Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 581

Chapter 581 All Men of the Cadogans Love Their Wives Dearly

“It’s fine. We also enjoy having simple meals now. Unlike in the past, we are more health conscious now that age is catching up with us fast,” Mary said when she saw the food served on the table.

Sure enough, her words took Tony, who was initially worried that she and Adrian wouldn’t be accustomed to having simple dishes, by surprise.

Truthfully, Mary had always sought to maintain her beauty. So, she had always had strict control over the food she ate. She wouldn’t eat anything with high sugar content or had too many calories. Her meals were clean, healthy, and organic. That was why she could stay so fit, and her skin remained so fair over the years. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Only after personally looking after Nicole and Nathan recently that she neglected her vigorous beauty regime. Due to her overflowing love for her two grandchildren, Mary always overfed Nicole and Nathan during meals,

hoping they would grow up healthily.

Still, little did Mary know, Nicole and Nathan actually upheld the principle Victoria taught them for years–only take the amount of food you could eat and don’t waste food. Moreover, Victoria had always lived by the idea of rather eating less than eating more.

Nonetheless, the amount of food Mary fed Nicole and Nathan was beyond their stomach capacity. Hence, when the two eventually couldn’t finish their food, Mary would smile and say, “It’s okay. I got this. I promise you; no food will go to waste, for I will finish them for you.”

After that, the immensely self–disciplined and beautiful Mary from the past gladly finished their leftovers. Be it calorie counting or sugar content that was off the chart, none mattered to her. For that

reason, Mary stopped being picky about what she ate, as long as it was the food Nicole and Nathan enjoyed.

Meanwhile, Victoria watched as Mary took better care of Nicole and Nathan than her. To Victoria, she wouldn’t be able to constantly pay such close attention to Nicole and Nathan’s activities as Mary. Even though personality–wise, Mom probably won’t say anything if I want to live outside with Nicky and Nate as she will undoubtedly come to visit them based on how attached she is to them. However, whether she will stick around and not leave upon her visit is still something I have yet to be sure of. Then again, judging from her current and past behavior, the probability of her staying and not leaving is extremely high. In that case, I can totally discard any thoughts of moving out.

As for Adrian, he was delighted that Mary was willing to eat without worrying about calories. In the past, he constantly felt that she ate too little in order to stay fit. Because of that, he often worried that she would suffer

from malnutrition.

Fortunately, Mary had a nutritionist who regularly planned her meal intake and often supplemented her nutrition from other aspects. Even so, Adrian always felt those supplements Mary ate weren’t as nourishing as a

proper meal.

Therefore, now that Adrian saw Mary was willing to eat without harping on about her calorie intake, he also happily added more food for Nicole and Nathan. Either way, she would eat the leftovers if the two little fellows couldn’t finish them.

Nicole looked at the food that was piled as high as a hill in front of her and turned to Adrian and complained, looking pitiful, “Grandpa, it’s too much… I can’t finish them.”

Adrian simply smiled and said, “It’s okay. Take your time and enjoy the food. Don’t worry. Grandma will help you eat the food if you can’t finish it.”

After that, he even winked at Nicole. However, Nicole merely looked at him, not fully understanding what he said.

On the contrary, Nathan, who was beside her, got Adrian’s point. Grandpa has been acting this way the last few times. It seems that he wants Grandma to have more food through the two of us. Adults are so weird. Why can’t Grandpa simply tell Grandma if he wants her to eat more? Or, he can just put the food on Grandma’s plate by himself. Yet, why does Grandpa have to go through all this fuss?

Still, regardless of how he found the situation strange, Nathan remained silent and didn’t immediately expose Adrian. After all, from his point of view, he wasn’t part of the world of grown–ups.

Unfortunately, Mary seemed to have seen through Adrian’s scheme at this moment.

After Adrian finished saying that to Nicole, Mary couldn’t help squinting her eyes at him and stared at him with a looming gaze. Adrian naturally sensed her gaze as he awkwardly touched his nose and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

Perhaps, Adrian would have wished he didn’t ask Mary, for the words that escaped her lips the next moment, took him by surprise. “Later, you will have Nicole and Nathan’s leftovers if they can’t finish their food.”

Adrian said nothing.

“Did you hear me?” Mary demanded hotly.

He scratched his nose as he nodded dully and hummed, “Yes.”

When Mary received Adrian’s agreement, only then did she look away in satisfaction.

Thus, Adrian, who originally planned to continue eating more food, had no choice but to slow down after hearing Mary’s words. The amount of food on my plate is already my regular food intake. There’s no doubt that I will exceed my usual consumption intake if I have to finish Nicole and Nathan’s leftovers. I have to take my

time and nibble these foods slowly. Otherwise, I certainly will have no appetite for dinner.

Victoria and Alaric, who were on the side, simply watched Adrian and Mary behaving like frenemies.

Victoria leaned closer to Alaric and asked softly upon taking in such an intriguing scene, “Is Dad always like this

in front of Mom?”

Alaric raised his eyebrows when he heard Victoria’s question. “Are you referring to the fact that he is submissive

in front of Mom?”

“Yeah, something like that.”

“Oh, that’s normal in the Cadogan household.”

“Huh?”

The corner of Alaric’s lips curled upward into a smirk as Alaric explained in a low yet flirtatious voice, “What I meant to say was that this is the trait of all the males in the Cadogan Family. They love their wives dearly, so those who are married will obey their wives in everything.”

Victoria said nothing and merely cast him a shocked yet speechless look after hearing Alaric’s little backstory of the Cadogan Family. I know Alaric knows no shame. Yet, I never expected him to be so

shameless that he can actually praise himself even when he is talking about Mom and Dad.

Perhaps the shock in her gaze was too obvious as Alaric couldn’t help but think that she looked utterly

adorable. Therefore, he couldn’t help reaching out and tapping her nose. “Why are you looking at me like that?

Am I wrong?”

“No.” Victoria shook her head and retracted her gaze. “I just didn’t expect you to be so confident.”

Alaric’s smile deepened as he said. “You know, that’s not my only strong point. No worries. You will gradually learn more of my good traits in the future.”

As for Tony, who sat in his seat, his heart was overwhelmed with emotions for a moment as he watched the interaction between Victoria and Alaric. Judging from how things are going on between these two, it seems that Victoria and Alaric are getting along pretty well. Moreover, Victoria is my daughter, whom I cherished dearly since she was a child. So, I know what’s going on in her mind. She can’t fool me. She has always treated Alaric differently since she was young. She was the only one who thought that no one noticed her very visible favoritism. Yet, never once did it cross my mind that so many unpleasant things would happen later. As expected, life has never been one smooth sailing journey.

Tony grabbed the glass of milk on the side and gulped down at that thought. Only after he drank it did he

realize it was a glass of milk. He couldn’t help but look at the glass in confusion. He stared at it in silence for a long time before realizing that they were currently having breakfast. I’m such a muddlehead. The evening has yet to arrive. Yet, there I was thinking I was holding a glass of wine just now. That was why I picked it up and drank it without giving it any thought.

As soon as this crossed Tony’s mind, he whispered to Sasha, who sat beside him. “Prepare a few bottles of wine

for lunch later. I’m going to have a few drinks with them.”

Sasha instinctively frowned and didn’t comply immediately upon hearing his request. “Have you forgotten how you suffered from an upset stomach? You should cut down on drinking.”