Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 488

When Terrance heard the doorbell ring, his natural response was to make his way

toward the door. However, he quickly realized it was midnight, which made him wonder

who would visit him at that ungodly hour, considering the fact that he lived alone. The

thought of that instantly left his face covered with cold sweat. Thus, instead of

answering the door right away, he headed straight to the study to check the security

footage.

The moment Terrance saw a figure right outside his door through the surveillance

camera, he couldn’t help but gulp in fear because the person right at his doorstep was

none other than Adrian. Oh gosh! I’m having a heart attack! Why did he come to visit

me in the middle of the night? He could have called me instead of paying a visit,

couldn’t he? The sight of two bodyguards right behind Adrian only added to Terrance’s

worry as the situation seemed more pressing and complicated than he thought. Ugh! I

should have known that I wasn’t calm enough when I was talking to them over the

phone. They must have seen through my lie because of that. Great! Now, they must be

here to demand an answer from me!

Seemingly impatient, Adrian repeatedly pressed the doorbell, as if he was going to do

that until someone opened the door. Meanwhile, the ringing doorbell was starting to

worry Terrance more and more as it was already late at night. Upon sitting on the couch

with a few moments of hesitation, Terrance finally came up with a cover story for Alaric

and Victoria’s whereabouts. Then, he went over to open the door after thinking his

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explanation was sufficient to convince Adrian. When he answered the door, he

pretended as if he didn’t see Adrian from the security footage and acted like he was

surprised to see the latter.

“Mr. Cadogan, what brings you here at this ungodly hour?” Terrance pretended to yawn

as if he woke up from his sleep.

Nevertheless, Adrian, who only glared at him unhappily, only ordered Terrance to be

taken before the latter could even react. “Take him.” As soon as he made his order

heard, the two buff guys right behind him quickly manhandled Terrance and took him

away.

Terrance was initially still going to pretend to look sleepy, but after hearing Adrian’s

order, he became startled, asking anxiously, “Wait a minute, Mr. Cadogan! What’s going

on?! Is there something wrong?”

“Stop pretending. Now, tell me what’s going on.”

“I don’t know what you’re asking about, Mr. Cadogan. What exactly are you referring to?”

Eager to find out the truth behind what was going on, Adrian was unwilling to waste

time beating around the bush with Terrance. When he realized Terrance had no

intention of revealing the truth, he waved his hand decisively. “Fine, if you won’t talk,

we’re going to have to take you back with us. I’m sure you’re going to start talking by

then.” The two guards, who only listened to Adrian, got a hold of Terrance and were

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ready to take him away.

As Terrance was brought closer to the elevator by the guards, he quickly realized Adrian

was not bluffing at all. Thus, he changed his mind and said, “Alright, Mr. Cadogan! I’ll

talk!”

Upon hearing that, Adrian stopped in his tracks and squinted, fixing his gaze on

Terrance. “Finally? Or is this some kind of trick you are trying to fool me with? You’d

better think twice before acting because that is not going to end well for you.”

“No! Of course not, Mr. Cadogan! I didn’t and wouldn’t lie to you, but could you please

just tell them to let me go first?”

After taking a look at his surroundings, Adrian ordered his men to release Terrance,

thinking there was nowhere else he could run either, not to mention the fact that they

were just standing right at his doorstep. “Let him go.”

It was then that the bodyguards finally let go of Terrance. After that, Terrance rubbed

his painful arms while complaining about how rough those two men were for hurting

him on the inside. Deep down, he knew he couldn’t allow himself to be taken because

he only had three hours to rest before he had to set out and visit Alaric. Although the

place where Alaric was kept was guarded, Terrance was still unwilling to take any

chance, which was why he was planning to rest for only two hours after a quick

shower.

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I could put you in greater trouble if your father takes me away with him, Mr. Cadogan.

For that, I don’t think I have a choice, Sir. In the end, Terrance reluctantly decided to

reveal the truth, thinking Adrian and Mary were too smart to fool even though he did his

best to keep Terrance’s whereabouts a secret for him. After having a monologue with

himself, Terrance went on to tell Adrian about the matter that had happened recently.

Upon hearing the story, Adrian pointed at Terrance in frustration with a darkened look.

on his face. “After what happened, you’re still thinking about hiding it from us?!”

Terrance awkwardly smiled. “Well, we didn’t want you to be worried. Furthermore, I was

planning to let Mr. Cadogan take charge when he wakes up, and I believe he wouldn’t

have wanted to worry you all as well, so I…”

“Where is he now?”

“Relax, Mr. Cadogan. I’ll take you to him. Take it easy, okay? Your health is more

important.”

Despite Terrance’s sincere attitude, Adrian was still too mad to talk to him because he

was angry that no one told him about his son’s status after something so serious

happened. You didn’t tell me about my son’s status because you didn’t want me to be

worried; Terrance?! Then, when were you planning to do that? When it was too late?! So

that I wouldn’t be that worried, knowing there was nothing else I could do to change the

situation?! The more Adrian dwelled on the matter, the angrier he became. Thus, he

proceeded to berate Terrance again a few moments later.

Terrance was embarrassed by Adrian’s scolding, but at the same time, his pride

wouldn’t allow him to put up with that and prompted him to talk back, although he

knew he was in the wrong. “I didn’t mean to keep you in the dark, Mr. Cadogan. Now, let

me ask you a question if I may. Would you tell Mrs. Cadogan now that you’ve learned

the truth?” Adrian was caught off guard by Terrance’s question. When Adrian didn’t

answer his question, Terrance acted as if he could read his mind. “See? You wouldn’t

want to tell her either, right? Why is that so? That’s all because you care about her, and

you don’t want to worry her, which is why you won’t dare to tell her, right? It was the

same reason I didn’t tell you and Mrs. Cadogan because I know your son cares about

you both. For that, I’m sure Mr. Cadogan would bite my head off if he found out I told

you guys about it.”

Adrian chuckled coldly. “Are you trying to convince me not to blame you?”

“No. No, of course not. I was just trying to clarify.”

“Spare me your nonsense and tell the driver to speed up.”

“Yes. Yes, of course.”

Terrance told the driver to speed up under the condition that the speed limits were

abided by. Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the hospital, whereupon Adrian was

seen with a gloomy expression on his face. “Are there people guarding him here?” He

turned around and asked, looking at Terrance.

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Terrance nodded. “Of course, there are. Don’t worry about that, Mr. Cadogan. I wasn’t

planning to spend the night at home in fact. I only went back for a shower and was

going to return in a few hours.”

It was only after hearing Terrance’s response that Adrian was more relieved. When they

were on his way to Alaric’s ward, Adrian went on to ask a few more questions about

Alaric’s health condition, following which he was told that Alaric was still unconscious

without any apparent threat to his health. Upon arrival, they saw Alaric lying

motionlessly in bed as he looked a lot skinnier than before. When Adrian saw that, tears

began to start rolling in his eyes. Nevertheless, he did his best to fight back his tears,

knowing he wasn’t alone. Shortly after that, he quickly realized there were no signs of

Victoria in the ward besides Alaric.