Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 463

The person on the other end kept talking and rambling, and Victoria listened attentively.

She felt warmed by the person’s words.

Victoria didn’t expect her relationship with this stepmother to be so close.

Furthermore, the information that Bane had revealed to her seemed to suggest that she

had a bad relationship with this stepmother.

However, that wasn’t true…

With this in mind, Victoria responded coldly while pretending to be tough. “I don’t need

you to worry about my affairs.”

As expected, after she said those cold words, the person on the other end fell silent for

a while and then awkwardly laughed. “Victoria? Are you in a bad mood today? Or did

something unpleasant happen at work?”

It seemed that their relationship wasn’t actually bad.

Just as they were talking, Victoria suddenly caught sight of a figure outside. Her

expression remained unchanged, and she continued in a cold voice, “Well, I am indeed Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.

in a bad mood today, so let’s not talk about it for now. I’m going to sleep.”

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After saying that, she didn’t care about the other person’s reaction and hung up the

phone directly.

Once she hung up, she put away her phone and gazed into the distance with a calm

expression.

It seemed that her fiancé was hiding something.

However, she shouldn’t alert him for now.

.

With this in mind, Victoria put her phone away and walked outside.

Having eaten very little, she had not much energy. When she got up to walk outside, her

steps faltered, and she almost stumbled.

As she stepped outside, Leon approached her. “Miss Selwyn, are you going out?”

Victoria’s gaze fell on him as she sized him up.

Facing her scrutiny, Leon remained silent for two seconds before introducing himself.

“Miss Selwyn, my name is Leon Fuller. I have been instructed by Mr. Morison to follow

you, and I will ensure your safety wherever you go.”

“Ensure my safety?” Victoria expressed her confusion. “I don’t need protection.”

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“Miss Selwyn, considering your previous incident that resulted in your memory loss, the

level of danger you may face when going out will certainly increase. I must accompany

you at all times for your safety.”

However, she pursed her lips unhappily. How could she not see through it?

On the surface, it seemed like he was protecting her, but she felt that he was actually

monitoring her.

For instance, he could have walked up to her openly earlier, but he chose to hide

outside the door after arriving.

Everything felt unusual.

She gave him a sidelong glance and remained silent.

Leon could sense that she didn’t particularly like him, and coupled with the previous

incident, he felt somewhat guilty now.

Victoria didn’t care about his thoughts. She went back to her room, grabbed a jacket,

and then headed downstairs.

He followed behind her.

Along the way, people greeted her and respectfully called her “Miss Selwyn.” They made

it seem that she had lived here for a long time.

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However, Victoria still noticed some clues.

Although their attitude toward her was respectful and flawless, she could detect the

probing and scrutiny in their eyes. It was evident that they were unfamiliar with her,

Body language could deceive, but the eyes could not.

The way they looked at her was simply too unfamiliar.

However, Victoria didn’t show it even if she knew. After all, she had completely lost her

memory now, and Bane must have had a motive behind his actions. She wasn’t clear

about his intentions at the moment.

However, the one thing she could be certain of was that he wouldn’t harm her.

At this moment, Bane stood by the floor–to–ceiling window on the rooftop, watching

Victoria’s restless figure in the courtyard as his thin lips were tightly pressed together.

Someone behind him said, “Mr. Morison, the police are looking for us.”

Upon hearing this, Bane furrowed his eyebrows.

“What happened?”

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“It seems that before Miss Selwyn arrived, she encountered a female college student at

the airport. They had a brief conversation, but the college student felt that Miss

Selwyn’s condition was off, so..”

Bane understood it instantly.

“The police are concerned that it might be a misunderstanding, so they want to meet

with Miss Selwyn. However, given Miss Selwyn’s current state…”

The person paused at this point, and Bane knew what he meant. With Victoria’s current

state of memory loss, to have her face the words asked by the police would be…

“If we don’t allow the police to see her in person, it might-

“Let them see her.”

“Let them see her?” The person was surprised and probably did not expect Bane to

agree so readily. He stood there momentarily stunned. “But-”

“There’s nothing more to discuss about. She came here willingly in the first place. I

didn’t force her.”

After speaking, Bane smiled slightly.

His subordinate was speechless.

From the surface, it’s true that you didn’t force her, but you threatened her with the

person she likes.

However, he didn’t dare to say such words in front of Bane and quickly went ahead to

carry out his orders.

Victoria wandered around the garden but didn’t notice anything unusual. Moreover, her

energy was running low, and her eyelids began to feel heavy. She decided to return to

her room.

Upon entering the room, she discovered that Bane was waiting for her.

Bane stood up to greet her after seeing her come in.

“Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?”

Even though she had just eaten not long ago, he was clearly concerned about her

well–being.

Victoria was indeed hungry. Her body’s various functions were reminding her to eat and

replenish her energy. However, for some reason, she felt mentally excited and didn’t

have much of an appetite.

“Shall I have someone bring you dessert?”

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After thinking for a moment, she nodded.

There were many varieties of desserts presented before her, including sour ones, sweet

ones, and lightly flavored ones.

Victoria suspected that the entire kitchen had been busy preparing these desserts early

in the morning.

In the end, she chose a bowl of lightly flavored dessert and began drinking it.

Throughout her meal, Bane never took his eyes off her. His eyes were seemingly glued

to her lips. She felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze and instinctively set the

bowl down.

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

Bane snapped out of his trance and raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong? Can’t I look at

my fiancée?”

Victoria was speechless.

She nearly forgot that he had referred to her as his fiancée.

“Why are you watching me eat? It’s making me lose my appetite.”

Upon hearing her words, Bane redirected his gaze elsewhere and then asked, “Do you

remember whom you met at the airport when you came with Ethan?”

“Hmm?”

She was puzzled by the question. “What do you mean?”

He briefly explained the situation about the college student. After hearing the

explanation, Victoria understood his intention.

“The police want to see you because the college student was concerned that I had

abducted you,” he said while sounding somewhat resigned.

“So, you need me to clarify things with the police for you.”

Victoria hadn’t expected the police to come knocking on their door.

She paused for a moment and looked at him. “I can clarify things for you, but you have

to answer one question for me.”