Chapter 109 Can You Tolerate Her Leaving You

• Victoria's breathing was slow and regular when she slept. Alaric walked to the other side of the bed from where she had turned her back to him and saw that she really was asleep, and extremely soundly at that.
• He raised his hand to touch where he had been slapped, feeling dazed. If his cheek wasn't still stinging, he would have wondered if the entire fiasco had been a dream. After all, how could someone be angry one second and fall asleep without any hesitation the next? Victoria had changed far too much, so much so that he almost couldn't recognize her anymore.
• He felt restless since some of his emotions couldn't be vented, yet he couldn't say anything after seeing her sleeping peacefully. He even made his steps lighter when he eventually left the side of the bed and soon settled on the couch outside. It was already midnight, but his brain was wide awake as he kept replaying what Norwood had said to him before leaving.