Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 440

Chapter 440

Victoria set her phone aside and lost all interest in the food in front of her. She had

planned to leave the house, but there was no need for that now that she was aware of

the situation at hand.

“Miss Selwyn?” Her emotions were on a rollercoaster ride while she was on a call

earlier, so the servant in a corner didn’t dare to make a sound. However, when the staff

noticed that she hadn’t touched a single morsel on her plate after ending the call, she

tentatively reminded Victoria, “The food is getting cold.”

Victoria lowered her head and glanced at the food before turning to the servant. Her

lips parted and she wanted to tell the woman to take it away because she couldn’t

stomach anything right now. After a few moments, she turned her attention back to the

food and decided to finish it in a few mouthfuls before leaving the room instead. She

had to set an example for the children as she was always telling them not to waste

food.

Then, she returned to her room and dialed Alaric’s number. Although she heard from

Terrance that due to the bad reception in Alaric’s area, her calls wouldn’t be answered,

she simply couldn’t find it in herself to give up so easily.

Beep, beep.

The call beeped twice before disconnecting and there was no notification that Alaric

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had switched off his phone; it was simply not connecting. As she listened to the

monotonous dial tone, she couldn’t help but wonder, What exactly is happening?

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Just then, her phone started ringing across the quiet room, which made her jump in

surprise. She thought it was a call from Alaric but was disappointed when she saw the

caller ID.

“Hello.”

“Miss Selwyn, why do you sound so sad?” Henry’s voice echoed into Victoria’s ears

since the last time she heard it days ago.

Right now, besides Alaric, anyone else who called her couldn’t bring her any joy. So, she

replied to his question in a sad, dejected voice, “It’s nothing. What’s the matter?”

“What else could be the matter? Miss Selwyn, when was the last time you came to the

office? You weren’t answering your phone earlier and I wouldn’t have found out that

you’re out of the country if I hadn’t asked Mr. Levane about your whereabouts.”

Office… That’s right, I still have a company to run, she recalled absentmindedly. A long

time had passed since she was kidnapped by Bane, and she hadn’t made a single trip to

the office since that fateful day.

“I’m sorry. Recently, I’ve… I’ve got a lot to deal with.” As she didn’t plan to tell him the

truth, she fabricated some random excuse.

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“Okay, I can understand that you may be busy, but when do you plan to come to work?

Although I’m experienced, I’m not the boss of your company, and can’t make certain

decisions without you giving the green light. Why don’t you free up some time and pop

over to check things out?”

“I’m coming right now.” After she hung up, she left the house quickly. When she arrived

at her office, she happened to bump into Henry discussing a collaboration with

someone.

Henry immediately caught sight of her after sending the guest off, told her about the

details of the collaboration, and passed the agreement to her. “This project is not bad,

but there are some things that need your personal touch as I don’t have the authority to

agree to them without getting your approval. So, you should look it over personally.”

“Okay.” She took the file from him and flicked it open. Even though her eyes were

staring at rows upon rows of dizzying words, her mind was preoccupied with images of

Alaric’s face.

Next to her, Henry was looking at her expectantly as she stared at the first page of the

agreement in her seat. One minute passed, two minutes, and then, five minutes, but

she didn’t even flip the page. As he found her behavior odd, he tilted his head and

looked into her eyes. He quickly noticed that they weren’t even focused on the words in

front of her. Thus, he reckoned that her mind should have wandered elsewhere. Oh, she

seemed professional at first glance, but she was clearly not ready to handle work at the

moment.

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Nevertheless, he rapped the table and said, “Miss Selwyn?” He repeated her name

several times before Victoria finally snapped back to her senses. Owned by NôvelDrama.Org.

After that, she stared at his exasperated face, feeling incredibly sorry. “I’m sorry. My

mind was elsewhere.”

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“Miss Selwyn, I know that there’s a good reason behind your strange behavior right now,

but… all I need from you is to spare some time to go through this agreement. Your mind

can go wherever it wants once you’re done reading this. Is that okay?”

She twitched her lips into an approximation of a smile and nodded wearily. This time,

she had an iron grip on her traitorous mind, focusing on the agreement instead, and left

her signature at the end once she was done with the whole thing. Then, she returned

the agreement to him. “Thank you for your hard work for the past few days.”

“Don’t mention it. I’m your administrator, you know?” He smiled and was just about to

leave with the agreement in his hands but couldn’t stop himself from gossiping one

second before he left. “Miss Selwyn, are you having a problem in your relationship?”

However, his question received no reply because Victoria had slipped into her own

thoughts yet again after handing the document to him.

In the end, he could only stare at her and sigh helplessly as he mumbled, “Forget it.

Watch out when you’re going home later and don’t run into any accidents.”

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He turned around and walked away but was surprised to run into half a dozen tall and

bulky men in black suits and sunglasses at the door.

“Who are you guys?”

The man who was the leader glanced at him coldly. Nonetheless, he was aware that

Henry was a manager in the office, so he was rather polite to Henry. “Hello, we’re Miss

Selwyn’s bodyguards.”

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Henry was dumbfounded. Victoria reappeared with so many bodyguards around her

after her brief disappearance. Even though she hadn’t told him what happened to her in

the past few days, given his intelligence, he could tell from the current situation that

things were not looking good.

It seems like she wasn’t dealing with things the past few days but had run into some

trouble, he thought. Otherwise, she won’t have so many bodyguards in her retinue at

the moment. No wonder she couldn’t focus on the agreement, he thought and sighed

silently.

Even though he had no idea what happened, he reckoned that he had a vague idea

about what was going on. Nevertheless, it would only cause her more trouble if he

pestered her about it now. Therefore, he tossed this matter to the back of his mind and

quickly left the room with the agreement.

When he walked out, the lead bodyguard knocked on the door, stepped in, and found

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Victoria seated at her desk with a blank look on her face.

Meanwhile, Victoria was deep in her thoughts. When she heard the knock on the door,

she instinctively raised her head, asking, “What’s the matter?”

The leader of these bodyguards nodded at her. “We have to ensure your safety, Miss

Selwyn. If you’re going to work here today, we have to be in the room to keep you safe.”

As though worried that she wouldn’t agree, he added before she could say anything,

“There are windows everywhere in this office, and their men may break in through the

windows.”

Her eyes reflexively darted toward the full windows, and he continued, “As well as the

air shafts.”

She stared at him wide–eyed and thought, Fine, if one can get through the air shafts,

windows seem possible. “Okay.” After she gave her consent, a group of people poured

in, and her spacious room immediately appeared cramped as the well–built men filled

up the room. Perhaps it was her mind playing tricks on her as she felt that the air was

getting stale and stuffy.

Hence, she got up and wanted to open the windows but had barely taken a few steps

when a bodyguard stepped forward, blocking her path. “Miss Selwyn, please don’t go

close to the windows. It may be dangerous.”