Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 412

After a moment of thought, Victoria ultimately decided against heading outside. It was

already late at night, but they were still standing guard for the sake of her safety.

Wouldn’t she be causing more trouble for them if she continued to wander around?

Hence, once she made up her mind, Victoria said to him, “How about this? I won’t go

anywhere, but I have to trouble you with something.”

“Miss Selwyn, all of us are doing our jobs on Mr. Cadogan’s behalf. As you’re Mr.

Cadogan’s family, your business is his business, and Mr. Cadogan’s business is also our

business. That’s why, you can just give us the word if you need anything in the future. It

won’t be any trouble at all.”

“If Mr. Levane comes over later, can you tell him to see me?”

“No problem. I’ll ask him now.”

“Wait, you don’t have to…”

At first, she was about to tell him not to go out of his way and just notify Terrance if

they saw him, but she didn’t expect the man to pick up his phone and instantly give

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After the call went through, he immediately said, “Mr. Levane, Miss Selwyn would like to

speak to you about something. Can you come over immediately?”

Victoria was rendered speechless. Fine, let’s just go with that, she thought to herself in

awe, They’re way too efficient.

“Miss Selwyn, Mr. Levane said he will come over soon. You can wait for him back in the

room.”

“Thanks. I’ll be going back, then.”

Unable to refute, she could only accept her fate and return to her room.

After returning to her room, Victoria took a seat on the couch and began to wait. A few

minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

Once Victoria opened the door, Terrance asked, “You were looking for me, Miss

Selwyn?”

“Where is he? Is there still no news about him?”

Victoria immediately wanted to know what was happening with Alaric.

Hearing that, Terrance let out a sigh and shook his head slightly.

“No, not yet. Miss Selwyn, it’s getting late. Why don’t you get some rest? If we receive

any news, I will make sure to notify you immediately.”

As a matter of fact, Victoria was more than aware that he would definitely come to see

her as soon as he returned, and there was no need for Terrance to pass the news to

her. And yet, she still couldn’t stop herself from worrying. The situation wouldn’t be as

bad if they were in their home country, but if something happened while they were

abroad…

At that thought, Victoria bit her lip and asked, “This might come off as rude, but I still

have a question. Since there are so many people here, can’t you send some of them.

over to help?”

Hearing that, Terrance shook his head helplessly.

“Miss Selwyn, do you think that I haven’t thought of what you just said? However, Mr.

Cadogan would not agree to it. Including me, everyone has to stay here to ensure your

safety. This is also to stay on the safe side and prevent anything from going wrong.”

At his words, Victoria immediately understood that if he hadn’t had to stay here to

protect her, he would’ve gone to look for Alaric long ago. With that being said, if she

continued being stubborn, she might cause them to dislike her. After giving it some

thought, she eventually lowered her gaze and fell silent.

On the other hand, Terrance felt awkward upon seeing her expression. Why does Miss

Selwyn look like that? Did I say something wrong? Or maybe, I was being too harsh?

Thinking that, he immediately decided to apologize to her. However, just as the words

were on the tip of his tongue, an overjoyed and excited voice called out to them from

behind.

“Victoria!”

The familiar voice caused Victoria to look up and whip around toward the source,

where Summer was enthusiastically running over to her.

“Miss Jones.”

“Summer!”

Victoria’s emotions were momentarily replaced by joy as she hugged Summer.

Upon seeing the embracing women, Terrance silently backed away and took his leave.

When Summer and Victoria finally released each other from their embrace, Victoria’s

eyes darkened as she noticed that Terrance had already left. However, she realized that

she couldn’t force an answer out of him even if he stayed behind as he still had his own

matters to attend to, so she decided to let his departure go.

Sensing her best friend’s emotions, Summer immediately came to full alert and asked,

“What’s wrong?”

Returning to her senses, Victoria smiled carelessly. “It’s nothing. Since you’re finally

back now, does that mean your car has been fixed?”

“Not yet. The devil was scared that I’d be too worried about you, so he had someone to

send me back first.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately corrected herself, “No, I can’t call

him the devil anymore since I already promised not to give him any nicknames. From

now on, I’ll call him Mr. Ludson.”

“Nickname?”

“That’s right. Because he came with me to see you this time, I’ve been spending more

time with him, and sometimes I’ll subconsciously call him the devil…”

Victoria fell silent, wanting to say to her, As expected of you.

“Didn’t he get mad?”

“Why would he? It’s not like that nickname came out of nowhere. It’s the truth. He’s

always making me work overtime, and I don’t have the time to look for a boyfriend. The

one who’s suffering has always been me, you know. And most importantly, I don’t think

he dares to get mad. Do you know how shocked I was when I said I wanted to look for

you and he told me that he’ll come with me? I thought that he was just a devil, but I

never expected him to have his moments where he’s so righteous.”

“Righteous?” This particular adjective caused the corners of Victoria’s lips to curl

upward uncontrollably. “So, you think that he followed you here out of a sense of

righteousness?”

“What else could it be?” Summer refuted. Then, she held her chin in her hand and

began to ponder solemnly. “If it’s not because he’s a righteous person, what other

reason is there? Oh! I know, he doesn’t want to lose me, an employee that he can

exploit.”

Victoria was rendered speechless, unable to form a reply to the conclusion Summer

achieved after pondering so seriously.

“How did you come to this conclusion?”

“I said I wanted to quit my job, and he said he’d come with me. What other explanation

is there? He’s just scared of losing his employee. I tell you what, he just wants to help

me take care of everything so that I’d go back to work and continue living under his

oppression.”

Victoria fell into a hush. Although she knew that it was not the right time, she could

sense that something was off. This time, Erik hadn’t come to see her for simple

reasons.

After all, this matter involved confinement, but Erik was able to take her here without

involving the police. Would he get into something so dangerous just to take her back to

the company to exploit her? It sounded absurd no matter how she thought about it.

And yet, with her best friend’s way of thinking, all she could think of was exploitation,

and it seemed that she hadn’t considered any other possibilities.

Thinking that, Victoria nudged her kindly, “Actually, have you ever considered the fact

that he may be worried about you?”

Summer’s expression momentarily froze at her words before she exclaimed with a look

of astonishment, “How could that be? Victoria, you’ve got it wrong. This is the devil

we’re talking about, you know. Why would he be worried about me?”

Victoria laughed. “Is that so? Then, how will you explain why he came all the way here

with you if he isn’t worried about you? After all, this isn’t just any other trip.”

Hearing that, Summer fell silent, and the two stared at each other quietly.

All of a sudden, Summer burst out, “According to your words, does it mean that he’s

genuinely worried about me? But, why would he worry about me? Could it be that he

likes me?”