Chapter 273


    Bane did not expect her to be so straightforward. He stood there for a moment, looking


    at her helplessly. “In that case, can I take you, Nicole, and Nathan to school today?”


    Since Victoria intended to rify things with him that day, she did not think it would


    matter if he brought them to school onest time.


    “Okay,” she agreed.


    On the way to school, she remained unusually quiet while Nicole chattered incessantly,


    and Bane patiently responded to her throughout the entire journey. When they arrived


    at the school, he even personally got out of the car to escort the two children inside.


    Victoria quietly watched from the side, but at that moment, she suddenly felt a cold,


    piercing gaze on her back.


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    Thus, she instinctively looked in the direction of the gaze. She was momentarily


    stunned when she saw the ck car from the previous day. After all, it could not be an


    illusion if she saw the car two days in a row and continued to feel as though she was


    under watch. She intuitively felt that something was wrong. As she reflexively turned to


    face the car and was about to walk in that direction, Bane called her, “Victoria.”


    Bane’s voice snapped her back to reality. “What’s wrong?” he asked.


    He might have noticed that she had been staring in a particr direction, so he walked


    toward her, stopped by her side, and followed her line of sight. His movements paused


    when he saw the ck car, and his eyes narrowed slowly.


    “It’s nothing.” Victoria regained herposure and gently shook her head. She did not


    want to tell Bane about this matter. It was all just her intuition after all, and what if it


    was all in her head? Besides, the car was parked at the school gate, and nobody in the


    school seemed to find it suspicious. It was probably just a parent of one of the


    students. She pursed her lips and furrowed her brows, still thinking about the cold,


    piercing gaze she had felt.


    “Aren’t you going to thepany? You should go ahead and take care of your business.


    Mypany is not far from here, and I can easily walk there.”


    “Victoria, Bane said. His expression clearly disagreed with her suggestion. But she


    persisted and looked at him firmly. “You’ve already gone through the trouble of bringing


    the children here. You should go and take care of your matters. As for our issue… let’s


    discuss it this afternoon, alright? I’ll exin everything to you then.”


    In the end, he could only nod and agree to her suggestion.


    Even after Bane disappeared from sight, Victoria was still standing there for a while


    before she slowly approached the ck car. Initially, she had nned to go to the


    she decided to shoo him off.


    Soon, she was right before the ck car and stopped beside it. ric frowned upon


    seeing her standing next to his car. But before he could say anything, Terrance, who


    was sitting next to him, asked anxiously, “Has Miss Victoria noticed us?” ric pursed


    his lips tightly upon hearing that and replied indifferently, “No, as long as you don’t do


    anything st*pid.”


    Terrance was left speechless by ric’s response. After all, what st*pid thing could he


    possibly do? He had been sitting inside the car without moving an inch the whole time.


    Knock. Knock.


    While Terrance was desperately trying to wrack his brain to get them out of this mess,


    Victoria suddenly bent down and lightly tapped the car window twice. This startled


    Terrance, putting him on edge. Regardless, she received no response after knocking on


    the window. Initially, she had thought that someone would roll down the window if


    anyone were to sit inside. But she did not give up because she had clearly felt the cold


    gaze staring at her from inside the car. Her hunch would never go wrong twice in a row.


    So, it was with that thought in mind that she slowly bent down, intending to lean on the


    “Get down!” At that moment, ric ordered in a hushed tone, and Terrance snapped


    back to his senses, quickly following suit by lying t. Victoria was seen leaning half of


    her body on the car window, carefully peering inside.


    The sunlight outside was intense, and she had been standing under the sun for a while,


    so her vision was not the best. As such, even when she was leaning on the window, she


    still could not see what was inside-it was pitch ck. But she continued staring


    intently.


    Inside the car, the two men remained still. ric was t on his back on the seat,


    quietly watching her. Meanwhile, Terrance held his breath in fear. He never expected


    Victoria’s vignce to be so strong. They had not done anything. In fact, it was only their


    second day there, and yet she had already discovered them!


    After a while, she finally gave up as she probably saw nothing. Once she was out of


    sight, Terrance finally breathed a sigh of relief. “Mr. Cadogan, that was a major scare.


    How did she know someone was in the car?”


    Both of them looked as though they were trying to mimic human pancakes, probably


    still startled by her sudden inspection. They were afraid she might return suddenly, so


    they did not dare to sit up straight. They only did so after confirming that she had truly


    left. ric’s expression was gloomy. Terrance, on the other hand, looked frightened as


    he patted his chest, attempting to soothe his pounding heart.


    “That really scared me. So, what do we do next?” Terrance inquired. However, ric


    merely shot him a cold nce, pursing his thin lips without saying a word. After a


    moment, he opened the car door and got out.


    Nicole brought snacks for break time today. Nheless, shortly after she arrived at


    school, she started feeling a bit hungry. So, she turned to her brother, Nathan, who was


    sitting next to her, and said, “Nathan, I want to eat.”


    Since they were twins and had spent their entire lives together, he immediately knew


    what she meant. Thus, he tly rejected the idea, answering co olly, “No, we just had


    breakfast not too long ago.” She looked at him with her big innocent eyes and pleaded,


    “But Nathan, I’m hungry.”


    He did not buy her exnation. How could he possibly believe that she was hungry


    again right after breakfast? “Nicole, you can’t eat. Mommy said these snacks are for


    break time, and we can only have them after ss.” Even though he was only a few


    seconds older, he was like the wiser one, giving his younger sister advice and


    restraining her unruly behavior.


    “But… it’s the same, isn’t it? If I eat now, there just won’t be any snacks left for break


    time.” As she spoke, she sneakily tried to reach for the zipper on her backpack. Nathan


    was about to stop her when a familiar but slightly cold male voice called their names


    from behind, “Nathan. Nicole.”


    Nicole stopped what she was about to do. As she turned and saw ric standing


    outside, she could not help but exim, “Mr. Night!”


    She immediately let go of her backpack and ran toward him. She was wearing a pleated


    dress today, and when she ran, she looked like a fluttering butterfly.


    Although ric


    was initially in a gloomy mood, he quickly felt uplifted when he saw Nicole dashing


    toward him. Even the resentment in his eyes gradually faded, and as she approached,


    he squatted down and reached out to catch her, making sure she would not trip


    identally.


    “Mr. Night! You’re here again!”