Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 479

Victoria is right; before she lost her memories, I would not have expected her to fall for

1. me. After what I’ve done to her, how could I expect her to like me? I can only dare to

hope that she will continue to be by my side, that I will continue to take care of her, and

that she will eventually get used to being around me.

Seeing that Bane was lost in thought, Victoria knew she had hit the bullseye. Then, she

said coldly, “Anyway, I’m here now and didn’t break any promises. I still have the

freedom to do what I want and refuse anything I don’t want, right?”

He could only nod in response to her statements. “Yes, that’s right.”

“So, can you get out now?”

When Bane heard that, he didn’t say another word and stared at Victoria for a long time.

In the end, he had no choice but to concede defeat as he said, “All right, I’ll leave, but

you have to eat something at least. If you don’t want to go downstairs, I’ll get someone

to send meals to your room.”

Perhaps, fearing that she would decline, he left right after saying that.

After Bane left, there was a moment of silence before Victoria heard the door close

behind him. He’s gone. It was only then that she let out a sigh of relief, then sat on the

side of the bed. The earlier incident terrified her so much that she broke out in cold

sweat because she feared he would do something to her unexpectedly. In the past, she

had been able to act casually around him because she was unaware of this side of him,

but after seeing it for herself, she realized she needed to be on guard at all times. What

if he began acting irrationally one day? At that thought, she closed her eyes.

A while later, there was a knock at the door, followed by Jessie’s voice. “Miss Selwyn,

Mr. Morison asked the kitchen staff to send you something to eat.”

When Victoria heard that, she opened her eyes again. “Come in.”

Jessie opened the door and entered with a plate of various foods on it, and the

delicious aroma wafted through the air.

As Victoria took in the smell, she frowned slightly.

“Miss Selwyn, the kitchen staff made all sorts of food today. Which would you like to

eat?”

The food is exquisitely prepared, and it is clear that the chef exerted great effort to

create a dish that would please those eating it. The presentation is very appetizing.

Those were Victoria’s subconscious thoughts. These are all the foods I have loved in

the past, but now…

“You should start with some soup, Miss Selwyn.” Then, Jessie grabbed a bowl of the

chicken soup the chefs had laboriously prepared. The soup had a pleasant aroma

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because many spices had been added to mask the chicken taste. She gently scooped

up some soup with a spoon and held it to Victoria’s lips, hoping she would at least take

a sip. With her current condition, even a spoonful of soup would be beneficial.

The moment when the spoon was bought near Victoria’s mouth, she felt like throwing.

1. up. “Blech-” She was initially frowning, but when she caught a whiff of the scent, her

stomach immediately began to churn, and she could not control herself as she retched.

Immediately after that, she reached up, covered her mouth, and ran toward the

bathroom.

Jessie was shocked out of her senses. When she heard the retches coming from the

bathroom, she finally collected herself and ran toward the bathroom. “Miss Selwyn, are

you okay?” At that moment, her face was even paler than Victoria’s. She thought that

she must have gotten herself into trouble. Victoria couldn’t eat anything in the first

place, but she had held the chicken soup in front of Victoria, causing her to retch like

this. Could Miss Selwyn proceed to eat anything after this? I’m done for. At this

realization, she began to worry about her future.

Meanwhile, Victoria leaned against the sink, retching for a long while. Her stomach was

churning, but she hadn’t eaten anything recently, and she didn’t even drink much water

today, so her stomach was empty. There was nothing for her to throw up. Ultimately,

she ran out of energy, and Jessie helped her out of the bathroom. Then, she lay limply

on the couch.

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Jessie noticed that her face was as white as a sheet, and strands of black hair clung to

her forehead because of the sweat. She looks so helpless and looks very pitiful. How

did things turn out like this?

She looked at Victoria, her heart aching for the latter. Then, she bit her lower lip and

said with reddened eyes, “Miss Selwyn-”

On the other hand, Victoria took a long time to recover. She had just come to her

senses when she heard Jessie crying. She looked up to see Jessie looking at her with

teary eyes. “What’s the matter?” She didn’t expect Jessie to cry.

Jessie was surprised at her tears as well. After that, she wiped her tears and

apologized, “It’s nothing. I was just startled. Are you okay, Miss Selwyn?”

“Did I scare you? Sorry for that.”

“You don’t have to apologize, Miss Selwyn. It was my fault.” As Jessie spoke, she took a

handkerchief and dried the cold beads of sweat on Victoria’s forehead. Then, she said,

“What do we do now? You can’t keep rejecting food, Miss Selwyn. If you don’t like the

food cooked at home, why don’t I take you out for a meal?”

Victoria smiled weakly as she lay there. “It’s okay, we don’t have to go out. I probably

don’t have the appetite, that’s all. It’ll come back in a few days.”

Don’t have the appetite? At first, I thought Miss Selwyn had a bad appetite and that it

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would get better in time, but it’s been several days, and it seems to have gotten worse

instead of better. Also, she is taking medication on the side, which is a recipe for

disaster if she continues. At this realization, Jessie suggested, “Why don’t you see

another doctor, Miss Selwyn? Perhaps, you can get it checked out at the hospital. It

might be a stomach problem.”

“I’m fine. If you’re so worried, bring me something sweet to drink.”

Hearing that Victoria had asked for something to eat, Jessie wiped her tears away. She

got up, grabbed a chilled watermelon soup, and brought it to her. “Is this okay, Miss

Selwyn?”

“Yes, thank you.” Victoria accepted the bowl and took a few sips. The watermelon was This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

pureed, and all its flavors had seeped into the soup. She liked the flavor, but something

about the way it tasted in her mouth seemed off. It seemed to her that her stomach

was actively rejecting the food. Nonetheless, she felt bad seeing Jessie staring at her

with reddened eyes. I’m afraid Jessie will cry again if I don’t eat something. She could

only sigh as she numbly stuffed the chilled watermelon soup into her mouth. Then, she

forced half a bowl of the soup down her throat, but she couldn’t stomach more. Hence,

she could only look at Jessie and say, “Put it aside for now. I’ll eat more later on.”

“All right.” Jessie thought she wouldn’t eat more than two mouthfuls, but Victoria

surprisingly downed half the bowl, and she was elated about that. She immediately

nodded and carefully stored the bowl of chilled watermelon soup. She assumed

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Victoria enjoyed the flavor, but she had no idea Victoria simply drank more to avoid

seeing her cry.

Victoria had previously retched for quite some time, so after drinking the chilled

watermelon soup, her stomach became extremely uncomfortable again. She endured

the discomfort as she leaned against the couch. Subsequently, she could not hold it in

any longer, and right after Jessie got back, Victoria dashed to the bathroom and puked

up the entire bowl of soup.