Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 537

No Regrets at All

Victoria realized that she was still clueless about the things Summer talked about, but Summer

sounded quite eager.

She felt a little awkward, and for a moment, she didn’t know how she should answer the woman.

Noticing her silence, Summer probably realized something. Her voice sounded a little sad as she said,

“Never mind, it’s okay if you don’t remember. I’ll be resigning soon, anyway. Wait for me. I’ll go back

and spend more time with you. I’ll tell you more about the past, so maybe you’ll remember by then.”

Victoria latched onto some information in Summer’s words.

“Are you resigning?”

“Yeah, it’s too tiring for me to work in my current company, so I’ve already submitted my resignation

report. I’m going back after it’s approved. We’ll go shopping and watch movies. Also, I haven’t met

Nicole and Nathan in forever! How are they now?”

At the mention of Nicole and Nathan, a loving expression entered Victoria’s eyes.

“They’re with their grandma right now. They’re doing pretty well.”

“Their grandma?”

Summer was instinctively about to ask whether she was referring to Alaric’s mother. How could Victoria

allow her to take care of Nicole and Nathan?

In the past, Victoria was scared that they would snatch her children away, after all.

However, before Summer voiced those words, she remembered that Victoria had amnesia, so she

quickly stopped herself.

Alas, there were some things she shouldn’t say. Victoria didn’t have any memories of the past, so

mentioning these things would only complicate matters.

Also, even if Summer told Victoria everything that happened in the past, it wasn’t guaranteed that

Victoria would make the right choice. After all, Victoria was the one who experienced all those things.

As Victoria’s best friend, Summer might know the entire process, but she couldn’t delve into Victoria’s

heart and unearth the hidden thoughts in the latter’s mind.

If she wasn’t careful with her words right now, it would only confuse Victória even more.

At that thought, Summer could only say, “Alright, I got it. Wait for me to come back. I’ll contact you

then.”

“Okay.” Víctoria curved her lips slightly. Her voice was gentle as she said, “When will you be back?”

“I’m not sure, but it’ll be very soon after I get the approval. I still have to hand my work over, though.”

“If so, then you probably won’t be back so soon.”

“Well, I’ll do my best to hurry up. I won’t let my dear Boo wait too long.”

The two chatted some more, all of them topics between besties. Summer even asked questions about

Victoria’s current relationship with Alaric. Every time she voiced her questions, she would ask warily,

“Are you sure that you’re not on speaker right now? Don’t let him hear anything I just said,

Victoria wasn’t using the hands–free mode, but her surroundings were quiet, and Alaric was very close

to her as he leaned against the door of the balcony. Summer’s voice was very clear as well, so Victoria

didn’t know if Alaric could hear her.

She only knew that he was constantly frowning, and he was always watching her.

“I’m very sure. Don’t worry.”

Summer sighed in relief. “Good,”

Summer was about to continue chatting with Victoria when another call came in. When Summer saw

the incoming call, her expression shifted a little as she said to Victoria, “I have something else. to deal

with right now, so I’ll call you again another time, Boo,”

“Alright, go ahead.”

After hanging up, Summer stared at the name displayed on the screen–Mr. Ludson.

Ever since he helped her and Victoria last time, Summer treated him with a better attitude. After she

came back, she also changed his contact name from “The Devil‘ to ‘Mr. Ludson‘ as a sign of

respect.

After waiting for a moment, Summer finally picked up the call with a smile. “Mr. Ludson?”

Her cheery tone caused the caller to fall silent before asking, “What’s the occasion?”

The question caught Summer by surprise. She replied subconsciously, “Huh?” Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“Are you happy because you’re resigning soon?”

Summer was speechless.

If it were before, she would probably retort by saying, “Of course! How can I not be happy to quit. my

job and go back to my hometown right away?”

Nonetheless, he had helped her before.

Thinking about this, Summer couldn’t find it in her to be rude. He had helped her, after all. If she

retorted cheekily, she would be the one at fault.

Hence, she could only switch her tune.

“No, it’s not that. I’m happy because I was just on the phone with my bestie.”

Erik asked, “Was it Victoria?”

“Yeah.” Summer nodded.

After the question, the two seemed to fall into silence. Sometime later, Summer asked in a small voice,

“Mr. Ludson, did you want to talk to me about something?”

“I saw your resignation report.”

“That’s right, I’m thinking of resigning. We need to submit our resignation reports in advance, right?

However, Mr. Ludson, I only submitted mine a few hours ago, so how do you know about it already?”

The question caught Erik off guard. A moment later, he finally said, “IIR told me about it”

He didn’t mention that as soon as Summer submitted her resignation report, it was forwarded to him

right away.

“Well, since you’ve seen it, Mr. Ludson, why don’t you approve it right now? I won’t have to wait for

long, then.”

When she submitted her resignation report, Summer thought that she would only get the approval after

a few days. She didn’t expect that Erik would call her after a few hours, so she grabbed the golden

chance and told Erik to approve it.

Erik was speechless.

Not getting a response, Summer called out again, “Mr. Ludson?”

There was still no response. Summer took the phone away from her ear to see that the call was still

ongoing, so she felt even more puzzled. They were still on the call, so why weren’t there any sounds?

Was her phone acting up?

Just as Summer was about to hang up in confusion, trying to see if she could redial the number, Erik’s

voice finally rang out.

“Are you sure that you want to resign? Have you thought things through?”

His voice sounded cold and practically emotionless.

Summer, however, didn’t sense anything off about it as she nodded.

“Of course. If not, I wouldn’t have submitted my resignation report, right, Mr. Ludson? If you’re free right

now, why don’t you sign it for me? I can only start transferring my work after I get the approval.”

Her voice was light–hearted, and she didn’t sound like she had any regrets at all about leaving the

company.

Erik was silent for a moment before asking, “Is it the pay?”

For a moment, Summer couldn’t register what she was hearing.

“What?”

Summer didn’t say anything.

”

She probably didn’t expect him to double her pay, so she was frozen on the spot. Sometime later, she

finally found her voice.

“Mr. Ludson, it’s not about the pay…”