saw a familiar profile picture on your phone.”

Fiona’s heart skipped a beat at those words.

A familiar profile picture…

The people that both Victoria and Fiona knew were mutually acquainted with the two

of them. If it was one of those people, Victoria would never have asked Fiona about it.

Possibly out of guilt, Fiona immediately thought about the man from the bar.

“Don’t be nervous. I’m just asking. I might have seen it wrongly.” Victoria tried to calm.

her down when she noticed Fiona’s silence.

Fiona took advantage of the situation and replied, “You probably did. We know the

same people, no? If there’s someone you’re not familiar with, then it must be someone

you don’t know.”

The corners of Victoria’s lips lifted ever so slightly when she heard those words, but

still, she gently probed, “You’re right, but I can’t help being curious. Can I take a look at

your phone?”

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Fiona blinked, then awkwardly laughed. “Victoria, there’s really nothing for you to worry

about. The profile picture is probably just a coincidence.”

Victoria didn’t think much of it at first, but seeing Fiona guarding her phone to prevent

Victoria from taking even one look made her suspicious.

Although it was impolite to ask to see someone else’s phone, she and Fiona had a

relationship where they would casually look at each other’s phones.

Just recently when Fiona had been passionately trying to set Victoria up with Bane, she

would always grab Victoria’s phone whenever it rang.

“Give it to me, give it to me. I bet Bane’s sending you a message again. Oh my, it really is

him. I’ll help you reply to him.”

She would then send Bane a cheesy message with Victoria’s phone.

Because it happened too many times, Bane eventually realized that it was Fiona’s

doing. Thankfully, there were no misunderstandings because of Fiona’s actions.

Considering how close Victoria was with Fiona on top of everyone being mutual

friends, Victoria didn’t think much of it back then.

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But now…

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She simply wanted to see Fiona’s phone because of a profile picture she thought was

familiar, but Fiona kept making excuses to reject her.

Victoria looked at Fiona with unwavering eyes and made one last request.

“I’m not thinking of doing anything but confirming my guess.”

Fiona, feeling torn about what she should do, bit her bottom lip.

Victoria had always been one who knew when to push and pull. In the past, she would

only ask once and never bring it up again if the other person refused her. Her asking a

second time now only meant she genuinely cared about this matter.

As a friend, Fiona should have handed her phone over without hesitation to let Victoria

see.

But… there was a voice in her heart telling her not to.

I can’t do it.

She would see my conversation with Mr. Cadogan if I show her.

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At this point, she felt too ashamed to show up in front of that man. She had bombarded

him with long strings of messages, but he didn’t show any interest in her at all. Before

him, she was always the one who was being pursued by men, but this man…

Fiona wouldn’t mind showing her vulnerabilities to her close friend in the past. After all,

she had always had thick skin. But ever since the incident last time, Fiona felt a rift

between her and Victoria.

She didn’t really want to lay it all out in front of Victoria.

With this thought in mind, Fiona could only put on an awkward smile. “I’m sorry,

Victoria. I’m sure you saw it wrong. I haven’t added any new contacts recently, and the

ones before are the ones you know.”

At this point in the conversation, Victoria didn’t feel the need to say anything else. She

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After a long pause, she smiled again.

“Alright, I won’t make things difficult for you if it’s inconvenient.”

“Victoria…” Fiona bit her lower lip again. She couldn’t believe that Victoria didn’t get

angry.

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“Let’s go back now. It’s late, and it’s not safe for a woman to go home alone. Whoever

gets home first should send a message to confirm their safety.”

After saying that, Victoria even patted Fiona on the shoulder and whispered, “Go on.”

Fiona felt overwhelmed with guilt by her friend’s gentleness. She tightly chewed on her

lower lip and thought of something. Just as Victoria was about to turn around and

leave, Fiona grabbed her by the sleeve.

“D–Don’t go. You can have a look at my phone.”