Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 356

Upon the realization as to why Alaric was boiling hot even though he hadn’t

drunk or come down with a fever, Victoria couldn’t help but gulp. Her lips were

slightly parted, most likely due to her shock, and she then bit on her lower lip

after a moment.

“So? Why did you come to me if you knew what condition you’re in?”

The man who was hugging her fell silent for a long while before he replied, “…

don’t know.”

Alaric’s voice sounded a little lost. “Except for you…. I didn’t know who else to

go to.”

After saying that, he tightened his embrace and closed his eyes, burying his

head in her neck. He felt terrible from holding himself back, and the only way

he could calm himself down was by holding her like this and surrounding

himself with her scent. That way, he would know that the person next to him

was her and not anyone else.

“You came to me because you didn’t know who else to go to?”

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“No…” From his voice, he seemed to have lost his train of thought, and even

his sentences turned broken. “I… just wanted… to see you.”

Hearing that, Victoria felt a little peeved, yet there was nothing she could do.

“How would it help if you came to me? Just by our relationship alone, do you

think I would help you?”

Upon saying that, she pressed both of her hands on Alaric’s chest and used

all of her strength to shove him away.

Alaric stumbled backward until he hit the wall, his gaze lowered. Due to his

crimson face and how much he’d been restraining himself, he strongly

resembled a kicked puppy.

I thought he just had a fever. I never expected him to actually be…

Victoria wanted nothing more than to knock him out and send him away.

After all, he had to be a fool to fall into a woman’s trap like this.

“You can just go wherever you want. If you were able to be tricked to this

extent, you should give up on living and just dig a hole in the ground and bury

yourself in it.”

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After leaving those biting words behind, she immediately went back into the

house and closed the door.

Bam!

The sound of the door slamming shut reverberated loudly in the hallway.

After the echo faded away, it became unusually silent. All that remained was

Alaric’s heavy breaths, despite his best attempts to control them.

If I was able to be tricked to this extent, I should give up on living and just dig

a hole in the ground and bury myself in it?

Although he was in pain, Alaric still heard every single word that left Victoria’s

mouth. She must be furious and disappointed in him at the sight of hist

current state, right? After all, he was disappointed in himself too.

However, how exactly was he supposed to fully repay Claudia for saving his

life? Perhaps he didn’t deserve to have her for the rest of his life. Perhaps…

As Alaric felt his consciousness slowly seep away into nothing, the door that

had been closed suddenly opened once more. He thought that he was just

imagining things, but a pair of slippers soon appeared in his line of sight.

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He hadn’t noticed when Victoria had opened the door earlier, but he now

realized that she was wearing a pair of fluffy blue slippers, and they even had

a cartoon image printed on them that was the same as the one she liked as

a child. He didn’t think that the things she liked would remain the same even

after all those years.

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Alaric slightly raised his head to look at her with a confused gaze.

Although Victoria was facing him, her eyes were looking elsewhere as she

said in a cold voice, “Come inside for now. I’ll give you something to drink, and

then we can think of a solution.”

Hearing that, Alaric was a little dumbfounded and even thought that he had

misheard.

“A–Are you fine with that?”

“Don’t overthink it!” She immediately interrupted him, “It’s only because I’ve

already agreed to you taking care of the children, so I can’t just sit by and ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

watch you get hurt. If you were fine today, it wouldn’t be my concern if

something happened to you, but since you’re already here and I know about

it, I won’t be able to escape the responsibility if you end up getting sick later,

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so I just want to save myself that trouble. Got it?”

Although she had just gone on a ramble, Alaric’s expression remained

unchanged, leaving her unsure whether he had been listening to her.

“Did you hear me?”

Alaric raised his gaze. “Yeah.”

Victoria fell silent. Forget it, he clearly looks like he hasn’t listened to anything I

said. Besides, he’s barely in his right mind now, so why should I waste my

breath?

“Come on in.”

She took two steps back to allow Alaric to enter.

However, he only gazed into her house, his feet still rooted to the ground.

“What? You don’t want to come in? Then I’ll just go…”

Before she could finish, Alaric immediately strode into the house, closing the

door behind him with a loud bang.

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Once he was inside, Victoria dragged him to the couch in the living room and

instructed him to sit while she went to get him some water to drink.

“I want it to be iced,” he suddenly requested.

“What?” Thinking that she had misheard him, Victoria asked, “You want iced

water?”

“It’d be best if it were iced water… If not, cold water is fine, too.”

“But we’re in the middle of winter…”

While she spoke, Victoria suddenly recalled something, and she stopped

refuting his words. When she walked into the kitchen, she subconsciously

opened the fridge.

As it was still winter, there were no iced bottled waters to be found in the

fridge, only a few cans of beer.

Iced beer should be fine, right? With his current state, he probably needs to

lower his body temperature as soon as possible.

At that thought, Victoria pulled out two cans of iced beer and was just about

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to bring them to Alaric when she recalled that he had been recently

hospitalized due to gastrointestinal bleeding, and it was likely a bad idea for

him to consume iced beer at a time like this.

A brief pause later, she stuffed the two cans of iced beer back into the fridge

and poured a glass of warm water, which she headed back outside with.

After retrieving the glass from her, Alaric fell silent for a moment before he

asked, “Where’s the iced water?”

“Don’t have it.”

“Then… Cold water?”

Victoria had already been irritated, and his barrage of questions annoyed her

even further, so she simply rebuked, “Don’t drink it if you don’t want to.”

After getting scolded, Alaric fell unusually quiet before he took the glass of

water and gulped it down slowly. He was taking his time, and from the looks

of it, it seemed that even a single sip of water was an extremely painful feat

for him. At the same time, his forehead was dripping in sweat, causing

Victoria to feel as if he would burst into smoke at any second.

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She pursed her lips before heading to the bathroom to retrieve a wet towel.

“If you’re finished with that, lie down here.”

Alaric didn’t reply, most likely due to his immense discomfort, and he quickly

heeded her words. Victoria then placed the wet towel over him–since his

body was practically burning up, she planned to treat his symptoms like she

would for a fever. After that, she retrieved another wet towel as well as some

alcohol in order to help him lower his body temperature.

She stood behind him and asked in a lowered voice, “Will you wipe your body

yourself or should I help you?”

And yet, there came no response from Alaric who was lying on the couch.

He couldn’t have gone delirious from the heat, right? she wondered in

confusion.

Thinking that, Victoria hurriedly reached out to push him, and while he let out

a muffled grunt, he still remained motionless. It was clear that he was in

extreme discomfort.

Fine, I’ll just help him to the end. I’ll just think of it as me wanting him to spend

some money on renovating the house for the children.

At that thought, she hastily helped him up and removed his suit jacket from

his body, letting him lie down again once he was only left with a shirt.

Although it was just a simple task, it left her so exhausted that she was

gasping for breath. She hadn’t expected Alaric to be so heavy when he

seemed so lean, and even just supporting him so that he wouldn’t keel over

had sapped her of most of her strength.

Panting from exertion, Victoria began to unfasten the buttons on his shirt.