Departure with a Belly ( Victoria Selwyn & Alaric Cadogan’s )
Departure with a Belly Chapter 269

Chapter 269

After Fiona thought it over, she decided to end the topic and asked Victoria about the

problem with her accommodation, “I’m staying at the place where Bane had prepared

before this. Of course, I paid rent.”

She added the last comment because she was worried that Fiona would get the wrong

idea. Sure enough, the news surprised Fiona. “Rent? Will he accept rent from you?”

“If he doesn’t accept it, then I won’t stay there.”

Fiona blinked at her in shock for a second before giggling as she replied, “I have to

hand it to you. There’s nothing he can do about it except to accept your rent.” Victoria

merely smiled and commented nothing more. “But aren’t you a little too guarded

against him? He’s really nice to you. Won’t you consider giving him a chance?”

“Fiona, it’s precisely because he’s so nice to me that I can’t be with him. Otherwise, I’ll

only hurt him instead of bringing him happiness.”

Fiona scratched her head. “Well, I don’t get what’s going on between the both of

you,

but it’s fine as long as you made the decision yourself.”

Time passed while they had small talk. Since it was getting rather late, Victoria left with

the kids. Before she departed, Fiona asked, “Do you need me to babysit again

tomorrow?”

“It’s alright. I’m done with my stuff, and I can watch them myself. If you miss them,

come over for a visit whenever you’re free.”

“Sure, I’ll drop by for a visit when I’m free. Take care on your way home.”

“Say goodbye to Miss Fiona, kids.”

Then, Victoria left with her children, and the latter went for their shower after they

reached home, leaving her with some time to take a seat and check the videos of their

outing with Fiona.

2/7

Fiona had made a few videos, and Victoria watched each of them on the couch quietly.

Finally, she thought one of them wasn’t bad and wanted to upload it on TikTok, but

when she opened the app, she saw that there was already a new upload on her

account. That was when she realized that it was probably Fiona who updated her post

using her account.

When she tapped in to have a look at the video, she saw that it was the video of the

kids playing. Halfway through the video, Victoria’s heart ski pped a beat when Nicole

called Fiona ‘Miss Fiona’.

The way Nicole called Fiona… I guess no one will realize it, will they? A person who’s as

busy as him probably won’t browse through something like TikTok, Victoria thought,

feeling more assured by the second,

After she took a closer look, she saw that there were already more than tens of

thousands of comments. Judging from the situation, it was inappropriate to delete the

video now, so she decided to just leave it.

That evening, Alaric arrived in Jasea. Before the flight landed, he looked over the city

through the window. The city was sparkling with lights at night like the stars lighting up

the sky. This was another incredibly advanced city.

After they landed, Terrance dragged the luggage, following closely behind Alaric. “Mr.

Cadogan, I’ve received the information and it’s sent to me already.”

Alaric stopped in his tracks upon hearing the news. “Forward it to me.”

“Should I organize it first?”

Alaric turned him down, saying dispassionately, “There’s no need. Send it to me

directly.”

“You got it, Mr. Cadogan.”

This was the first time Terrance was sending him content that was never edited prior to

this, but he didn’t feel guilty at all, and neither was he worried that Alaric would

reprimand him when he couldn’t spot the main points. Terrance had a good grasp of

Alaric’s temper after all these years of working for him. Honestly, he knew Alaric’s

temper like the back of his hand, and right now, he reckoned that Alaric was in a rather

good mood.

Sure enough, Alaric opened the document and started reading when he hopped into

the car. Terrance would occasionally sneak a look at Alaric along the way, but the man

was so engrossed that he didn’t have the interest to care about this nor reprimand

Terrance for his rudeness.

When they arrived at the hotel, Alaric had yet to finish reading the information, but he

kept away his phone and said in a low voice, “Check the location of this school.”

Then, he mentioned the name of a school and Terrance immediately searched for it on

the map. “I found it. It’s close to Miss Selwyn’s working place.”

When Alaric leaned over for a look, Terrance immediately pointed at the

map.

“This is

where she has been working, and the school is located over here.”

Alaric looked at the map on the phone and was immediately reminded of the children’s

adorable faces and how they resembled him. So, he went silent for a few minutes

before looking away. “We’re going upstairs.”

The next day when Victoria brought the children to school, she didn’t notice that a car

was parked near the gates of the school. If she had taken a good look around the

school, she would have seen that the windows and the chassis of the car were all

black.

As many cars were dropping off children, she didn’t even notice their existence and

watched her children walk to the school gates before saying goodbye to her.

As she had plenty of experience sending her kids off to school, she habitually crouched

down and felt two kisses on her cheeks. “Goodbye, Mommy.”

“Hurry and go in.” She shoved their small school bags gently, pushing them into the

school, and waited until they were inside before standing up and leaving.

When she passed by the black sedan, she suddenly felt something and stopped in her

tracks, looking in the direction of the black sedan but couldn’t see anything. There

seemed nothing odd with it under the bright sun, and it was merely parked here. She

pursed her red lips together as she thought, Am I imagining things?

Just a second ago when she walked past, she could feel someone watching her from

inside the vehicle, but everything seemed normal now. My kids… They should be safe,

right? Well, they should be safe because they’re in school, she thought firmly and left

very quickly after coming to a rational conclusion.

After she had left the spot, the window of the black sedan rolled down and revealed a

handsome face behind it. Then, he stared at the street where she had just left with

deep, steady eyes as he pursed his lips tightly.

On the driver’s seat, Terrance couldn’t help but sigh. “Miss Selwyn is such an alert

person. We’re just sitting here but it seems like she could sense us. Thankfully she

didn’t notice us, but… Mr. Cadogan, why are you afraid of letting her find out?”

Alaric’s eyes drifted over him, looking at him as though he was an idiot again. “If she

finds out about me, will I still get to see the kids?”

With that, Terrance instantly understood the situation. “You’re right. If the children are

yours and she kept them from you, it means that she didn’t want you to find out about

them. But if she knows that you’ve found out about them, she’ll probably disappear with

the kids the first chance she gets. We can’t let that happen.”

Right after he finished speaking, Alaric opened the car door and stepped out, and

Terrance followed after him upon seeing that. Alaric with his good-looking features also

had a big, tall frame that carried an invisible, oppressive air about him, making heads

turn.

Just when he was about to enter the school, he was stopped by the security officer at

the gates. “Excuse me, may I ask who you are?”

Terrance hastily went forward to show his work ID. “I’m Levane and I have an

appointment with the school principal to take a look at the school today.”

The security officer took a look at his work ID, checked the memo handed to him this

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