Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 458

Bane scoffed coldly. “Are you telling me what to do?”

“It’s just a suggestion.”

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“Oh, Mr. Hudson…” Bane narrowed his eyes, his cold gaze boring into Ethan. Though his

tone was light, there was a layer of frost beneath it, and there was no trace of his usual

gentleness. “Did you pretend to be a good person so much that you deluded yourself

into thinking you actually are one?”

“I’m not sure if I’m a good person or not, but the way you’re forcing someone to stay by

your side isn’t exactly the most morally correct thing to do, Mr. Morison,” Ethan

protested.

The corners of Bane’s lips slowly curled upward. “How righteous of you to say that, Mr.

Hudson. Didn’t you bring her to me because of your parents?”

His question immediately rendered Ethan at a loss for words.

A moment later, he could only agree, “Yes, I’m not as just as I sound, but you’re so much

more pathetic than me, Mr. Morison.”

At that, Ethan turned around and left, leaving Bane standing in place. As he watched Ethan’s retreating figure, a thought popped up in his mind, causing his gaze to slowly

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darken.

Leon was standing right next to him, and he suddenly recalled a thought at the sight,

asking, “Mr. Morison, since Miss Selwyn is already here, then that person…”

Although he was aware of whom Leon was referring to, Bane was not in the mood to

worry about this matter. Hence, after shooting him a warning look, he headed back into

the ward.

Alaric. He was indeed unable to shake off this huge problem from his side. At first, he

planned to wait for Victoria to come to him before taking action, but out of all possible

circumstances, there was not a single instance where he considered that Victoria

would lose her memory. If she had forgotten everything, including Alaric, wouldn’t it

mean that he would no longer have to make his move?

Bane slowly lowered himself onto Victoria’s bed, his gaze sweeping across her face. “If

you’re willing to listen to me obediently after you wake up and stay by my side, then I

might be able to consider… letting him go.”

Alas, at this moment, Victoria couldn’t hear a single word he said.

Victoria only began to stir awake when the clock struck noon. As her memories after

she regained consciousness were still intact, she was not startled by the familiar sight

before her when she woke up, and only felt a pang of pain in the back of her neck.

Hence, she subconsciously reached for the back of her neck.

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As a gentle voice sounded by her right, Victoria turned toward its source and looked at

him. “It’s you…”

Although she did not recognize him, he had always stayed by her side. Because of this,

she now remembered him.

Bane leaned down and carefully helped her up. “What’s wrong? Do you feel

uncomfortable anywhere?”

For some reason, Victoria felt her body subconsciously resist his touch whenever he

placed his hands on her. However, she didn’t have the strength to struggle at all, so she

could only allow him to help her up. Then, she watched as he placed a pillow behind

her back so that she could sit more comfortably.

Once she was properly seated, Victoria said, “My neck hurts a little.”

At her words, Bane’s hands froze in the midst of his movement before he rubbed his

neck in embarrassment, saying a little guiltily, “Do you remember what happened before

you fainted?”

Victoria froze. “What happened?”

Seeing her lost expression, Bane immediately explained, “You suddenly fainted, and I

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brought you in here.”

“Oh,” Victoria replied, lowering her gaze.

As he watched her behavior and reaction, Bane began to grow worried that she would

try to regain her memory again and fail, so he spoke out to interrupt her train of

thought. “Other than your neck, does your body hurt anywhere else?”

Hearing that, Victoria went along with his question and seriously assessed her body

before shaking her head. “No.”

And so, Bane rubbed his nose even more guiltily.

Back then, the situation had been urgent, and he was focused on stopping her from

recalling her memories, so he hadn’t considered the fact that she might have some.

lingering side effects after he hit her. Now that she was telling him that her neck hurt,

he felt his heart ache with worry.

“How about I give you a massage?”

As he spoke, he began to lean toward her, reaching out to place his hands on her neck.

As he had helped Victoria up previously, she hadn’t had any strength in her body, but

she now had the energy to struggle as she was sitting up. Hence, as his hands

gradually approached her, she reflexively dodged away, avoiding his touch.

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At her avoidance, Bane froze before looking at her.

For some reason, his straightforward gaze caused her to reflexively avert her eyes as

she explained hesitantly, “I–It’s fine. I can do it myself.”

At that, she reached out and gently rubbed the parts of her body where she felt sore.

After observing her for a moment, Bane did not say anything else. When he returned to

his seat, the two fell into a long silence before he finally said, “Are you hungry? Do you

want to eat anything?”

Logically speaking, she hadn’t eaten since her plane ride yesterday, so she should be

starving. As her wound was on her head and not anywhere else, there were most likely

no foods that she had to avoid either.

However, Victoria unexpectedly shook her head. “Thank you for your concern, but I’m

not hungry.”

“Not hungry?” Bane narrowed his eyes. “Do you know how long it’s been since you last

ate?”

“Really?” Victoria was slightly dazed by his question, and she reached out to clutch her

stomach. “But I really don’t feel hungry at all.”

For some reason, she genuinely did not have the urge to eat anything at all.

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At the same time, Bane could tell that she genuinely did not want to eat, and he knew that there was no point in asking any further. Hence, he fell silent, picking up his phone

to make a call instead and instructing his men to send some food to them.

After ending the call, he placed his phone away and said to her, “There are some things

that you don’t have to try to remember if you can’t. I’ll take good care of you from now

on.”

However, Victoria furrowed her brows. “But…”

“But what?”

“But I don’t even know who I am.”

“What’s the problem with that? I can tell you everything you don’t know.”

Following that, he told her both her name and her age.

Victoria didn’t think much of this new piece of information, but she couldn’t help but

ask, “Then, what is my relationship with you? Where’s my family? Why haven’t they

come to see me?”

She had woken up twice by now. By right, her family should be on their way now. And

yet, although the man before her seemed to have a close relationship with her, his

reaction toward her didn’t seem like he was her family–there was something odd about

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“Your family isn’t here, and I hadn’t expected you to lose your memory before this. I was

afraid that your family would get worried, so I didn’t notify them.”

Afraid that my family would get worried? Victoria nodded. She could understand that. NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.

“As for who I am, I can officially tell you that now.”

Hearing that, Victoria lifted her head and looked at him.

“I’m your fiancé.”