Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 477

Bane frowned when he heard Victoria had not been eating well.

“Did Mr. Hudson not stop by?” he asked.

Jessie nodded. “He did.”

Then, a thought seemed to have struck her as she curiously asked him, “What does that

have to do with Miss Selwyn, though?”

In her eyes, he was acting strange.

He liked Victoria, right? Was the most important task at hand not figuring out why she

refused to eat? Why was he asking about Ethan?

In Bane’s mind, Ethan’s visit meant Victoria should be feeling better since she now

knew that Alaric had safely left captivity. Why…

He pursed his lips. “I’ll check in on her.”

“Yes, sir.”

She opened the door for him,

Inside the room, the curtains were completely closed, causing the room to be so dark

that it was barely lit by the few specks of light shining through the gaps between the

curtains and the wall.

However, that was enough to grant him a clear view of the room.

The room was silent with Victoria curled up in a blanket, leaving only her head covered

in dark hair exposed.

He had wanted to turn on the table lamp but eventually stopped as he was afraid of

waking her up. Hence, he stood there and patiently waited for her to wake up.

Although she was in a deep sleep, her breathing came out in uneven bursts. Just like

the doctor said, she was not sleeping well. She seemed to be plagued by dreams that

filled her with terror while her eyelids and lashes quivered.

It did not take long before her entire body started trembling. In the ten or so minutes he

had been standing there, her forehead went from dry to drenched in a cold sweat.

His heart twisted with agony. Looking at her made him feel like a knife was slowly being

slid into his heart.

The hands hanging down his sides clenched into fists.

Why did this happen?

She knew that Alaric was gone, right?

Was that not her only source of distress?

The urge to wake her up kept swelling in him, and he kept pushing it down. Finally, he

turned to leave the room.

Jessie had been waiting outside. When he finally left the room, she hurriedly asked,

“How is she, Mr. Morison? Is she finally willing to eat something?”

He pursed his lips with upset in his eyes.

“She has not woken up. Stand guard over her. Let me know as soon as she wakes up.”

She nodded.

“Yes, Mr. Morison.”

When he left, he happened to lock gazes with Ethan who was standing a few feet away.

When Bane saw Ethan looking at him, he gestured for Ethan to come closer.

“Mr. Morison,” Ethan greeted. Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“Walk with me.”

Ethan worriedly glanced in the direction of Victoria’s room before swiftly following

Bane.

In the study room, Bane questioned, “Are you sure you told her Alaric has safely

departed from here? She really believed you?”

Ethan nodded.

“Yes, sir. I told her as soon as I could. She did not doubt a word I said and

wholeheartedly believed me.”

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A thought then struck Ethan. “Do you not trust me, Mr. Morison? Did you want to tell her

the news yourself?”

Bane calmly shot him a look. “When the doctor checked in on her, he said she might be

suffering from psychological distress. That’s why she refuses to eat anything.”

Realization dawned on Ethan.

“You mean to say that you sent Mr. Cadogan away since it might be a source of her

distress? As long as we tell her that, she will stop worrying and start eating, right?”

Bane’s silence confirmed Ethan’s guess.

“In that case, the matter should be solved now,” Ethan said.

Bane stared at him.

“Has it?” There was an icy tone to his voice. “If she is under no distress, then why does

she still refuse to eat?”

As Ethan had been hovering nearby the entire day, he knew that Bane had sent Victoria

a feast earlier that day. However, Victoria did not eat anything as she did not feel like

eating.

At first, Ethan did not pay attention to her appetite. He merely thought she did not eat

much in the first place, leading him to think that was the source of her slim figure. He

had not expected the amount of food she did consume to be that little.

However, after the last two days, he finally noticed something off about her eating

habits.

Her issue was not a small appetite. She basically had no appetite. If he could sense

that, so could Bane.

Naturally, it was not his place to worry about that.

Still, it was clear that Bane was at a loss for what to do.

What did the doctor say?

After mulling it over, Ethan tentatively suggested, “If she refuses to eat still, perhaps

there might be other sources for her distress?”

“Is that so? Tell me, what are they?” Bane shot back.

Chapter 477 Other Sources of Distress

Ethan did not know the answer, and silence fell in the room.

After a few long minutes, Ethan boldly proclaimed, “You should know that better than

anyone, Mr. Morison. You’ve known her since you two were children. You know her

better than anyone else along with her likes and dislikes.”

“Are you lecturing me, Mr. Hudson?”

Ethan lowered his head. “No.”

“Go out and stand guard over her,” Bane ordered, likely because he did not want to hear

Ethan speak anymore.

Ethan did not immediately leave the room, however. He stood there and hesitated for a

moment.

“You should turn back before it’s too late, especially while she is still physically fine.”

Ethan looked into Bane’s eyes and continued, “You can clearly see the state she’s in

now. Any longer and I’m afraid you’ll regret it, Mr. Morison.”

“What did you say?” Bane squinted his eyes at Ethan with a dangerous glint in them.

“This is not a curse or a joke. How long do you think she can last if she continues to

refuse to eat or drink anything?”

The question struck him deep in the heart. He blankly stared at the air in silence for a

long while.

“That is all I will say. The rest is up to you,” Ethan said.

He then left the room instead of waiting to be dismissed as usual.

Once he was gone, Bane turned to stare at the ground, seemingly lost in his thoughts.

After a long while, he suddenly swept the items on the desk off it, sending them.

crashing to the ground in one angry swoop.

The silent study was suddenly filled with the sounds of items crashing and shattering.

The servants outside hurriedly entered the room, fearing the worst. “What happened,

sir? Are you okay?”

“Get out!” Bane roared.

The servants hurriedly scrambled out when they saw the fury blazing in his eyes.

The commotion was so loud that a lot of the other servants heard the roar as well.

When they knew Bane was angry, they all became more cautious as they went about

their work. They were all afraid of becoming a target for his anger.

Just as everyone thought he would continue to rage, Jessie suddenly ran over and

knocked on the door as everyone stared in fear. “Miss Selwyn is awake, Mr. Morison.”

There was a moment of silence. Then, Bane walked out of the study without any signs

of anger on his face. His voice also seemed much gentler.

“She’s up? Lead the way then.”