Departure with a Belly ( Victoria Selwyn & Alaric Cadogan’s )
Departure with a Belly Chapter 101

Chapter 101 

After Victoria and Alaric returned to their work desks, Victoria began to get 

on with her work. Before the two of them parted ways, they agreed to 

bring Griselda to the hospital the next day and decided to tell her about it 

together later that night. 

For some reason, the duo didn’t bring up the matter relating to their 

divorce as if they tacitly knew not to. After all, the fact that they rushed to 

the Civil Affairs Bureau early in the morning in a fit of pique last time didn’t 

end well when Griselda’s operation didn’t carry on as usual. To avoid any 

unforeseen circumstances, Victoria decided to wait until Griselda was 

done with her operation this time before settling their divorce. With that 

idea in mind, Victoria believed Alaric felt the same way. 

Later that afternoon, Victoria headed downstairs and bought herself some 

congee as usual for lunch. However, before she could speak to the seller, 

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she was interrupted by the sound of her phone ringing. 

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She was stunned when she saw Bane calling her, and she subconsciously 

looked toward the parking lot she had noticed a few days ago. As she 

expected, she saw the familiar car parked there. 

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As Victoria turned around, the car window rolled down, whereupon Bane’s 

handsome face came into view. With his phone in his hand, he waved and 

smiled at Victoria. Nevertheless, Victoria couldn’t seem to believe they ran 

into each other there and then, but after hesitating for a few seconds, she 

decided to approach Bane’s car. 

“What brings you here?” 

Bane curled his lips and put his phone down. “I happened to be nearby for 

business. I didn’t think I’d run into you around here. Pretty lucky, aren’t I?” 

“A coincidence, you say?” Victoria had doubts about Bane’s claim, thinking 

there was no way he would park his car in the same spot she noticed a 

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few days ago even though he might have been there for business. 

Furthermore, she found the coincidence uncanny for Bane to call her only 

when she came downstairs. When she noticed the necktie clip she had 

gifted to him on his necktie, her face darkened somewhat. 

“What’s wrong? Don’t you believe me?” Bane raised his eyebrows. 

Victoria reacted with a smile, neither admitting nor denying it. However, 

Bane wasn’t desperate to clarify at all as he smiled and asked, “Anyway, 

would you like to join me for lunch? Since we just ran into each other…” 

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Victoria seemed hesitant. She wanted to turn Bane down, but he suddenly 

interrupted her and said, “Didn’t you say you would make it up to me for 

the ruined farewell party?” 

Victoria was rendered speechless, for she had only taken Bane to a 

congee place despite her promise to make it up to him. What was more, 

he didn’t eat much that day. Well, that was indeed awkward. 

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“Alright, then.” Victoria eventually agreed to tag along. 

Upon hearing Victoria’s answer, Bane stepped out of his vehicle to open 

the door for her, but at that moment, two men in black came running 

toward them from afar. “Mr. Morison!” They seemingly failed to notice 

Victoria standing there as they walked up to Bane cordially. “I thought you 

were gone, Mr. Morison, but thank God you’re still here. Would you like to 

join us for lunch?” 

Nevertheless, Bane only stepped aside and politely answered, “Well, you’re 

too late. I already have a lunch date.” 

“A lunch date?” The two men were stunned for a second until they noticed 

a slim figure right beside them. As they took a closer look, they realized 

Victoria had been by their side all along. “Miss Selwyn? What are you doing 

here? Are you going on a lunch date with Mr. Morison?” 

“Greetings, Mr. Langstrom.” Victoria nodded at him. 

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Upon learning that the two of them knew each other, Bane lightened up 

and became a little friendlier to them, raising his eyebrows in response. 

“Victoria and I were neighbors when we were little.” 

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“I see. I can’t believe you two are neighbors.” Steven let out a sigh and said, 

“In that case, I guess we should leave you two to it.” Steven left with his 

subordinate, whereas Bane opened the car door and invited Victoria into 

the car. 

“Get in, Vixie.” 

However, Victoria remained still and stared at Bane awkwardly, refusing to 

enter the car. “I thought we agreed that you wouldn’t call me that way.” 

When Victoria and Bane were little, Bane always called her that. Although 

she didn’t think there was anything wrong with it back then, she seemed 

to have outgrown that nickname, which she found strange at her current 

age. 

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“Yeah, you’re right. What about Snowball, then?” 

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“No, not this one too.” Victoria knitted her eyebrows. 

“Why not?” Bane raised his eyebrows and asked, “Is it because this 

nickname would remind you of someone else?” While Victoria was 

speechless, Bane went on to say, “In that case, I guess I have stories to 

hear from you.” Nevertheless, Victoria continued to stand still until Bane 

tapped her forehead. “What are you waiting for? Get in the car now.” 

As such, Victoria helplessly got into the car. After sitting tightly, she said, 

“Please stop giving me nicknames. I don’t think it suits me now, 

considering my status.” 

“What status do you have right now?” 

Bane hit the gas pedal and said smilingly, “Everyone else at my farewell 

believed you and Alaric were just putting on a show when you both got 

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married. Some of them even thought you were doing that because you 

wanted the power as someone close to Alaric. Bane’s words sounded like. 

they hit the nail on the head, rendering Victoria speechless as she only 

pursed her lips in silence. 

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Meanwhile, Bane, who seemingly caught a glimpse of Victoria pouting, 

chuckled softly and asked, “Are you mad?” 

“No, you’re just telling the truth.” Victoria grunted. 

“Good. Adjusting your mood is especially important, considering your 

current situation. If you fail to do that, you’re going to be in deep trouble.” 

“I know.” Victoria kept her head down, recalling when she nearly found 

herself in trouble earlier. Fortunately, she was mentally tough enough to 

endure the hardship, or it could have ended terribly for her. 

After exiting the company, they drove onto the busy road. While keeping 

his eyes on the road, Bane asked, “How is Claudia? She seemed pretty 

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badly hurt that day. It’s going to leave a mark, isn’t it?” 

“I think so,” Victoria replied indifferently. 

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“What about Alaric? Is he going to spend the next two days looking after 

her in the hospital?” 

When Victoria heard Bane’s question, she subconsciously knitted her 

eyebrows, thinking she would have misunderstood Bane if she hadn’t 

known he came on purpose. Even so, she still went on to say, “If you want 

to know so badly, why don’t you give him a call yourself?” 

“If I call him, wouldn’t I ruin his mood?” Bane couldn’t help but chuckle in 

amusement. 

“Instead of that, you chose to ruin my mood, eh?” 

“Aren’t you unaffected by it?” 

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Fine. Victoria was rendered speechless once again. She then looked 

outside the window and said, “I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t ‘run into‘ me 

again next time.” 

“What?” Bane chuckled in amusement. “Are you mad or something? I 

thought everything went well that night.” When Victoria didn’t say a word 

more, Bane continued, “Anyway, what’s going on between you and him? 

While I was abroad, I heard that Alaric fell in love with someone else.” 

“No.” Victoria shook her head and added calmly, “He probably can’t forget 

about the person who saved him back then.” 

“Well, that doesn’t amount to love. If you don’t have feelings for someone, 

you can’t force it. It has nothing to do with indebtedness.” 

Victoria also thought the same way, thinking there were many other 

incidents like hers in the world, but not all of the men and women involved 

ended up together. Instead, most of them had more gratitude than love 

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for each other. As for those who subsequently fell in love with each other, 

Victoria believed it was fate that brought the lovers together. 

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