Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 129

Lauren's POV

"Lauren..."

Manuel was begging me behind.

But I didn't look back or give him any response. Victor looked at me and picked me up. I gasped, "What are you doing? My wounds are all healed. Don't worry."

"Okay," Victor said. But he still carried me in his arms and didn't seem to let go of me. He carried me into the car, put my seatbelt on and finally let go of my hand. However, he was still very quiet. "Victor, my legs aren't hurt," I tugged his sleeve and said, "and the wounds are all healed. Maybe when we arrive at your estate, they're already fully recovered."

Then Victor finally spoke even though his tone sounded a bit unnatural, "It's our estate."

Our estate.

This place belonged to both of us.

My heart melted at his words and I couldn't help but take his hand and squeezed his fingers gently, smiling, "Are you trying to comfort me?"

Victor embarrassedly looked away but didn't pull his hand away. He kept talking in that awkward tone, "...No."

Victor still wasn't good at comforting people but he managed to keep my head occupied so I wouldn't think about those annoying things and what Manuel said and hadn't said to me.

I turned his head and made him look me in the eyes, "Then why are you so upset? Victor, don't hide it from me. I know you're angry right now."

He pursed his lips and still didn't wanna talk.

"Is it because I stopped you from kicking Manuel's a*s?"

"Of course not," Victor immediately denied and said in a deep voice, "though at that time Kent and I both wanna teach Manuel a lesson and we didn't know why you stopped us and how exactly your relationship with your father is, I still wanna respect you. I'm not upset over...over that."

What he said made me feel bad for him. I didn't know if Manuel was faking it or not, but I still felt his love for me when I was little. However, Victor...

I squeezed his finger gently to comfort him and said softly, "Then why? Can you tell me the reason?"

Victor frowned and leaned on the seat, trying to decide how he should put this. He pondered for a while and finally spoke, "...It's because you got hurt." What?

Because I got hurt?

"I'm not angry at you, Lauren," Victor said, staring outside the window, "I'm mad at myself."

"But it's not your fault," I didn't understand this and said, "no one knew Manuel could be so cruel. And you made it just in time."

"No, it's not the same thing, Lauren," Victor finally turned to look at me with a complicated look on his face and his golden eyes darkened, "if I went with you, you wouldn't have got hurt in the first place. I told you before that alpha can get really possessive. I wasn't fooling you and it wasn't just a harmless joke in bed. It's real."

"I'm extremely possessive and I'll never allow anyone to hurt you," said my alpha.

"When I saw you seized by that loser, bleeding, I felt like I was running out of control. And a voice was shouting in my head, wanting me to kill him. I tried so hard to suppress that urge and at that moment, I thought...what if I just keep you under my protection." "It's an awful thought, isn't it?"

I knew what he meant wasn't just simple protection. He meant keeping me in the estate like a bird in a cage.

"I..." Victor looked away and didn't know what to do when he saw me being so quiet.

I took a box of tissues and a bottle of water to wipe off the blood on my face and carefully cleaned my arms and fingers. I used a lot of tissues to get myself completely cleaned and during this time, Victor just kept staring at me and pursing his lips, his fingers curling on his knees.

I tossed the tissues aside and wondered how messy I was earlier to make Victor look so worried.

"Okay, look at me, Victor," I called his name gently after I cleaned myself and showed him the arm that was about to heal, "maybe it will completely heal by the time we come back to the estate."

Victor remained silent.

"See, that is such a bad joke," Bella roasted.

I ignored her and said to Victor, "The wounds are not that serious and I got my healing power so you don't need to worry about me like that. It's you, Victor, you're the one who saved me. I don't know what makes you so scared of losing me but I will always be by your side, safe and sound. As you said, I'm not a candle in the wind. I can shine on my own."

"...Yeah."

"And you said as long as I call your name, you'll come to me no matter what, right?"

"Yes," he said solemnly.

"I believe in you," I gave him a trusting smile, "so please have faith in me, my alpha."

We locked eyes for a while and he was finally relieved. He took my hand carefully and left a gentle kiss on the back of my hand.

"But you reminded me of one thing."

"What?" asked Victor.

"We can train together during this time," I said, "you need combat training anyway. Why can't I be your training partner? I can check your condition and improve my combat strength at the same time." "I might be a very strict teacher."

I raised my eyebrows, "How strict are you gonna get?"

"Well..." Victor thought for some time and said, "many warriors who trained with me have kept avoiding me when they see me."

I imagined how funny it would be and laughed, "But I think Bella and I can improve our strength a lot if we do this."

Bella complained about another thing in my head, "The patients and colleagues in the hospital must be shocked if they know that the serious and distant Dr. Lauren knows how to comfort people." "You're the bad influence," I said.

But Victor didn't hear what we were talking about. He frowned and pondered for a few minutes and then said, "But I don't think I'll be able to be tough on you." "Why?"

"I don't want you to avoid me after the training."

We locked eyes and smiled.

The car drove into the estate and stopped at the house that we lived in. Victor got off first and opened the door for me, "Let's go. We're home."

Yes, we were home.

I put my hand on his palm and went into the house with him. I could feel his body heat passing to my hand and warming up my heart.