Chapter 528


    Chapter 528 The Best of Both Worlds


    Five minutester, ric returned after his phone call. In the meantime, Victoria happened to be sitting


    not far away from him but didn’t ask him anything about the call he had received. Upon sitting down on


    the couch, he peeked at Victoria but failed to meet her gaze as she didn’t look at him at all. Thus, he


    only continued to sit there without saying a single word. Because of that, the atmosphere became


    somewhat strange and weird.


    Not knowing how long had passed, Nicole eventually fell asleep in Victoria’s arms while ying with


    her Lego. Due to the chilly weather, it was easy for the child to catch a cold, although there was a rug


    on the floor. For that, Victoria was about to carry Nicole elsewhere, but before she could do that, a tall


    silhouette came over and carried the child instead. “Let me take care of it.”


    As Victoria was about to insist that she could do it herself due to ric’s wound, the man had already


    carried Nicole in his arms with great case. Why does it look like he is carrying our daughter so easily


    like a pet? Wait a second, that’s not how I should describe my child! Victoria couldn’t help but feel


    amazed with how effortlessly ric was able to handle their sleeping daughter despite the injury he


    was suffering from. What if he wasn’t wounded? Wouldn’t it be even easier for him to take care of


    Nicole if he wasn’t hurt at all? Victoria was impressed by how tough ric could be.


    Not long after that, Victoria stood up and looked at Nathan. “I’m going to tuck Nicole in while carry on


    with your Lego adventure, okay? I’ll be back to join you when I’m done.”


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    Nathan nodded obediently, whereupon Victoria followed right behind ric into the room. Then, she


    saw him carefully putting her down on the bed before he gently tucked her in. When Victoria saw that,


    she immediately walked closer and interrupted ric. “You need to take off her sweater, or it’s going to


    disrupt her sleep.”


    Without much experience in looking after a child, ric couldn’t help but feel panicky upon hearing


    Victoria’s words. “Sweater?”


    “Yeah.” Victoria nodded and removed the nket that was covering Nicole’s body. Thankfully, Nicole


    was a deep sleeper who was hard to wake. Thus, when Victoria removed Nicole’s sweater, the child


    was able to quickly fall back asleep without a lot of trouble. Upon tucking Nicole in, she gazed at ric


    and asked, “Haven’t you looked after a child before?”


    ric’s finger twitched as he puckered his lips. “No.”


    Victoria was so stunned by ric’s answer that she looked up and gave him a strange look. How is that


    possible? The kids have grown up so much. So, I wouldn’t be surprised if he told me he hadn’t taken


    care of them in a while, but now that they’ve grown so much, how is it still possible for him not to know


    how to take care of them? Does this really make sense?


    Faced with Victoria’s piercing gaze, ric knew he must have given something away by ident.


    Thus, he only let out a sigh and said, “Because something happened subsequently. When you regain


    your memory, you’ll understand.”


    Victoria went silent but was not surprised by ric’s response. After all, she believed there must have


    been something wrong between them, or she wouldn’t have ended up with Bane at that time.


    Furthermore, it was the only exnation that she thought could justify her subconscious. reluctance to


    hurt Bane. Well, it looks like I have missed out on a lot of things.


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    On the other hand, ric only responded by giving Victoria a cold and darkened gaze, as if he had


    something that he had been struggling to get off his chest. A few momentster, he said, “I have


    something to talk to you about.”


    Victoria sensed the urge to talk within ric, appearing calm as she nodded. “Sure, let’s talk outside.


    We don’t want to wake Nicole up.”


    “Sure.”


    The two of them left the room while Nathan remained in the living room. With the windows shut, they


    knew they had nothing to worry about, standing in the corridor. As the corridor was filled with silence,


    Victoria waited and waited for ric to start talking, but the man couldn’t seem to speak his mind.


    “So, what is it that you want to tell me?” Victoria looked up, only to meet ric’s darkened gaze that


    looked like an intimidating bottomless abyss. Suffocated by ric’s piercing gaze, Victoria looked away


    and asked, “What is it you want to tell me? We’ve been standing here for ages, and you still haven’t


    spoken a single word. If you think you need more time to organize what you want to ask me, I should


    go back to Nathan until you’re ready…”


    “Do you want to see him?” ric cut Victoria’s words short all of a sudden.


    Victoria was stunned as she couldn’t believe what ric just asked her. Did he just ask whether I


    wanted to see him? A few momentster, she hesitantly tried to confirm with him. “Do you mean…?”


    “Yeah.” ric nodded and admitted it without mentioning the name.


    Nevertheless, Victoria knew whom ric was implying, her heart beating rapidly because she didn’t


    expect him to be so frank. In spite of the wild spections inside of her, she didn’t speak her mind


    because she had a feeling that ric would soon talk about the matter that she was seemingly worried


    about the most.


    “Well, if you want to see him, we’ll have to go back tonight. I’ll take care of the arrangements,” ric


    said indifferently.


    “No. I’m not going to see him.” Victoria pursed her lips and looked down.


    Stunned by Victoria’s reply, ric was seen with a pair of brightened eyes that already darkened on his


    face not long ago. “What did you just say?” Deep down, he couldn’t believe his ears, knowing Victoria


    had been worried about Bane’s safety as she kept checking her phone frequently. Therefore, when


    Victoria told him that she wouldn’t see Bane, he was stunned. In fact, he was expecting a yes from


    Victoria and a question about when she could meet Bane. Apart from that, he even braced himself


    mentally for the worst–case scenario, telling himself that it couldn’t prove anything, even if Victoria


    wanted to see Bane in the end. After all, she stayed behind with Bane just so that he could leave


    safely, and because of that, she even lost the will to live at one point.


    Knowing that Bane’s feelings for Victoria were true and sincere, ric understood why his wife refused


    to do him any harm. Thus, he kept convincing himself that there was nothing to be jealous of Bane for,


    but even so, his emotions still got the better of him when he spoke to Victoria. Just as he was waiting


    for a disappointing answer, he was caught by surprise by Victoria’s response. As happy as he was


    about Victoria’s decision, he knew he was not an honorable man who deserved such good news, yet


    his possessiveness for her was so strong that he didn’t think there was anything wrong with it


    “Why?” ric asked, trying his best to contain the excitement that was about to show on his face.


    Instead, she only pursed her lips upon hearing ric’s question and gently replied, “I’ve been thinking


    a lottely. There are times we can’t have the best of both worlds in life, and all we can do is just learn


    how to ept it.”


    Despite her desire to meet up with Bane, she knew it wouldn’t sit well with ric. Since she was in love


    with ric, she had long made up her mind to spend the rest of her life with him, not to mention the fact


    that he put himself in danger just to rescue her. Because of that, she didn’t want to hurt ric over an


    outsider.