Departed With A Belly {1}

Why Are You Jealous?

Jealous?

As Alaric thought about it, he was startled. Then, he pressed her lips with
his finger and said deeply, "So what if I'm jealous? Don't forget that you are still my wife." His voice was raspy and alluring.

As he spoke, he slowly leaned in closer to her. He was so close that Victoria could feel his hot breath against her face.

Just as their lips were about to touch, Victoria spoke up. "So, what if I'm legally your wife? What right do you have to be jealous?" Alaric stopped in his tracks upon hearing her words.

Looking at his reaction, Victoria smiled disdainfully. "Let me rephrase that.If you get jealous because of me, what will become of Claudia?"

When Alaric heard her talking about another person, his lust vanished. Since he didn't expect her to bring Claudia up, his eyes turned cold as he spoke. "Why are you bringing her up?"

"Am I not allowed to? Why must you bring up Noel, then?" After he heard her words, Alaric kept quiet. After looking at each other in silence, Alaric released her and got out of bed.

On the other hand, Victoria propped herself up and looked at her wrists. Both her wrists were red from where Alaric had grasped her. "That's rough of him," Victoria mumbled as she got out of bed and picked up the laptop on the floor.

Since the device had been thrown to the ground, she opened it to check if every thing worked fine. A minute later, she realized her laptop was broken since she couldn't get it to start. That's just great. It looks like I can't work tonight.

Thinking about this, she sighed and took out her phone. 'Let's stop here since something's wrong with my laptop. We'll continue tomorrow at the company' she wrote. Then, she sent the text to Yasmin and kept her laptop in the bag.

While she was tidying up, Alaric stood beside her the entire time. Although he was emitting a cold aura, he didn't leave the room. Seeing that she had kept her laptop away, he asked, "Aren't you going back to work?"

When Victoria heard his words, she glared at him angrily and bellowed, "How can I work when my laptop is broken? What am I supposed to work with?"

Alaric was startled when he heard her words. After a while, he approached her and reached his hand out. "Let me have a look at it."

"No." Victoria refused. She didn't want him to touch her laptop when he was the one who had broken it.

Hearing the angry tone in her voice, Alaric gulped and said sincerely, "I'll
give you a new one." At that, Victoria found it funny. "Do you think I can't afford it?" Then, she realized that she needed the money after having a child.

The cost of a laptop is enough to buy a bunch of diapers and toys for my baby. As she thought about it, her words took a turn. "Send the money to me on PayPal."

When Alaric heard her words, he was surprised by the change in her attitude. After all, she was suddenly willing to accept several thousand from him when she refused his checks worth millions back then.

Thinking about this, he took out his phone and wired her seven grand. He
would have given her more money if there wasn't a transaction limit. Once Victoria received the notification on her phone, she took it out and read it.

When she realized Alaric had given her seven grand, she frowned and said, "This is way too much money."

Alaric pursed his lips and quickly found an excuse since he was afraid that she wouldn't accept the money. "This is compensation for what I did."

Victoria clicked her tongue and accepted the money. Then, she returned 6,000 to him and said, "I only need 1,000 for the laptop. I only take what I need."

When Alaric saw that she had given him back the remaining money, he lowered his eyes without saying a word. She's trying to keep things clear between us all of a sudden.

Does she have to do this? Is it because of...him? The next day, Victoria spent a few hundred dollars to repair her laptop.
Since she wouldn't be staying in the company for long, she decided she
wouldn't need to buy a new laptop.

After all, it would be a waste of money.
With that, she had breakfast with Yasmin. While they sat in the breakfast shop. Victoria was still talking about work.

While Yasmin heard her talk, she drank her soy milk resignedly as she looked at Victoria. For some reason, she felt that Victoria had been working hard as of late.
Moreover, she had been teaching her remarkable things.

As Yasmin thought about it, she swallowed her food and asked, "Can I ask
you something, Miss Victoria?" Victoria glanced at her when she heard the question and said, "Go ahead."

Then, Yasmin looked around carefully
and leaned closer to Victoria as she
spoke. "Are you leaving the company?"
She catches on quite fast, thought Victoria.

Thinking about it, she pursed her lips and didn't say anything. On the other hand, Yasmin was nervous when she saw Victoria's expression.

"I-I didn't mean to pry into your business, Miss Victoria. It's just that you've been working hard lately and teaching me many things. That's why l've made such a conclusion."However, Victoria reckoned it was fine to tell Yasmin about it.

"Yes." She didn't deny Yasmin's words. "That is why you have to pay attention to what I have taught you since there isn't much time left."

"Miss Victoria..." Yasmin widened her eyes in disbelief. After Victoria completed her work, she closed the laptop and said faintly, "Don't tell the others about this."

Yasmin nodded dumbly. At that moment, she felt a huge wave of sadness over whelming her. No wonder Miss Victoria was so angry with me yesterday. I was dumbfounded and didn't know what I had done to make her mad.

Now that I know, she must have known she was leaving and feared that she couldn't protect me anymore. Thus, she didn't want me to offend the others.

Thinking about it, Yasmin bit her lip and looked at the expressionless Victoria. "Are you going to get a divorce with Mr. Cadogan, Miss Victoria?"

she whispered. After all, why would Miss Victoria leave the company if they aren't getting divorced? Is it because of Claudia?
Victoria glanced at her resignedly and said, "It looks like you did not remember anything I told you yesterday."

"No... I... It's just..." Yasmin bit her lips harshly, almost drawing blood. "I don't
want you to leave."Listening to her words, Victoria fell silent momentarily before saying,"There's nothing to be sad about. This is just how life as works."

Before she could finish her words,Victoria cut her off. "Hurry up and finish your food. We still have work to do in the company."

When Yasmin heard her words, she could only lower her head and stuff the food in her mouth, looking depressed. Before she knew about this matter, she had been eating happily.

However, the delicious food tasted
bland now. After breakfast, the duo went back to the company. When Victoria entered the building and saw the calendar on the big screen, she slowed down.

There are still six days left before Grandma's surgery. Ah, time flies. I hope
everything will be alright, be it Grandma's surgery or the divorce between Alaric and me.
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Edited on: February 11th 2024
Time: 11:09 am
Word count: 1280 words