Departure with a Belly ( Victoria Selwyn & Alaric Cadogan’s )
Departure with a Belly Chapter 502

Chapter 502 Take You Away 

Ethan pressed a few buttons, but the elevator wouldn’t budge.

Since she was sitting down at the back of the elevator, Victoria couldn’t see what they were doing. Though, when the elevator had gone a while without moving, she had already guessed what had happened. “Has the elevator malfunctioned? Why don’t we take the stairs? Or another elevator next door?” This is a luxury hotel. It should have a few elevators running at the same time.

Jessie blurted, “No can do, Miss Selwyn. We can’t even open the doors, so we can’t even get out. Oh, no! That might scare her. She whirled and assured, “But don’t worry. We’ve just climbed two floors, and with the security measures in place, we’ll be fine.”

Oh, she’s worried I might be scared. Victoria wasn’t too concerned, however. She was a city girl, and the place was teeming with buildings. Elevators were a must, and she was using them every day. Malfunctions were normal, and with elevator tech being as advanced as it was now, she wasn’t worried about herself. “I’m fine. Don’t worry,” she assured.

“They have an emergency elevator. I’ll make the call,” the other man in the elevator blurted and made a call.

The man looked like a foreigner, yet he was speaking in Corynthean, much to everyone’s surprise. Ethan watched him make the call, and the man told the staff about the malfunction. He pursed his lips and looked at the man intently.

“The staff’s coming over soon, so stay calm.” The man hung up and noticed everyone was staring at him, and he smiled. “Odd hearing me speak Corynthean, huh? I was an exchange student in Corynthea, so I learned the language, and I learned it for a while.”

Victoria wasn’t fazed, but Jessie got excited and started chatting up the man. About a couple of minutes later, some staff members came to fix the elevator.

“It’s stuck. Once we open the doors, you guys come out,” the staff member announced, and they started fixing the elevator.

Once a cra ck big enough for one person to go through was made, the staff member said, “Alright,

you may come out now.”

Ethan looked at the man who had made the call earlier. He was going to move ahead, but then he realized something, and he looked at Victoria. “Ah, the lady seems unfit to walk. I think we should let her out first.”

Hmm, nothing suspicious. Though, Ethan couldn’t let Victoria go first, as he was worried. However, he could not leave her behind either. Thus, he told Jessie, “You go first and wait for Miss Selwyn outside.”

Jessie was going to let Victoria leave first, but Ethan’s suggestion was not a bad idea, so she nodded. With the help of the men and the staff members, she got out of the elevator. Jessie confirmed that the coast was clear, and she shouted, “Mr. Hudson, you can let Miss Selwyn out now.”

“Alright.” Ethan held Victoria up. “I’ll be giving you a leg up. Just step on my shoulders. You don’t have to worry about anything.”

“Thank you.” Victoria had little strength left in her body, so she needed help with even the most minute of labor. With Ethan and the other man’s help, she was pushed up. Then, a pair of hands extended down toward her.

They were beautiful hands, their fingers slender, and there was a silver ring around his finger. Huh. I’ve never thought hotel staff would have such handsome hands. She might have lost her memories, but whenever she ran into any case of the malfunctioning elevator, she remembered that the staff members didn’t have hands this beautiful.

Something was odd. Victoria figured she shouldn’t extend her hands, but for some reason, she still

put

her hand into the man’s palm. The moment their skin touched, the man held her tight, and a surge of warmth traveled across her hand.

There was no time to think, for the man pulled her up without hesitating. As she was yanked back up, she felt something familiar coming from this man. When she got out, she wanted to see who the man was, but someone’s hand reached her waist, and she was swept off her feet.

The speed made her wobble a little, and her hand slithered upward. When she made the landing, she noticed that she had her arm wrapped around the man’s neck, and her face was buried in his

chest.

A familiar yet unfamiliar scent assailed her nose. She wanted to look up, but the man held her in a princess carry.

“Let’s go,” the man said coo lly, but he sounded so familiar. Before she realized what was happening, the man was already running with her, and her arms were still wrapped around his neck.

The familiar sensation from the man-made her realize something, and she looked up slowly. The first thing she saw was his tense jaw, and there was stubble around it. Then, she moved her his nose, then his terse, icy eyes, and finally, his neatly-cropped hair.

gaze to

When she finally saw who this man was, her heart started to race. When she went through her phone to check her photos, she noticed a photo of them, though he was standing in the distance. She wasn’t sure if he was the man in the photo, but she had a feeling this man had close ties to her.

Even though she couldn’t see the man clearly in the photo, she knew he was the same man in that photo when she came face to face with the man holding her in his arms. He was also the one she wanted to find. Alaric… Realization sank in, and Victoria’s breathing was starting to get ragged.

Why is he here? I thought he was supposed to be in a coma. Did he wake up? And how did he show up at the right time? Was he the one who’d been following me the whole night? Her mind was a mess. As Alaric took her away, she said, “A-A minute, please.”

Alaric looked at her. When Victoria met his gaze, she teared up. He was as handsome and dashing as usual, but there was listlessness swimming in his eyes, and dark circles covered the skin under his eyes. “Don’t talk. We have to get you away from here first.”

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