Departure with a Belly ( Victoria Selwyn & Alaric Cadogan’s )
Departure with a Belly Chapter 161

Chapter 161

It was all it took to silence Claudia at once, and her silence satisfied Elaine.

“What’s the matter, Claudia? Why aren’t you saying anything? Say, what do

you think will happen if I mention it to Alaric?”

“Elaine Sutcliffe!” Claudia was instantly worked up. In fact, Elaine could

even hear rushing footsteps coming from the other end of the line. “Please

don’t act so rashly, okay? We can talk this out.” Claudia tried to appease her,

putting a smirk on her face.

I’ve made the right move! She really is scared of Alaric finding this out.

Huh, to think…

“But I’m not acting rashly. I just want Alaric to know the truth, that’s all.

After all, everyone has the right to know it. Don’t you think so?”

“Elaine…” Claudia stopped in her tracks, her tone filled with pain. “Are you

hating me for what happened lately? I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to

ignore you. It’s just that my father has forbidden me from being in touch

with you anymore, or he’ll confiscate all my pocket money.”

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“So, you really won’t talk to me anymore? Have you forgotten what you told

me?” Elaine snorted disdainfully. “You swore you’d repay me when you

finally become Mrs. Cadogan. Is this how you’re repaying me now?”

“I’m sorry. I want to repay you, really. But-”

“Alright, repay me, then. I want 300 thousand. Transfer the money to me

now.”

“300 thousand?!”

“What’s wrong? Too much?” Elaine taunted while taking a couple of steps

forward, scrutinizing the Cadogan Residence’s main gate. “That’s a small

figure for you when your family has successfully clung onto the Cadogans,

right?”

“Elaine, calm down and listen to me. This-”

However, Elaine was too agitated to listen to her nonsense. “I want 300

thousand. If you don’t transfer it within five minutes, I’ll go inside and tell

the Cadogans about Victoria’s pregnancy!”

With that, she ended the call and stood in front of the gates, feeling

incredibly relieved when she saw how afraid and nervous Claudia looked.

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She had thought she would need to plead to Victoria for mercy, but who’d

have thought things would take a dramatic turn?!

Claudia sure has provided me with sweet leverage. If possible, I can control

her wholly with this!

In the past, she was always the one to flatter Claudia, but even so, she never

got much from it.

Beep, beep…

A few minutes later, a large sum of money was transferred to her account,

but she frowned in response, for she found that Claudia had only

transferred her 150 thousand.

But before she could even contact Claudia, the latter came to her instead.

Still, Elaine questioned her as soon as the call connected. “Why is there

only 150 thousand?!”

“I’m sorry, Elaine, but that’s all I have right now. I’ll transfer the remaining

money after I ask my family for some money, okay?”

Elaine felt she could accept it if the reason was simply not having enough

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cash on hand. After all, the actual cash socialites like them could control

was actually quite limited. Hence, she didn’t feel so upset anymore.

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150 thousand can at least alleviate the issue at home. As for the remaining

money… I can continue to hold on to this leverage as long as Alaric remains

unaware of Victoria’s pregnancy, no?

P

Sensing that Elaine had seemingly calmed down a little after receiving the

transaction, Claudia coaxed her, “Elaine, are you still in front of the

Cadogan Residence? I’ll go to you, okay?”

“Sure,” Elaine agreed readily. “It’s been a while since I last saw you too. I’ve

missed you so much.”

Claudia fell silent for a couple of seconds before asking, “Wait for me there,

alright? I’m already on my way.”

With that, Elaine found a shady spot and sat down.

In no time, Claudia showed up and dashed to Elaine with a wary smile after

getting out of the car.

“You didn’t go in, did you?” she probed after taking a gander at the Cadogan

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Residence not far behind Elaine.

Meanwhile, Elaine sized Claudia up. Compared to the latter’s exquisite

appearance, she thought she looked practically like a hobo lately.

Then, at the thought that Claudia, the very reason she ended up in this

state, only came to see her after being threatened, her animosity for the

young woman deepened several degrees. “Why, Miss Johnson, are you

afraid I did?”

Claudia turned grim at once, but she quickly forced a smile and said,

“Please don’t be mad at me anymore, Elaine. There wasn’t anything I could

do.”

“Oh, so you had no other choice before this. So how come you can come out

now?”

Claudia couldn’t help but despise Elaine’s triumphant and oppressive

demeanor, wishing she could just slap that expression off her face.

However, the latter held the leverage in her hands. After all, everything

would be over instantly if Elaine charged into the Cadogan Residence and

asked for Alaric or rambled something at the gates.

Thus, Claudia could only swallow the bitterness and force a smile. “Let’s

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talk inside the car, okay?”

However, Elaine remained unmoved, standing still and glaring at her.

At that, Claudia swallowed her pride and held Elaine’s hand. “I heard your

family is going through a tough time lately. How about we talk about it in

the car and see if there’s anything I can do for you?”

Thinking about her parents and younger brother at home, Elaine

reluctantly nodded. “Very well.”

After bringing her into the car, Claudia glanced at the Cadogan Residence

gates and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For the past few days, Alaric had been ignoring her.

Despite her multiple attempts to reach out to him, his response has been

exclusively ‘I’m busy’ lately. Eventually, he stopped replying altogether,

making it impossible for her to execute her plan to seduce him.

A major problem had seemingly risen between them, and Claudia knew all

too well where it stemmed from.

His mood seemed to be worsening, and yet they hadn’t divorced yet.

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Claudia’s mind even entertained some other speculations-Alaric actually

liked Victoria.

The thought sent a chill down her spine.

If he can fall in love with Victoria without knowing that she was the one

who saved him instead back then, won’t it only be worse if he does know it

was actually Victoria?! Not to mention, that woman is now pregnant with

his child!

Looks like I have to keep Elaine entertained and make sure this secret

doesn’t go anywhere. But the pressing question now is when will they

finally divorce?!

If she still couldn’t do anything about Alaric, then she would have to tackle

Victoria.

“Earth to Claudia!” Elaine’s voice snapped her out of her thoughts.

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“If you’re thinking about how to get rid of me or planning to scheme against

me, then let me tell you this. I’ve already prepared myself fully regarding

Victoria’s pregnancy. Someone will immediately tell Alaric the news if you.

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dare to do anything to me.”

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