Departed With A Belly {1}

Abort the baby

Victoria helplessly objected, "I'm not completely drenched despite the rain.

Moreover, I'm fine." She then walked over to Alaric's desk and placed the report for yesterday on it.

"This is yesterday's summary. I've sorted it up.

Now, I have work to do, so l'll leave the two of you to your reunion."

She glanced at Claudia, who immediately smiled at her.

When she left, Alaric was frowning hard.

"Alaric?"

He only snapped out of his thoughts when Claudia called out to him.

His reaction confused her, but she sounded kind and caring when saying,
"Victoria doesn't look so well. She might be your secretary now, but she used to be the precious daughter of the Selwyns before they went bankrupt. You cannot be too hard on her."

Too hard on her? Alaric internally laughed. Who could be hard on that woman?

However, he did not say any of that; instead, responding with a grunt of
acknowledgment.

Meanwhile, Victoria shuffled back to her office with heavy feet and a heavy head.

As soon as she sat down, she could not help but slump over her desk. Suddenly, her head was spinning hard.

She lost track of time until she finally heard Yasmin's voice.

"Victoria, why don't you go home and rest?"

At that moment, Victoria felt so lethargic and sick that her only response was, "Yasmin, let me sleep for a while." Following that, she immediately fell
into a deep sleep.

She had a dream in which she was eighteen again. On that day, she and
Alaric had their coming-of-age celebration. So, their families decided to co-host the party.

That evening, she specifically put on her favorite blue dress, curled her hair, and had her nails done. She planned to confess her love to him.

After a long, fruitless search, she located him in the garden. As she walked over to him, she heard his friends teasing him.

"You're an adult now, Al. Are there any girls you like? Maybe you can get engaged," one of them said.

"Victoria's quite nice. She's always hanging around you," another said.

When Victoria heard that, she instinctively stopped walking, wanting to
listen to what Alaric had to say. After all, his answer was vital to what she would do next.

However, she did not hear his response as someone spoke up.

"Victoria is impossible. Al only sees her as his little sister. Everyone knows the only one in his mind is Claudia."

Claudia...

Then, Victoria snuck a glance at Alaric.

That evening, Alaric sat on the stone bench, his legs so long that they barely touched the ground. He had a faint smile and didn't object to what they said.

"Indeed. Claudia is more feminine, gentle, and beautiful, but Victoria is is only
a little girl. Moreover, Claudia is Alaric's savior." The boy who spoke was Bane Morison, one of Alaric's best friends.

He loved teasing Victoria. Everytime they met, he would insist on pulling on her pigtails.

He was also one of the people Victoria hated the most. I'm not a little girl!