Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 114

The room fell into silence the moment Elaine said that.

No one had expected her to say that.

As for the reason they went quiet, it was because her words suddenly made them

realize Christopher was not as useless as they thought.

He was a thug, a gangster who wandered on the edges of society.

He was the best at tasks like teaching others a lesson.

Everyone admired how fast Elaine came to that realization. It seemed like her fight

with Victoria had made her thoroughly hate Victoria.

After a very long moment of silence, Claudia abruptly gasped in shock. “What are

you saying, Elaine? How could you tell Mr. Drevel to do that? She’s just joking.

Please ignore her.”

He pursed his lips. “What if I take her words seriously? Claudia, I have never done

anything for you before, but I swear, from now on, I will not allow any harm to come

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to you. Anyone who does so will be my mortal enemy. I will never forgive anyone

who hurts you.”

“Mr. Drevel, the situation was very chaotic back then. It might not have been

Victoria,” Claudia pleaded. This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

“Claudia,” Elaine said, interrupting with a stern look on her face, “you don’t have to

defend Victoria. You have defended her for ages, but has she even come to visit you

since you got hurt? She doesn’t even feel any remorse for her actions.”

Claudia looked down. “I just…”

“Enough, Claudia. We know you’re kind and can’t bear to blame her for anything, but

we’re not like you. We can’t just do nothing when someone’s being a bully.”

Christopher kept quiet, but the murderous glint lurking in his eyes was an obvious

indicator of his future actions. Claudia could make a good guess at what those

would be.

Deep down, she was laughing in glee. She had been worried that the people around

her would be suspicious of her when they heard Christopher did something to

Victoria after Claudia invited him up to her ward.

However, things were different now that the suggestion came from Elaine.

She had not expected her plan to go so smoothly. With Elaine as her scapegoat,

what did she have to worry about? She tried to stop them. It was not her fault that

they ignored her words.

Griselda’s test results were out, and they looked good.

As the nurse brought her back to her room to rest, Benedict summoned the

Cadogans to his office to inform them of her condition.

“Old Mrs. Cadogan is recovering well, and she seems to be doing well mentally. It

looks like she’s better suited to life outside a nursing home,” he stated.

Mary happily smiled. “Of course. She adores my daughter-in-law. This must be all

thanks to Victoria.”

Everyone, including Benedict, in the nursing home knew about the fact that Victoria

was taking care of Griselda. Hence, he nodded in agreement.

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“That’s true,” he said.

“When can she go under for the operation, Dr. Sully?” Mary asked.

“If preparations go by quickly, she will be operated on in the next two days.

Otherwise, the operation would happen later this week.”

She nodded. “Very well.”

After leaving the office, she turned to Adrian and said, “Since she’s going to be

operated on this week, why don’t I stay? I’ll let you know when the operation date is

set.”

While there was a lot of work to do, the elderly family members were more

important.

He nodded. “I’ll do my best to hurry back in the next two days.”

“Okay. I’ll book a flight for you now, honey.”

“Thank you, darling.”

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They kept an affectionate exchange of endearments as they continued to walk

away.

As for the pair behind them, their interaction left the air cold and tense.

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Alaric and Victoria walked separately. The sight of the couple ahead of them being

so loving to each other contrasted with the lack of affection between them made

Victoria think that it might look bad if Griselda noticed the contrast.

Eventually, she stopped and turned to Alaric. “I’ll wait for you in the car.”

He paused and turned to look at her. It was only then that he recalled the words he

had left unsaid. Just as he was about to finish the conversation from before,

Victoria was gone.

A stormy look instantly took over his face as he marched after her.

Meanwhile, Mary had finished booking a flight for Adrian and turned around to

speak to Alaric and Victoria to find Alaric running after Victoria who was marching

away.

“Those two…” Mary sighed and shook her head. She then shrugged. “Let’s ignore

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them and take care of Mom first.”

“Okay. I’ll follow your lead,” Adrian said.

He was not worried at all about his son. After all, Alaric was an adult. There was no

way he could not even handle his own relationship issues.

Thus, the couple swiftly continued on their way to meet up with Griselda.

Victoria had walked away from Alaric the moment she was done speaking.

She left as fast as she could, worried that Alaric might catch up to her and refuse to

let her leave.

She marched out of the hospital doors and straight toward the parking lot.

All she could think about was Griselda’s operation.

If Grandma Griselda has to undergo an operation in the next two days, should she

remain at home or move back to the nursing home? Well, she does not like staying

in the nursing home, so there is no way she would agree with that suggestion. In

that case, she should stay at home and only come back on the day of the operation.

This time, they could not leave her alone in the nursing home. They had to

accompany her until the very second she was pushed into the operating theater.

Soon, she arrived at the car.

It did not take her long.

Lost in her thoughts, she had actually run to the car.

Staring at the car before her, she suddenly encountered an issue.

She did not ask Alaric for the keys.

Now, she had no choice but to wait outside by the car since she could not head

back in.

“Victoria!”

A cold voice rang out with fury from behind her.

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Her body stiffened in shock. Before she could turn around, her hand was grabbed

and pinned against the cold metal of the car in front of her.

The air around her was soon filled with Alaric’s icy and overwhelming scent.

She looked up into his dark eyes to find them blazing with rage.

His appearance stunned her. It took her a while before she could respond.

“What are you doing here?” she asked.

Should he not be with Grandma?

“Did you follow me?” she continued.

Alaric was beyond himself with anger at her ability to speak calmly to him at such a

moment.

“How else would I know you’re here?” he spat out through gritted teeth.

That rendered her speechless.

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She then tried to struggle out of his grip. As expected, she failed. In the end, she

stopped and sighed.

“Is there something you need?”

Then, as if a thought suddenly struck her, she softly continued, “Even if you need

something from me, you could just hold it in for now. Don’t say anything. Can we not

wait until Grandma’s operation is over?”

She truly did not want any complications to arise.

Everything had to step aside when it came to Griselda’s health.