Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 40

Lauren POV

I didn't answer the question about whether Janice got between Michael and me or not directly and just calmly said, "Anyway, from now on, Michael has nothing to do with me." "Since you just broke off this engagement today, does that mean Janice is the home wrecker who ruined your engagement?" the reporter noticed something and said shrewdly.

However, at this moment, one of the reporters raised a pile of photos in his hand and said in a snarky way, Miss Blanco, I don't think you're telling the truth. Rumor has it that you live quite a sleazy life and sleep around, which ruined your engagement with the Lunarko Tribe."

He was holding some photos of me having fun in a bar and from some angles, I looked like I was flirting with a lot of men.

Under the stage, Manuel looked away and glimpsed at Lola and Janice.

I didn't expect that they would take pictures of me at that time and Manuel had already given up on me a long time ago because of his interests and Janice.

As I froze for a second, the reporter thought he found my weak spot and threw more tough questions at me, "Miss Blanco, the reason why Janice took your place to be with Mr. Michael is that you've been sleeping around and wanted to abandon the Blanco family due to your mother's death. Miss Janice just wanted to protect her tribe by fulfilling the marriage contract with the Lunarko Tribe."

"And you've become jealous of her and started to hate her after you saw what a lovely couple they are right? You're taking it out on her for what happened to your mother."

His question instantly started an uproar.

This press conference was held by alpha Manuel and it was easy for Lola to put her own people into the staff. That reporter was one of her pawns.

Seeing how I was getting cornered by their questions, Manuel just pursed his lips and didn't defend me in front of them at all. He didn't look stunned or surprised as if he had known about it a long time ago and he knew Janice and Lola had set this up. My compromises only made them cockier.

What would happen if I just did whatever they said, called off the engagement, and gave Janice and Michael my blessing? Would they be grateful?

No.

They would be thrilled that this marriage contract between the two tribes could still be fulfilled without me and they could still enjoy the benefits that came from the marriage. My sacrifice would mean nothing to them.

I took a deep breath and started scrolling my phone, saying slowly and solemnly, "No."

"Up till now, I'm still Michael's fiancé." Even though I didn't give a crap about that title, I needed to let them hear it right now.

Manuel became grim and said immediately, "Lauren! You're here to explain all of this in front of everyone! If you hadn't insisted on breaking off the engagement, Janice would never replace you to be with Michael!" "Then where's the annulment contract?" I questioned him coldly.

Manuel stammered, "Well...It's..."

If it weren't for that engagement contract, they wouldn't have asked me to call off the engagement."

"Let me do the talking," Janice wiped off her tears and slowly walked onto the stage with tears in her eyes, "Lauren, back then, you hated my mother and father so much that you insisted on breaking off the engagement regardless of the Lunarko Tribe and the Fullmoon Tribe..."

"But now..." Janice sobbed as if she was too devastated to talk anymore and continued after pausing for a while, "now you have to ruin my relationship with Michael since you've seen how happy Michael and I are? Do you really hate my mother and me so much that you want to ruin my life?"

Every question she raised came with a lot of tears.

She was crying in a very subtle way and she looked pretty when she wept like that. Teardrops kept falling across her cheeks and made everyone feel sorry for her. She really was good at acting.

Compared with me being completely indifferent, Janice was crying so hard as if I was the bad guy who wanted to destroy their precious love in a fairy tale. And the reporters began raising more relentless questions because of what she just said.

"Miss Lauren, have you been taking it out on Janice because you hate Mrs. Lola's guts?"

"Are you trying to get back at Janice because you're jealous of Janice and don't want to see Janice and Michael be happy after you broke off the engagement?" "Miss Lauren, is all of this your revenge?"

I directly turned to Manuel as they kept throwing me those questions. There was guilt and regret in his eyes but he just kept his mouth shut. He didn't want to defend me in front of them at all. My own family had turned against me. "Father, you really wanna do this to me for Janice?"

"Lauren..." Manuel opened his mouth and finally looked down like there was nothing he could do about it, "I shouldn't have spoiled you so much when you were little...You've become too overbearing and unreasonable..."

I closed my eyes, forced a smile, and clicked on my phone, "Got it."

"Janice is your favorite daughter and she matters the most to you."

"And you're willing to help her at my expense."

"Lauren, I'm doing this out of love..."

Before he could even finish his sentence, the screen behind me lit up and I heard a familiar voice.

"We'll make an announcement that the one who was supposed to marry Michael is you, Lauren. But you don't have any affection for him so Janice fulfilled this marriage contract for you so she wasn't the third wheel." "And I'll give you the Moonlight Jewelry as compensation, Lauren."

"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."

"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."

Everyone in the room stopped talking in an instant. Anyone could tell that it was Manuel's and Lola's voices and the reporters Lola had bribed all froze and didn't know what to say.

And I was also completely stunned.

Because that wasn't the recording I had prepared.

And the next second, a pregnancy test was shown on the screen which made Janice's face pale as ashes.