Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 388

After bringing the children back to the room, Victoria locked the door behind her.

She knew that she wouldn’t be able to stay for much longer.

Considering what Ethan did just a while ago, it was likely that he had discovered the

issue with the SIM cards. However, neither side had explicitly confronted each other

about it.

The children had also woken up after the recent commotion.

As they rub their eyes and looked at her, they asked, “Mommy, what were you and Mr.

Hudson talking about?”

Victoria gently stroked their heads. “You are awake. Are you hungry? How about we ask

Mr. Bane to help us look for ice cream from back home when he gets here?”

The children weren’t thinking about having ice cream at first, but Victoria mentioning it

instantly aroused their appetites.

“Sure!”

Not long after the answer, a knock could be heard on the door.

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“Victoria.” Bane’s voice resounded from outside the door, followed by the sound of the

doorknob being twisted open as he entered.

“Mr. Bane!”

Since the children were thinking about food, Nicole, who was particularly eager, Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

immediately opened her arms for a hug when she saw Bane.

Noticing this, Bane stepped forward and embraced her.

As soon as she was in his arms, she didn’t wait to start whining adorably. “Mr. Bane, I

want to eat ice cream.”

“Ice cream? Now?”

Nicole nodded with a pleading expression. “Mhm. I need an ice cream.”

“Then let’s go downstairs. I’ll buy you an ice cream when we are on our way to another

place to stay, okay?”

Victoria’s face darkened. She hadn’t expected Bane to play along with this.

If Nicole agreed…

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At this moment, whether it was a coincidence or because Nathan could sense what his

mother was thinking, the boy who was sitting beside them suddenly stood up and

tugged at Bane’s pants.

“Mr. Bane, can you buy it and bring it home for us to eat?”

Victoria was taken aback when she heard that. She hadn’t even told Nathan anything

about this. Is it just a coincidence?

Bane also unknowingly glanced at Victoria.

After a moment, he nodded and smiled. “Alright, then you stay here with your Mommy

and wait. I will take Nicole out to buy some. You want to eat it first, right, Nicole?”

Nicole immediately nodded. “Okay, I’ll go with Mr. Bane.”

Victoria quietly glanced at Bane. It was one of the tricks that he always used. He would

always catch people off–guard with this inconspicuous technique of his.

He is bringing Nicole with him, he said? Is he going to use Nicole against me if

someone comes to me while they are out?

Victoria immediately frowned and refused. “Forget it. The weather is too cold for ice

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cream.”

Bane paused for a moment and replied, “Alright, if we’re not having ice cream, let’s

move to the next place.”

Bane held Nicole in his arms, intending to take her away, but Victoria interjected, “We’re

not going with you.”

Since there was no way to delay any longer, there was no need for her to keep up the

pretense.

Before this, she didn’t want to show the children how her relationship with Bane had

soured, considering that Bane was someone they relied on.

However, she had come to terms with the fact that it would be impossible to keep the

truth hidden if Bane took them away, and they started living in a new place.

There was no way she could hide it. The children were bound to find out someday.

As she spoke, both children looked at her.

“Mommy?”

Victoria looked at Bane, her expression stern, and she went straight to the point. “Just

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give up. It’s still possible for you to turn back now. I’ll keep my word from earlier. If you

send us back to the country, I’ll pretend like none of this has ever happened.”

Bane stood there quietly. He seemed to be able to sense Victoria’s determination in her

confrontation.

He had a resigned look in his eyes as he lightly pressed his thin lips into a thin line.

“And what if I don’t send you back?”

Victoria sarcastically smirked and replied, “If you don’t, we’re no longer friends, and…..

you will disappoint the children.”

Nathan was the more mature one of the two children. He only listened to Victoria’s

words and didn’t ask further questions.

But Nicole, being her lively and curious self, was filled with confusion upon hearing her

words.

“Mr. Bane, are you and Mommy fighting? Please don’t fight. I’m scared…”

The young girl’s soft voice was as soft as cotton candy, and it melted a small part of

Bane’s heart.

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Just as Bane was about to comfort the girl, Victoria suddenly made a request. “Put

Nicole down and let her come to me.”

And at this moment, Bane still had his hand on the girl’s back as he whispered,

“Victoria, do we really have to act like enemies?”

Victoria retorted, “Isn’t this what you wanted?” She then stepped forward to snatch

Nicole from him.

However, the man took a step back. “I’m sorry, but you seem emotionally unstable right

now. I can’t entrust Nicole to you.”

Victoria was baffled. I’m emotionally unstable? Isn’t he the one who is emotionally

unstable?

She solemnly emphasized, “Nicole is my child. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

“Mommy…”

Although Micole didn’t know what had happened between the two adults, she seemed

to sense the seriousness of the situation and anxiously wanted to be with Victoria.

With that, she began to struggle out of Bane’s arms.

took a aton back while still holding her in

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his arms. “Didn’t you say you wanted to eat ice cream just now? I’ll take you to buy

some, hmm? We will also get some for your Mommy and brother as well. That way, your

Mommy will calm down, alright?”

Seeing him move away, Victoria panicked and chased after him.

“Bane, give Nicole back to me!”

At the same time, Nicole’s cries of fear rang out.

Without a hint of emotion on his face, Bane strode out of the hotel with Nicole in his

arms. As Victoria tried to catch up, Ethan and two men stationed at the door ran up and

blocked her.

“Get the f*ck out of my way!”

Because it involved her daughter, Victoria was no longer her gentle self. After she

cursed at them, she even forcefully pushed Ethan.

Even so, Ethan and the other men firmly stood in front of her. Unable to resist three

people with her own strength, she could only watch helplessly as Bane carried a

sobbing Nicole away.

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Victoria was gasping for breath from exhaustion when everything quieted down. She

even raised her hand and slapped Ethan.

Despite being hit, the executive secretary remained particularly silent as he visibly held

back his emotions. “Miss Selwyn, the only thing I can assure you is that Mr. Morison will

not harm Miss Nicole. Please don’t worry.”

Since they had completely fallen out, Victoria no longer cared to be polite to Ethan. “Let

me through.”

“I apologize, Miss Selwyn, but there’s only one way you can pass through this door, and

that’s by getting into the car and going to our next destination.”