Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 110

Mary bore a faint scent of lemons which felt refreshing. Victoria felt herself relax

physically and emotionally when hugging Mary, and she returned the embrace with

fervor. Her female elders were always her favorite.

Mary had sensed that as well and couldn’t help tapping Victoria’s nose. “Did you

miss Mom?”

Mary referring to herself as Mom stunned Victoria for a long while and she nodded

after taking some time to recover. “Yes, I missed you both.”

“Ha! Darling, we missed all of you too.” Mary then pinched Victoria’s cheek lightly

and couldn’t help doing it twice more after thinking about how perfect Victoria’s skin

was. She then turned to Adrian. “Did you bring the presents we got for Victoria?”

Adrian felt around in his pocket before pulling out two boxes. “I did.”

Mary turned to take them before giving them to Victoria. “Here. These are the

presents we have gotten for you this time.”

This hadn’t been the only occasion that this happened. Before marrying Alaric,

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Adrian and Mary would always bring her presents whenever meeting her, and all of

them were extremely expensive. If Victoria refused to accept their presents, Mary

would talk Victoria into eventually accepting them. Presently, the young woman

smiled lightly as she reached out to accept them.

“Thanks, Mom. Thanks, Dad.”

“Good girl.”

“At least you have the decency to bring her presents,” remarked Griselda.

“Of course, Mom. Victoria has put so much effort into taking care of you, not to

mention that she’s our daughter–in–law. We naturally have to give her the best.”

As everyone chatted happily, Victoria soon forgot about all her woes.

Alaric came down at that moment, his cold expression softening somewhat at the

sight of his parents, though he didn’t look good at all. Since he hadn’t been resting

enough recently and couldn’t sleep the night before, his eyes were completely

bloodshot with dark shadows below them, and he looked very tired.

The look in Mary’s eyes changed just by glancing at him, but she did not say

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anything in front of Griselda, so the elderly woman did not feel pressured by it.

It was until Griselda had been escorted into the car that Mary dragged him to one

side and asked him quietly, “What happened to you during the last few days? Your

dark circles are so prominent. What have you been up to every night?”

Alaric looked at where Victoria had joined Griselda in the car before shifting his gaze

away. “Nothing.”

Mary snorted at that. “Did you forget who gave birth to you? Trying to keep things

from me, huh? Can you manage that?”

He did not even turn around, but his expression was frigid. “So what?”

She wanted to roll her eyes at his behavior but did not show it due to her being the

lady of the house, so she only replied scornfully, “What do you mean by that?

Judging by your unhappy look, did you argue with Victoria?”

He did not respond.

“Looks like I’m right. Why have you offended her again? She’s so good–tempered;

how did you manage to fight with her?”

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Good–tempered? Alaric snorted inwardly. Victoria’s words are utterly infuriating.

How can she be good–tempered? My mother has just never experienced how

infuriating Victoria can be, which is why she said that.

“Hmph! Al, just look at you. Why are you so picky with her? Just console her when

she gets angry and do it again if that doesn’t work. As long as you are stubborn,

nothing is impossible.”

“Like how you pursued Dad back then?”

Mary had been happily giving her son some excellent advice and did not expect him

to use it against her. “What are you talking about? Your father was the one who

refused to give up on pursuing me, which made us what we are today, alright?”

Alaric snorted again, no longer wanting to argue with her. Even if his mother had

pursued his father relentlessly back then, all of it happened years ago. Besides, his

father loved his mother so much that he would deny the truth and say he had been

the one to pursue her. Alaric had already experienced things like this plenty of Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

times.

“Why are you snorting? You don’t believe me?” Mary asked in irritation. “If you don’t,

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why don’t we go ask your father?

“That’s enough,” Alaric replied neutrally. “Let’s get in the car. We still need to get to

the hospital.”

Not waiting for his mother’s response, he immediately approached the car

Meanwhile, Mary stood where she was, feeling annoyed by her son. She now knew

why he and Victoria had argued. His personality is completely similar to that of his

father in that it is serious and boring but while his father is cold, Alaric is a complete

blockhead. If Victoria’s personality isn’t like mine, both of them would…

Mary sighed internally and followed Alaric. They couldn’t fit in one car, so Griseldal

had said that she would ride in Adrian and Mary’s car.

Victoria had followed her inside at once, but the elderly wornan spoke after a short

while. “Victoria, go ride in Alaric’s car.”

Victoria froze, her heart stuttering, “Grandma?”

Has she noticed something? Why would she ask me to ride in Alaric’s car?

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The next moment, Griselda patted her hand reassuringly. “I haven’t seen your

mother in a long time and want to say some things to her.”

Victoria sighed in relief. If Griselda wanted to chat with Mary, then it was

understandable. “Then I’ll stay with you here, Grandma. I won’t interrupt you both.”

“Silly girl. I want to talk about some other things with her. What are you doing

staying here with me? Go.”

Since Griselda had said so, Victoria could only nod helplessly. “Alright, then.”

She then got out of the car and promptly bumped into Alaric. Their gazes met for an

instant before she looked away with pursed lips and walked toward his car.

He took long strides and got into the car before she did. She had wanted to sit in the

back but then chose the passenger seat after some consideration. As soon as she

settled down and prepared to put on her seatbelt, she heard his mocking voice.

“You didn’t want to ride in my car, no? Why are you here?”

Her movements stopped for a moment before she calmly buckled her seatbelt. “I

didn’t want to, but this might be our last journey together. Let’s just separate

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amicably

Before getting in the car, Alaric had been thinking about what his mother had told

him. He was already prepared for it, but the sight of her heading for the backseat

and hesitate before settling in the passenger seat left him uncomfortable. Thus, his

words had become more provocative.

Meanwhile, her words were more infuriating than his, enough to make him grit his

teeth. “What did you say?”

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