Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 24

Lauren POV

Victor?

When did he order his men to protect me?

But these people did help me solve this problem. I nodded at them to thank them and ignored Evelyn who had been screaming at me but her words were getting even more unbearable.

"Let go of me!" Evelyn yelled, "Lauren! You bitch, tell them to get off of me! Have you become a mistre little..."

some old creepy man? Why else would you have so many bodyguards? You run to another man's arms since Michael doesn't want you anymore. You gross

"That cup of coffee didn't calm you down?" I turned to her and glimpsed at her coldly, glaring at her, "if you dare to say one more word, the next thing that's gonna hit you won't be coffee. It'll be my claws."

Evelyn didn't wanna budge but she didn't dare to say anything to me anymore now that the bodyguards had controlled her. She was afraid that I might really come up and ripped her mouth but she was still staring at me with nothing but hatred in her eyes. I left calmly as they looked at me with hate, only to see Victor waiting for me in the parking lot.

"Why are you here?" I kind of didn't dare to look him in the eyes since last night so I just lowered my head, pretending that I was putting on my seatbelt.

"I've got something to do here today and I just passed by," Victor said plainly.

Two days in a row? What a coincidence!

I was getting suspicious but I knew there was no use asking him questions so I changed the subject, "Did you send people to protect me?"

"Yeah. Since you're essential to my recovery, I have to send people to keep my doctor safe," Victor glanced at me and looked away as he thought of something. He looked out the window and asked, "You were in trouble?"

I shrugged and said, "It's just some little tricks."

"Do you need help?" Victor asked, "don't forget that yesterday...yesterday I agreed about the new treatment, which means we're cooperating now. So you can ask something from me. It's part of our deal."

About what happened yesterday.

Thinking of that, I uncontrollably blushed and kept thinking about what Mila said. What if alpha Victor really was my mate...

The mate that never showed up in my life.

At the thought of this, my feelings for Victor became more complicated. I never wanted to be caught up in such relationships because of what happened to my mother and I once was even glad that I didn't find my mate. But now Victor might actually be the one. Once that was settled, how would Victor treat me and how would he see this relationship?

I didn't know the answer but I didn't have the guts to bet on it. But I had already promised Victor that I would proceed with his treatment using my healing power and by the time I found Kent, I might be able to figure out whether he was my mate or not. As for what to do with my relationship with Victor, I would handle it after that.

I didn't know why I became so indecisive.

"Lauren?"

Victor's voice made me come to my senses. Then I would just do what he said and see this relationship as a deal.

"Sorry, I was a little absent-minded," I said, "I do need your help, Alpha Victor. Are you interested in investing in a jewelry design company? Even though it's still a small company, all our employees are rare talents."

I should have said that it was small because it hadn't even been started yet.

Victor raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me your plan."

"My half-sister wanted to take away my mother's company but right now my father owns the company. I can't make him change his mind but I will never let Janice and her mother lay a finger on my mother's company," I tried to explain to him as calmly as I could, "the leading designers of the company are all loyal to mother and they're not willing to accept Janice as their boss either. So I've decided to start a new brand and offer them new jobs."

I had talked about this plan with aunt Claire and she happily accepted my offer.

But besides the loyalty of the employees, the most important thing about starting a brand and poaching talents was the fund.

But the money I had on me wasn't enough to found a jewelry design company and I didn't want those loyal employees in Moonlight Jewelry to help me at their expense.

Since Victor had offered to help, asking for investment from him seemed to be a good choice.

"You don't need to make up your mind right now. Mrs. Claire, Moonlight Jewelry's director...former director will send a concrete business plan to you..."

"No need for that," Victor interrupted gently before I could finish, "I agree to that. You can tell Mrs. Claire to discuss how much money you need with Richard."

Huh?

It was that easy?

"Don't you need to think this through?" I was a little uneasy seeing how quickly Victor made his decision.

"I trust you," Victor said. Then he realized that sounded sort of misleading so he added, "After all, you're an important asset to me and you might be my only chance to find my wolf. Think of this investment as a payment." His words suddenly made things between us a little intimate.

We suddenly had eye contact and at that moment, everything that happened last night flashed through my head and we looked away at the same time.

It was still kind of awkward.

The person right next to me was the one I almost had s*x with last night.

This doctor-patient relationship only made things seem hotter.

And according to Mila, we might have this kind of experience where we would be driven by our desire again in further treatment. Thinking of how overwhelming and rusty this alpha was last night, I felt like my cheeks had become redder. I peeked at Victor and found out that his ears were red. Even though he tried hard to play it cool, I could tell how shy he was right now from his blushing ears.

I couldn't help but smile.

I didn't expect that this cold-blooded-looking man who was the most powerful alpha in the Eastland would have this cute side of him.

Realizing what I was thinking and how I felt about Victor, I hastily cleared my mind and focus on Moonlight Jewelry.

I sent a message to aunt Claire via mind link, "Aunt Claire, our plan can start now."