DRAMA NOVEL ONLINE Departure with a Belly Chapter 82
Chapter 82
It was already too late when Victoria wanted to turn it off when the voice
played from her phone out of the blue, and by the time she got to it, the
voice message had already finished playing on its own.
Victoria was speechless. What the heck, Jones?! She thought Summer had
returned from her work to rant about her *sshole of a boss, but who’d have
thought she would talk about Victoria?!
A thought then came to Victoria, and she opened the door in a panic.
Seeing that there wasn’t a soul in sight, she breathed a sigh of relief.
I had Yasmin close the door behind her. So, by right, she wouldn’t linger
around. She likely didn’t hear the voice message,
That said, Victoria still felt uneasy. As such, she took a few steps forward
and searched the area before finally returning to her office when she was
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certain there really wasn’t anyone around.
At that, she deleted Summer’s voice message and reprimanded the girl,
who apologized at breakneck speed, saying sorry, she was just too
emotional and that it wouldn’t happen again repeatedly.
At the same time, at the stairwell not far away, a man and a woman stood
face to face, one panting heavier than the other while their faces were
enveloped in various emotions.
The smile on Peter’s face seemed to be frozen, half–smiling and stiff, and
standing right in front of him with an even wilder expression was Yasmin,
whose eyes were wide open and her mouth agape.
The two of them stood staring at each other just like that, reeling in shock.
Finally, about a minute later, Peter, who believed he had better mental
resilience, calmed down and asked, “Have we been here all this while?”
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“Sorry?” His question stumped Yasmin.
“I mean, did I go to Miss Selwyn’s office just now?”
However, the assistant remained stupefied.
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Judging from her expression, Peter knew what had just happened was
real, and he finally came around. He and this secretary assistant had
overheard a jaw–dropping secret.
A beat, he asked, “Do you suppose Miss Selwyn is pregnant with Mr.
Cadogan’s child?”
“Of course, she is!” Yasmin, still reeling in shock, blurted subconsciously.
“Why are you so sure?” Peter was stumped. “It doesn’t seem like she wants
anyone to know about it. I mean… Mr. Cadogan might even be unaware of
it.”/
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But it doesn’t make sense, does it? If I’m not mistaken, what was said
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meant that Miss Selwyn is scared of people knowing about her pregnancy.
That’s why she’s worried about not being able to cover up her growing
belly in the future.
Yasmin had finally come to herself at this point, and she argued, “Isn’t it
normal that Mr. Cadogan is unaware?”
Peter was rendered speechless, his worldview shattered.
He couldn’t believe the young woman thought it was normal for a wife to
hide her pregnancy from her husband! He instantly thought the young
woman’s mindset was problematic.
But just as he was about to correct her worldview, Yasmin reasoned
solemnly to him. “Do you know there’s been word going around in the
company that Mr. Cadogan and Miss Selwyn will be divorcing because
Claudia is Mr. Cadogan’s true love? Not only does she frequent Mr.
Cadogan’s office and sits in his front passenger seat, but she even brings
him food all the time. I wouldn’t want Mr. Cadogan to know either if I were
Miss Selwyn.”
Her words gave Peter a moment of epiphany. She’s right! Johnson
frequented the office for a time. Though I had a problem with her and
even tried to deal with her myself, nothing changed because Boss is the
root of it all!
He was too shocked earlier to piece the puzzles together.
“Don’t you think I’m right?” Yasmin asked, seeing that he remained silent.
“Don’t you think this is betrayal?”
Peter had nothing to say. In fact, he could understand and even felt angry
for Victoria when he put himself in her shoes.
“I’ll take it as you agree with me if you don’t say anything. In that case…”
Yasmin whispered. “We’ll keep this between us for now.”
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Peter nodded in agreement. “I know. This isn’t what we should be revealing
in the first place.”
“Good. We’ll pretend we know nothing. Miss Selwyn is already in a difficult
situation. We can’t add to her troubles.”
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“But…” Peter frowned. “I still don’t get it. Why wouldn’t Miss Selwyn reveal her
pregnancy to Mr. Cadogan? If she does, Mr. Cadogan might even cut off
his ties with Claudia Johnson.”
“Huh!” Yasmin sneered. “What age do you think we live in? Don’t tell me you
actually think using a child to hold a man down will work!”
Her reprimand embarrassed Peter.
“Either way, no one else can know about this. Whoever talks about it will be
cursed to remain single for the rest of their lives.” Yasmin threatened,
rendering Peter speechless.
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Peter wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, taken aback by the severity of
the consequence. “Can we change it to something else?”
“No!” Yasmin growled. “It’ll have to be this since you mind it so much. That
way, you’ll think twice when you want to reveal it.”
“Fair enough.” At that, Peter vowed, “I will be cursed to remain single for the
rest of my life if I reveal it to anyone else.”
Finally, Yasmin nodded with satisfaction.
Soon after that, the two left with different thoughts in their minds.
Yasmin couldn’t help looking into Victoria’s office after returning to her
seat.
She still couldn’t believe she would overhear such a massive secret, and
she cupped her cheeks and sighed helplessly, having a feeling that she
would behave guiltily in front of Victoria from now on.
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Suddenly, her heart ached for Victoria. She must actually be in a lot of pain
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despite her nonchalant appearance when everyone pointed fingers at her
at the cafeteria the other day.
On the other hand, Peter returned to his desk with multitudes of emotions.
“Mr. Levane, aren’t the files for Miss Selwyn? Why did you bring them back?”
someone asked when they saw the files in Peter’s arms.
It was only then Peter realized he had forgotten to deliver the files. He
sighed and slapped his thigh in despair.
“Oh, by the way, Mr. Levane. Mr. Cadogan asked to see you in his office.”
Mr. Cadogan?
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With that, Peter asked someone else to deliver the files to Victoria while he
headed off to the CEO’s office, where he found Alaric working away at his
desk.
The man had a handsome face, but his eyes were cold, and his pressed
lips made him unapproachable. And having been in a position of power
for many years, he exuded great intimidation.
Normally, Alaric was handsome and powerful in Peter’s eyes. Sometimes,
the assistant even wondered how it was possible for a man as perfect as
Alaric to exist in this world. But now, he thought his boss was nothing but
an *sshole, mediocre and stupid, or how could he abandon a woman as
wonderful as Victoria and hook up with Claudia instead?!
Alaric was focused on his work when he sensed a gaze of anger on him,
and he looked toward Peter with a frown. “What is it?”