Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 410

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At Bane’s order, the man beside him finally broke into a triumphant smirk. He looked up,

his gaze resting on Victoria across from them. Suddenly, he waved his arms, shouting,

“Come on, guys! Seize Miss Selwyn and her kids back for our boss!”

The moment he put up his hands, Victoria sensed something was wrong. Just before

she could speak, Alaric wrapped his arm around her waist and whispered, “Let’s go.”

She hurriedly took Nathan by the hand as they turned around together.

“Stop them!” yelled Terrance in a manner untypical of his usually cultured demeanor

before he quickly caught up with them. They had foreseen this before coming here. If

both sides were to get into a fight, their first priority would certainly be to take Victoria

away before anything else. Still, somebody had to stay behind to deal with the

aftermath.

Seeing those men charge toward Bane’s underlings, Victoria also figured out their

intentions. Before she could respond, however, she was shoved into the car, followed

by Nicole and Nathan. Then, Terrance quickly hopped into the passenger seat. Just

when she thought Alaric would leave with them, she found that instead of coming with

them, the man had been standing where he was after getting her and the kids into the

car.

Her gaze fell upon his face. She asked worriedly, “Aren’t you coming with us?”

“Terrance will escort you to a safe place.”

Victoria’s beautiful eyebrows snapped together. ‘What about you?”

“I’ll come to you once I’m through dealing with the stuff over here.”

Victoria bit her lower lip, unable to say a word. What am I supposed to say? Can I ask

him to go with me? “You-”

No sooner had Victoria’s lips parted than Alaric suddenly bent down before her eyes.

He kissed her slightly parted lips, his hand holding the back of her head.

“Mmm!” Victoria was caught unprepared by the kiss. Then, realizing what was

happening, she unconsciously tried to push the man away. Just then, he backed away

on his own, but instead of leaving, he pressed his forehead to hers. “Wait for me,‘ he Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

whispered in a husky voice before relaxing his grip on the back of her head. After that,

he ordered Terrance, “Protect her and my kids.”

Terrance nodded. “Please rest assured, Mr. Cadogan. I’ll protect Miss Selwyn–even at

the cost of my life.”

With that, Alaric shut the car door with Victoria watching.

Leaning over the car window, Victoria watched Alaric’s face disappear into the distance

until she couldn’t see him anymore.

“Don’t worry, Miss Selwyn. Mr. Cadogan will be fine.” Terrance’s voice rang from the

front in an effort to comfort her.

Victoria bit her lower lip, which seemed to still have the scent of Alaric’s kiss on it. How

could she not be worried? The scene was turning into a fight with weapons, plus they

were in a foreign country. What if some of these men had guns? She had thought that

she would be relieved after being rescued, so she never thought she would remain in

fear after that.

Perhaps due to their blood connections, the two little ones also sensed her anxiety.

They held her hand simultaneously. “Mommy.”

At this moment, however, all Victoria could do was manage a forced smile at them. “I’m

fine. We’re safe now,” she said, taking them into her arms. She closed her eyes, knowing

that she was only saying so to comfort them. In reality, she was worried to death.

Compared to her, Alaric was in much greater danger against Bane. Bane wouldn’t hurt

her, but what about Alaric? In short, she dared not even think about it. All she could do

was hope that he would come back safe and sound.

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A while later, Terrance’s phone rang. “Hello? Yeah, we’ve picked up Miss Selwyn. She’s

in the car right now.”

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At the mention of her name, Victoria looked up at Terrance. “Who is it?”

Terrance handed the phone directly to her. “Miss Selwyn, it’s your best friend Miss

Jones.”

Hearing that it was Summer, Victoria immediately picked up the phone. “Summer!”

“Victoria!” Summer sounded even more agitated than Victoria. “Alaric found you at last!

Sorry, our car broke down on our way there. What bad luck! It totally held up our

opportunity to save you! Thankfully, Alaric found you.”

Their car broke down? No wonder I haven’t seen them until now. “Where are you right

now, then?”

“Oh, we’re okay. The devil is here, so he’ll deal with it. I just happened to get through to

Mr. Levane on the phone.”

“Good to hear that.”

“I’ll come to you when I get back.”

“Alright.”

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The two hung up after talking for a while. With her car broken down, Summer was also

in trouble right now.

After returning the phone to Terrance, Victoria asked, “How did you guys find me?”

Terrance put away his phone before explaining in a soft voice, “Actually, Miss Jones

had been sending us information the whole time. We hurried here after getting word of

you staying at a hotel, but when we arrived, we didn’t know where exactly you were. It

was Miss Jones who continued to call us afterward and let us know about it.”

“I see.” Only now did Victoria understand what had happened. As it turned out, Alaric

had arrived here long ago; it was just that she didn’t get in touch with him. She had

thought that he wouldn’t show up because he wasn’t answering the phone when she

had previously tried to call him. Because of that, she dared not try to call him for fear of

wasting the hard–earned opportunity to ask for help.

Terrance seemed to know what she was thinking. Just when she thought about this, he

asked right away, “Miss Selwyn, why didn’t you call Mr. Cadogan?”

“I did, but he didn’t answer the phone at the time, did he? I was afraid of wasting the

opportunity. After all, as you probably know, I wasn’t in a safe situation at the time.”

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Terrance rubbed his nose in embarrassment at her reply. “Well, you’re right. It’s true that

Mr. Cadogan was wrong for not answering your phone call at the time. That being said,

Miss Selwyn, allow me to put in a word for him. He didn’t answer your phone back then

because he flew out of the country as soon as he figured that something might’ve

happened to you.”

“Is that so?” asked Victoria. Well, he doesn’t have to lie to me since they’re already here

right now. “So, when I called you guys, you guys were-”

“We were on the plane.”

At hearing this, the grudge in Victoria’s heart vanished. Indeed, she was bothered by the

fact that he didn’t answer the phone as soon as she called him and hadn’t been heard

from since because he was nowhere to be found when she needed him. But now, after

being told that he didn’t answer the phone because he was on the plane, she finally got

over it.

Terrance continued, “Mr. Cadogan has been worried about you. After getting off the

plane, we went out looking for you right away, so we didn’t manage to answer the

phone when Miss Jones called us in the middle of it. Well, it was our fault for not being

thoughtful enough, but Miss Jones roasted Mr. Cadogan after that. Now, whenever he

gets a phone call, he’ll answer it immediately.”

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“Summer roasted him?” Victoria felt rather amused at hearing this. She never expected

Summer to be so bold, though her heart warmed at the thought of her mustering up the

courage to reprove the man. As expected, my bestie is the best person in the world.