Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 117

Bang!

Victoria’s slender body loudly slammed into the glass door.

The employee’s eyes were wide with shock when she saw that. She

hurried over.

“Are you okay, miss?” the employee asked.

Over the phone, Summer had heard the bang as well. “What happened?

What is it? Victoria, are you okay?”

Victoria frowned from the agonizing pain radiating from her shoulder.

When the employee helped her to her feet, her first reaction was to

reflexively stroke her stomach to ensure her baby was all right.

When she was finally certain that the only pain in her body came from her

shoulder, she heaved a sigh of relief.

She then looked up at the person who slammed into her.

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Who was it? Why were they so careless when entering a store?

Furthermore, so much time had passed since the crash. Why had they not

offered an apology?

The face she saw was strangely familiar.

It took her a few seconds before she could recall the man’s name from her

subconscious.

“Christopher Drevel?”

“What?” Summer was confused by the name Victoria called out. “Why

does that name sound familiar? How are you? Are you okay?”

Even Christopher was shocked to hear his name on Victoria’s red lips.

He had not expected a beautiful and pampered young lady to recognize

him after all these years. She even remembered his full name.

After all, to the ladies in high society, the existence of ruffians like him was

like ants.

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“I’ll talk to you later. I have to handle this,” Victoria said to Summer.

She did not hang up, however. Summer cleverly kept quiet to listen in on

what would happen next.

“Why are you here?” Victoria asked Christopher as she held her aching

shoulder. She seemed to have forgotten he had crashed hard into her.

This was not what he had expected.

Elaine had told him to hold back for now.

However, it was impossible for him to sit back one second longer every

time he recalled how Victoria had hurt Claudia so badly that Claudia’s

beautiful face would be scarred. He could not attack Victoria, but that did

not mean he could not harass her.

She would not be hurt from being shoved anyway. He only needed to say

it was an accident and no one could do anything to him.

He had not anticipated Victoria’s response.

It made him panic.

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It was a long while before he finally replied in a fierce tone, “I’m here to buy

some cake.”

“Oh.” Victoria nodded and smiled at him. “Do you work around here? Are

you new to the area? I don’t recall seeing you around here before.”

He was rendered speechless by that.

After a few more moments of silence, he asked, “Aren’t you angry that I

crashed into you just now?” This text is © NôvelDrama/.Org.

It was only then that she recalled she had been shoved into the glass

door. Her shoulder was still aching, and he had not apologized for that yet.

She had not expected the culprit to be someone she knew, however.

At that thought, she replied, “It’s fine. It must have been an accident.”

A menacing rage flashed in his eyes.

She just deduced it was an accident? Was she naive or stupid?

Still, her response had him at a loss. After all, he was here to teach her a

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lesson.

All the schoolmates he bumped into over the years either did not

recognize him or looked down on him. No one instantly knew who he was

like how Victoria recognized him. She did not even get angry at him for

crashing into her.

The thought discomforted him while also filling him with curiosity.

“How did you recognize me?” His lips tilted in scorn. “Rich young women

like you detest problematic people like me the most, right? I was a

problematic student back in school, and I’m not even a productive

member of society now.”

Hearing that, she paused and went silent.

“Was I right? Did you look down on me like those people?” he continued.

She snapped out of her thoughts and turned to look him in the eyes.

“What do you think would make someone a productive member of

society?” she asked.

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Her question stunned him.

“Everyone has their own job and place in the world. We’re all humans. Why

should I look down on you?”

In the past, she might not have said anything to him.

However, ever since the Selwyns went bankrupt, she had gained a better

understanding of the world.

A few moments later, a thought struck her. “I have to get back to work.

Excuse me.”

She soon left the shop without spending a single moment scolding him for

crashing into her.

He stood there in thoughtful silence as he watched her leave.

Moments later, he crushed the cigarette in his hands and walked away

from the shop as well.

Who was that? Why didn’t he apologize for bumping into you?” Summer

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questioned.

“It was Christopher Drevel,” Victoria replied.

“Christopher? That name sounds familiar.”

She spent a few minutes trying to recall who that person was.

With her cake in hand, Victoria smiled.

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“Don’t you remember him? We studied in the same school,” she prompted.

The prompt that they had studied in the same school jolted Summer’s

memory as she exclaimed, “I remember now! I know who he is!”

“Oh?”

“He was one of Claudia’s admirers.”

“That’s right.”

“He bumped into you just now?”

Victoria nodded. She was about to respond when Summer continued,

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“Shoot! Does this mean he wants revenge because he knew Claudia was

hurt?”

Victoria froze when she heard that.

“Revenge?” she repeated.

“Yes. He likes Claudia. You know that, right?”

Everyone in school knew that Christopher was Claudia’s simp. That was

because he had done a lot of shady stuff for Claudia even though she

had always rejected his advances. Still, he was obsessed with his

one–sided love.

Due to his identity, everyone only looked down on him even more.

“From the conversation just now, this is your first time seeing him, right?”

Summer asked.

“Yes.”

“How long have you been working at Cadogan Group? Have you ever seen

him around? Why would he appear the moment Claudia gets injured? Do

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you think that’s just a coincidence?”

Victoria pursed her lips.

“I had nothing to do with her injury,” she said.

“Boo, I know that. I only realized she injured herself because I have faith in

you. What about Christopher? He has been her lackey for ages. Would he

trust you? Not only would he not believe your word, but he might also

attack you for that.”

Standing on the sidewalk, Victoria watched the people and cars going

past her as she recalled what happened when she opened the door.

She had not looked out of the door back then, so she could not know if he

had crashed into her intentionally or by accident.

However, there was one undeniable fact.

The incident left her shoulder aching with sharp bursts of pain radiating

from the spot.