Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 533

Worrying About Losing

“No, answered Alaric. “I’m not doubting you.”

Victoria retorted, “Liar. If you believe me, why did you speak before I could respond? You just don’t

want to hear my answer.”

She had analyzed Alaric’s thoughts, exposing him once and for all.

Alaric pursed his thin lips. He looked like he had no way of defending himself anymore.

Seeing him like that, Victoria said decisively, “Fine, then. It looks like you don’t want to hear my answer,

so forget about it. Let’s go in first.”

With that, Victoria let go of his hand and stepped forward.

However, she hadn’t taken more than two steps when Alaric pulled her back.

“You’re going to tell me the answer, aren’t you? Why are you in a hurry to go in?”

Even though Victoria was held back, she didn’t look at him. “You don’t want to know, do you?”

“Who said that?” Alaric tightened his grip on her hand. It wasn’t painful, but it hurt nonetheless.

“Spit it out already, or I won’t let you go in.”

“You” Victoria bit her lower lip. “I’ve already confessed my truest thoughts to you, so you know the

answer already.”

should

“Is that so?” Alaric’s expression was indifferent, and there was a faint smile hidden in his eyes. “I think I

know, but I’m not very sure. Perhaps I don’t have a sense of security in my heart, so I need your

confirmation.”

Does he not have a sense of security?

When Victoria heard that, she widened her eyes in shock. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

“You, without a sense of security?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Aren’t girls usually the ones who don’t have a sense of security? You’re a man, so why are you feeling

this way?”

“So what if I’m a man? Boys have their weak moments too. Moreover, he trapped you by his side for so

long, and I only got to meet you again after so long. Isn’t it normal to not feel secure?”

He seemed to have a point.

Victoria blinked. “Alright, let’s assume you don’t feel secure enough. Allow me to tell you once again,

very seriously–before I lost my memories, I didn’t know if I would hate you or not. However, I’m certain

that I don’t hate you right now.”

Victoria gripped his hand instead.

In other words, you don’t have to keep worrying about losing me.” Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Worry about losing her, eh?

The description made Alaric chuckle a little.

He was worried because he cared.

He had heard before that some people got easily worried in a relationship. He didn’t care about those

emotions back then, and he thought that he was someone who had complete control over his feelings.

However, when he was truly in love with someone, he realized he would worry too.

He wanted to keep her close to him, but he also feared that she wouldn’t have enough freedom. If he

loosened his grip on her, he felt worried that she wouldn’t be safe.

At that thought, Alaric asked, “What about you?”

Victoria couldn’t understand what he meant for a moment. “What?”

“Would you be worried about losing me?”

Victoria was stunned at his sudden question. For a moment, she didn’t know how to answer him.

She wasn’t particularly worried about Alaric. After all, he was already expressing interest in her. If she

still felt worried at this point, it might be a little too much.

However, if she said no, wouldn’t it hurt him?

After thinking about it, Victoria decided to voice her honest opinion.

“I’m not worried about losing you, but that’s also because I trust you. Of course, I know that you’re

worried about losing me because you care about me, but things ended up differently, didn’t they?

Because of Bane’s existence, you’re worried that you’ll lose me. If a woman stood between us, I might

be the one worrying instead.”

Victoria didn’t mean anything by that, but Alaric’s expression shifted when he recalled Claudia getting

between them and even taking the credit for saving him, causing…

Of course, it was also his fault for not realizing it soon enough.

It was too late for regrets now. Alaric stopped thinking too much about the details as he gripped her

hand tightly. “No matter what, I won’t let any other person stand between us, be it a man or a

woman.”

“Come, I’ll take you

inside.”

The villa was built by the mountainside. It was originally a little gloomy, but since Bane was under Old

Mr. Morison’s watch, the villa was surrounded by people. Almost every spot had a guard, so the villa

didn’t look scary now; it even felt a little bustling.

As soon as Alaric walked over to them, their leader walked up to him.

“Mr, Cadogan.”

Alaric nodded at him.

“What brings you here?”

With that, the leader noticed Victoria by Alaric’s side. When he spotted Victoria, the leader quickly

realized something as he said, “Mr. Cadogan, Miss Selwyn, please wait here for a moment.”

He turned around and hastily went in.

Soon, a familiar figure appeared in Victoria’s sight. Victoria stood there relatively calm, but when she

saw the man appear, she became emotional at once.

“Mr. Hudson!”

She never thought that she would see him again so soon, thinking it would only be they’d meet again.

ages before

When Ethan saw Victoria, a surprised look flashed across his eyes as he quickly walked over to them.

“Miss Selwyn.” A smile appeared on his lips. He greeted Victoria first, then looked at Alaric and said,

“You’re here, Mr. Cadogan.”

“Hello.”

Alaric was quite courteous to the man who did everything he could to help Victoria. After greeting

Ethan, Alaric even offered a handshake.

Ethan was stunned for a moment, perhaps not expecting Alaric to do that. After a few seconds of

bewilderment, he finally shook Alaric’s hand.

“Thank you for helping my wife when she was overseas.”

Ethan looked at Victoria, who was smiling as she looked eagerly at him. He suddenly realized why the

famously cold Alaric would suddenly shake hands with him.

No wonder.

“It’s nothing. I just didn’t want to see Mr. Morison committing more mistakes than he already had.” Even

though Ethan treated Victoria very well, he was indifferent toward Alaric.

After all, Bane and Victoria weren’t the only ones spending time together in those five years. Ethan was

there as well. He would accompany Victoria on different occasions and during her countless trips

outside so they met each other almost every day.

People had feelings, after all. Even acquaintances would become old buddies after five years. Victoria

had a nice personality void of haughtiness, and she truly cared about this assistant called Ethan.

As such, Ethan was more than willing to help her.

As for Alaric…

In Ethan’s eyes, even though Bane was wrong for locking Victoria up, he just didn’t want Bane to keep

committing crimes. It didn’t mean that Ethan would suddenly be best buddies with Alaric.

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He also felt that if this man hadn’t appeared by Victoria’s side, she wouldn’t be with anyone else even if

she didn’t choose Bane. With time, Bane would naturally stand a chance.