Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 556

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13:57 Wed,

Chapter 556 Not That Carefully

After leaving the office, Henry felt as if he had just achieved a great accomplishment unbeknownst to

everyone else as he had done something that immensely satisfied Alaric. On his way back, the events

that had just occurred in the office continuously replayed in his mind.

For some reason, he couldn’t shake off the feeling that the questions Victoria had asked him were

somewhat strange. At first, he assumed that she was only attempting to change the topic, but he began

to sense that something was amiss after leaving the office. Even if she was trying to divert his attention,

she had a plethora of other topics to choose from, so why did she ask him that?

The more he thought about it, the stranger it felt, and his concern increased along with his doubts.

Hence, after giving it some thought, he returned to his office to retrieve a document that required

Victoria’s signature and made his way back with the intention of getting to the bottom of things.

Due to his worry, Henry’s stride became exceptionally swift, and he arrived at the office in no time.

Then, he knocked on the door. Though the office remained silent, he did not panic and continued to

stand quietly in place as he waited.

After waiting for a few seconds with no response, he knocked on the door again and called out,

“Excuse me, Miss Selwyn.”

A short pause later, there was the sound of a chair crashing onto the ground. The noise was deafening

even through the door, causing Henry to worry that the two had gotten into a disagreement. After all,

the previous events were just too strange to explain otherwise.

At that thought, Henry couldn’t help but grow anxious. He knocked on the door heavily and asked in an

urgent voice, “Miss Selwyn, are you all right? What happened?”

However, he was only met with silence.

“Miss Selwyn?”

After a moment of hesitation, Henry’s anxiety got the better of him, and he decided to reach out and

twist the

door handle.

Click… Unexpectedly, the handle only moved an inch before he was unable to turn it any further.

Henry instantly froze in place, his dazed eyes fixed on the door handle before him. I–Is the door

locked?

Just then, a low voice sounded from behind the door. “What is it?”

Henry quickly recognized this voice to be Alaric’s, and the cogs in his mind began to turn. However, as

if his brain had short–circuited, he found himself unable to return to his senses.

In fact, his mouth moved before his brain, and he reflexively replied upon hearing Alaric’s question, “I–I

have a document that requires Miss Selwyn’s signature.”

There was another pause.

“Wait there.”

After spitting these words out, the other end fell back into silence.

As he stood before the door, Henry still found the situation strange. What exactly is going on?

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Then, as if struck by lightning, a thought occurred to him that caused his eyes to widen in shock. After

he left. the office door was immediately locked from the inside, clearly meant to prevent anyone from

entering. Moreover, there was the sound of the chair toppling, and even Alaric’s voice sounded hoarse

as he spoke. It was then that Henry finally realized he had just interrupted them in the middle of

something extremely

important.

I–It’s over… Where did my tact when I was an executive go? Why did my mind stop working all of a sudden?

At this moment, Henry wanted nothing more but to pry his skull open and take a look at what exactly he

was thinking about. And yet, with how things had turned out, he did not have the nerve to leave and

could only

remain frozen in place like a statue.

Sometime later, when Henry was beginning to think that he was turning into stone, the sound of

footsteps finally sounded from within, and the door opened immediately after.

When the door opened. Henry reflexively piled on his signature smile. And yet, his efforts were

useless–the person behind the door was not Victoria, but a peeved Alaric.

“Where’s the document?”

Henry noticed that Alaric’s expression was gloomy. Not only was his collar in disarray, but both of his

sleeves‘ buttons had been unfastened. As for his necktie, it had been discarded into an unknown Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

corner long ago. Seeing that, Henry was immediately certain that he had interrupted them.

“Here…” Henry could only numbly pass him the document in his hand. “I just need a signature.”

As a matter of fact, this particular document did not require Victoria’s signature, and he had only pulled

it out from a pile of papers as an excuse.

After taking the document, Alaric growled at him to wait before immediately shutting the office door.

Bang!

Locked outside, Henry could almost feel the door brush against his nose. And yet, there was nothing

he could do. As a man, he knew all too well how it felt to be interrupted in the middle of a time like that.

If he were in Alaric’s shoes, he might even feel murderous. Hence, even though Alaric behaved

viciously toward him, he could only caress his nose meekly and wait in place.

Meanwhile, in the office, Alaric handed the document that Henry had given him to Victoria.

“This needs your signature.”

Victoria, who was hurriedly fixing her attire, had completely turned red. Every part of her skin that was

not covered by her clothes was thoroughly flushed, from her face to her neck and her ears. She hastily

buttoned up her collar before taking the document from Alaric and picking up a pen.

“Where do I sign?”

Upon seeing her frantic and disheveled appearance, Alaric recalled how she had heard the knock on

the door when they were in the moment and immediately shoved him away. Instantly, he felt a ball of

fury boiling in his chest.

That damned Henry. Why couldn’t he come earlier instead of interrupting me now?

Due to his injuries, Victoria had been refusing any form of intimacy with him for fear of worsening his

wounds. Hence, it had taken much effort for him to find the opportunity to seduce her and make her

forget that he was injured, only for Henry’s appearance to ruin everything.

Standing next to Victoria, he lowered his gaze and watched as she opened the document when his

eyes froze. and fixed on the back of her neck. There, a small, red mark was left behind from his kisses,

striking and eye- catching on her fair skin.

Alaric’s irate mood only took a turn for the better after he saw the red mark, a satisfied look filling his

the sight. This was a mark he left on her body, and a proof of their earlier intimacy.

eyes

at

Victoria hastily skimmed through the document and left a hurried signature before handing it back to

Alaric. “All right, you can bring it out now.”

However, after accepting the document, Alaric did not rush to send it out. Instead, he began to flip

through it seriously as soon as he held the document in his hands.

Seeing that, Victoria couldn’t help but ask, “What are you doing?”

“Don’t you read through the document properly before signing it?” Although Alaric’s voice was still a

little hoarse, he was clearly much calmer than before.

Just like that, he continued to stand before her as he read through the document with a furrowed brow.

At the sight of his sudden change in behavior, Victoria defended herself in a quiet voice. “I did read it,

just not that carefully.”