Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 32

Lauren POV

"Uncle, is that also what you want?" I asked with the last ounce of faith in him. He was my mother's friend and he treated me very nice before, just like my uncle. But he just looked away.

I suddenly got what he meant.

Seeing that, alpha Manuel immediately said, "Lauren, a loveless marriage won't last long. This is the best solution for all of us and the Lunarko Tribe and the Fullmoon Tribe. Also, it would be perfect if you could tell everyone you've got a new lover." That was absurd.

I snorted but my heart was torn apart into pieces, "Father, for the first time in my life, you look so ridiculous to me."

"Lauren..." Manuel glared at me. But then he wasn't mad anymore when he saw the look on my face, "I know this isn't fair for you but you can't get both our tribes into trouble because of this."

"Is it because of me?" I questioned.

Michael gritted his teeth and grunted, "Of course it's you. If you hadn't barged into the press conference and said those things, neither of our families would get into this mess."

"Michael, you and Janice really deserve each other," I got up and looked down at him, saying sarcastically. "both of you are so shameless and gross. If things like this happen again, don't bother to call me again. I won't agree to meet you and I don't care if you wanna hold a press conference. Say whatever you want and I don't give a crap. It's none of my business. But don't you dare mess with me. I'm not a pushover anymore."

I grabbed my bag and was about to leave. I didn't want to be in this place anymore where even the air grossed me out.

Someone suddenly said something in a gentle voice. It was Lola. "Lauren, please forgive them and leave them alone. Janice and Michael really love each other but they fell for each other at the wrong time...I wanna make an apology on behalf of them and please don't hold grudges against them, okay?"

I turned around and looked at this woman.

She used to be gorgeous and as time flew by, she had got wrinkles under her eyes. She wasn't as beautiful as she used to be and she had gained a lot of weight now.

Lola was growing older, but what about my mother?

"Is that what you told my mother back then?" I said quietly but everyone heard what I just said. They were all stunned and Lola could no longer stay calm. I chuckled and mocked, "You're just as despicable as your daughter."

Speaking of my mother, Manuel became grim and made a decision with a long face, "No matter what happens, I'll announce that Janice is Michael's fiancé and she's never the third wheel, Lauren. I'll make it up to you by offering you compensation if you come." He was saying that as if he was doing me a favor and I should say yes immediately with gratitude.

And alpha Kean silently agreed with his decision.

"Then, don't blame me for what's gonna happen next."

I said that frigidly and left the private room without looking back. I could hear Manuel shouting behind my back, "Stop being a crybaby! This is your tribe!" My tribe?

But I never got a sense of belonging when I was here.

"Who's that guy at the hospital? Is he the reason why you got so cocky now?"

Michael's shameless question made me think about what Victor said to me.

"I can help you."

Maybe I thought of Victor only because I was too lonely.

I cleared those thoughts out of my head and walked out. I didn't want to see those people ever again but someone chased me out of the room.

"Lauren," alpha Kean said, "sweetie, please wait."

The way he called me made me stop.

"I know this isn't fair to you," alpha Kean lowered his voice and sighed, "I've failed you."

"Since you know this isn't fair to me, why are you making me do this?" I stopped treating him like he was my family and said politely like we were strangers, "Alpha Kean, if Michael told me he loves Janice at the beginning, I wouldn't have done this. But he chose lies and betrayal." "Lauren, this is the best solution."

"You sacrificed my mother and now you wanna sacrifice me so Lola and Janice can get their so-called true love. And that's your best solution?" I tried to look calm when I said that. Alpha Kean said with his eyes filled with pain, "It was really your father's fault back then. But it's been so many years, Lauren, you should move on. Stop holding onto the past." "Alpha Kean," I tried to hold back my anger and sorrow and said, "I wish you weren't the one who told me these disgusting things. If you're just here to say this to me, then I gotta go." This time, no one followed me.

The freezing wind went through my coat and made my heart go cold. At this moment, those hard feelings were flooding into my brain. My eyes became a bit red and tears were welling up in my eyes. I held my head high and tried not to cry. No expectations, no disappointment. But I was still expecting something from them, which made me look like a fool.

Maybe my father who loved and cherish me died that year when my mother passed away. My sweet home didn't exist anymore and I was the only idiot who still fantasized about it. And today, they destroyed all my illusions and expectations. I didn't have a sense of belonging in my own tribe.

Then, where did I belong?

Victor, are wolves really not meant to be lonely?

The phone rang and disrupted my thoughts.

"Lauren, let's go to a bar and celebrate! You finally got rid of that scum!" Mila comforted me in her own way.

Victor POV

When I got back to the estate, I didn't see Lauren. The servant that I sent to secretly protect Lauren sent me a message through the mind link. He mumbled, "Alpha Victor..."

I panicked a little, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," the servant immediately responded, "nothing bad happened to Miss Lauren. But right now she's in a bar and she's kind of drunk. Some men are staring at her and trying to take her out. Should we take her back to the estate by force?" Anyone could tell why a man would try to take a drunk lady away.

I instantly got irritated and was even more upset than when the interrogation didn't go well. I said on the phone, "Keep an eye on her. I'll be there in a minute."

I hung up the phone and told beta Richard to drive me to that bar.

But the second I arrived at the bar, this drunk woman stumbled toward me and said, "Look, this is my partner? You really think you're better than him."

The tall guy took a look at me and said with contempt, "Huh? This dude? This wheelchair guy? Just dump him and go home with me. We promise you're gonna have a great time."

Rage was roaring in my head and I subconsciously clenched my fists. Even though I couldn't stand for too long, I could still handle these two useless rascals.

However, Lauren put her hand on my shoulder and smiled. She was a lot bolder when she was drunk. She said to them, "He's way sexier than you and his penis is much bigger than yours. Piss off, losers."

Richard was completely shocked and kept looking at Lauren and me.

Did this woman really know what she was talking about?

"Woah!"

Another drunk woman gasped.