Chapter 517
Chapter 517 Do I Sound Like I’m Begging for Mercy on His Behalf?
They were in the middle of talking when ric’s phone rang.
Upon hearing the ringtone, Maryined, “Why did you bring your phone to the dining table? And
you didn’t even put it on silent.”
But now that the phone was ringing, ric had no choice but to take it out and nce at the screen.
When he saw the caller ID, the faint smile on his lips faded away. “Excuse me. I need to take this call.”
With that, he swiftly got up and left.
“Ignore him. Let’s eat while he answers the call.” Mary urged everyone to start with lunch.
Victoria sat still, but her heart seemed to have drifted away with ric. She had noticed the slight
change in his expression when he saw the caller ID. It probably isn’t good news.
Losing her appetite from worry, she set her fork down and informed everyone else at the table, “You all
enjoy your meal. I’m going to check on him.”
The others were momentarily taken aback, but they soon smiled and replied, “Sure thing. Go ahead.”
Victoria returned the smile and then headed outside.
After she left the table, the people at the table couldn’t help but chuckle. “Young couples nowadays
can’t stay away from each other, can they?”
“I agree. But it shows they have a strong bond, and that’s what makes rtionshipsst.”
“That’s true!” Theyughed in unison.
Victoria walked with light steps toward the door. She assumed that ric was just outside in the
courtyard taking the call, but to her surprise, she found that he had walked quite far.
From this distance, she could only see his back and couldn’t hear what he was saying at all.
Realizing this, Victoria tiptoed after him.
When she got closer, she heard ric speaking into his phone in a cold voice.
“What should you do, huh? Didn’t I already tell you? Do I need to repeat myself?”
“But Mr. Cadogan, Miss Selwyn said-”
“You know that was in the past.” ric’s voice was devoid of warmth. “I’ve repaid what I owed him.
when I didn’t involve the authoritiesst time.”
He then let out a bitterugh. “I’ve given him a chance, but he still chose to hurt one of my own. There’s
nothing left to discuss.”
ric absolutely wouldn’t allow anyone to take Victoria away from his side or harm her.
Considering how she had returned to such a state, he couldn’t imagine what would have happened if
he had arrived even a littleter.
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ric could hardly bear to think about the consequences he might have to face.
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Thinking about how Victoria used to have such a good appetite, but now she could only cat in small.
bites, and how certain foods made her nauseous or caused her difort, or how he didn’t know.
when she would fully recover her health and memories…
Just thinking about all of this suffocated ric. He couldn’t simply let those who had hurt her off so
easily.
“It’s decided. Don’t ask me how to handle it anymore.”
With those words, ric didn’t give any further reaction and immediately ended the call.
Victoria stood behind him. Even though there was a short distance between them, she could still sense
the fluctuation of ric’s mood and the anger emanating from him.
She watched the scene with helpless eyes and sighed inwardly.
To her surprise, ric turned around the next second. There was still a trace of coldness and
indifference in his gaze when his ck eyes met hers.
He must not have expected her to be here as he paused for a moment before reacting. The other
emotions in his eyes faded away, and he approached her with aplex look in his eyes.
“I was just taking a call. Why did youe out as well?”
Instead of answering his question, she asked in return, “Is this about Bane?”
ric still didn’t like hearing her say Bane’s name even now. He only frowned in displeasure.
Seeing that he wasn’t answering her, she could only ask, “Can’t you tell me?”
She pursed her lips and approached him. “I only want to know how you n to handle it. Can’t you tell
me even that much?”
He finally spoke after a long silence.
“What will you do after I tell you? Are you trying to stop me?” ric stood still, his ck eyes fixated on
her. He continued without waiting for her answer. “Victoria, it’s useless to try and stop me. I…”
He paused for a moment at this point. He initially intended to say that there was no point in her
stopping him because he would never let Bane off the hook.
However, he thought that he might be too harsh when those words were about to leave his lips.
Besides upsetting her, it might also strain their rtionship.
With that in mind, ric grew quiet mid–sentence.
The two of them looked at each other in silence. He watched Victoria without a word, and she seemed
to have no intention of speaking either. Still, she didn’t leave.
They stood like that for a while, and in the end, it was ric who couldn’t hold back and approached
her.
“Let’s not talk about this anymore. Didn’t we agree on leaving it to me to handle? I will take care of it.
All you need to do is rest without worrying about anything.”
After saying that, he pulled her close by the shoulders. “Let’s go back in.”
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Victoria finally uttered a question then.
“Is it because I have amnesia?”
ric stopped in his tracks. “What?”
“Are you angry because he caused
my amnesia?”
He lowered his gaze, and when he saw her scrutinizing him, he smirked at the sight of her uneasy
expression and scoffed. “What else? Should I be happy that he turned my woman like this?”
Victoria pursed her lips when she noticed that he seemed to be losing control of his emotions.
“That’s not what I meant.”
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“I know that, but Victoria, I don’t like hearing you mention him, and I especially don’t like you begging
for mercy on his behalf.”
ric felt that he had been patient enough, but he was still worried he would frighten her. He would
have let his anger show the moment she mentioned Bane otherwise.
“Do you think I’m pleading for him?” Victoria asked in return. “I’m asking you why you’re angry.”
Upon hearing this, ric pondered for a moment and realized that she was right. It eased his heart a
little, but he still felt displeased when she brought up Bane.
“Hmm.”
Victoria sighed. “The amnesia shouldn’t be his fault, even though I’m not entirely sure. But he has been
taking care of me since I woke up.”
Upon hearing her words, ric frowned and growled, “What did you say?”
“What I mean is, the amnesia must have been an ident.”
Even though Victoria didn’t like Bane, she could sense that he had no ill intentions toward her.
She also knew that ric was only acting in a normal way since he hated Bane. Then again, she
wasn’t ric, and she couldn’t put herself in his shoes.
It was just like how ric couldn’t put himself in her shoes.
“If the amnesia is an ident, then what about yourck of appetite? The doctor told me you’re
malnourished.”
She kept her lips pressed together for a long second before saying, “You might think I’m making
excuses for him if I tell you.”
This statement already gave ric an idea of what she would say next.
He didn’t respond, but his gaze weighed heavily on her.