Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 94

Lauren's

POV

"Alpha Victor from the Midnight Claws Tribe?!"

The smile on grandma's face froze and she wasn't so excited anymore. She couldn't believe what she just heard and asked that question again.

I nodded, "Yes."

"I can't believe it's that kid from the Midnight Claws Tribe..." Grandma Anna gasped with a complicated look on her face, "how did you two know each other?" "I'm his attending doctor," I explained to her frankly.

"This is so..." grandma glanced at the back of her hand worriedly and finally spoke up after hesitating for a while, "Lauren, does alpha Victor know about your power?"

"Are you worried that Victor has chosen to be with me because of my healing power?"

"Don't believe in men's sweet talk," grandma said with a straight face, "your power is way too rare and I'm sure that if they find out you have this healing power, they'll do whatever they can to approach you or keep you by their side with force. And Victor...Even a hermit like me knows he just got injured not long ago."

I said firmly, "He's not that kind of guy."

But Grandma Anna was still quite concerned.

"Grandma, you really think I'm the kind of girl that can be fooled by a man's sweet talk?"

"Of course not. You're smarter than that," grandma answered.

"That's right," I chuckled, "and before we got together, Victor didn't even know I had this healing power."

"He really didn't know about that?"

I nodded.

At first, I only told Victor that I had a new solution to heal Kent, and didn't explain that it was because of my special healing power. It didn't matter if Victor knew I had this power anymore, but I could be sure that he wasn't being with me because of my healing power.

I told her how Victor and I fell in love and how he helped and supported me, "...And after that, we became partners. He's a strong and upstanding guy and he gave me a lot of help."

Grandma Anna looked quite shocked. And when she heard that Victor went to save me at the annulment ceremony, she was pissed again and wanted to punch Manuel in the face. But then she giggled, "Oh, you two love birds. I start to remember when your grandpa and I were young. Back then, he was also a handsome and strong alpha."

She paused for a second and added, "And now he's a handsome old man."

I burst into laughter.

"This is nice, Lauren," she suddenly looked at me significantly, "back when you were still with Michael, you wouldn't talk about him like that and all you said about him was 'fine' and 'not bad'. You must be very into this guy. And he must be very good to you or else you wouldn't look like that when you talked about him."

"What...do I look like right now?"

"In love."

"Desperately in love."

Grandma and Bella said at the same time.

I paused and then laughed, "So, grandma, you don't need to worry about me. I'm doing great."

Grandma tucked my hair behind my ear and said, "Then I'm finally relieved now. I've always said that my Lauren is one of a kind and only morons with poor tastes like Manuel and Michael can't see how great you are."

She was still quite irritated at the mention of them.

"Thank God you finally found the one who really cherishes you," grandma said, "oh, Lauren, when can I meet him?"

Grandma was always perceptive. With just a glance at the brand-new medical magazines beside us, she could tell what was going on, "Have you already started living together? Those magazines at the door have been there for a long time and look at all the dust on the table."

"... Yeah," I nodded and felt that it was impossible to hide it from her, "right after I broke off the engagement, I moved into his estate for the sake of my privacy and his treatment."

However, she didn't seem to disapprove of this as I expected and even looked at me expectantly, "I want to meet him, Lauren."

Not only was she curious, but she also wanted to check if this man was worth my trust.

"I wanna bring him to you, too," I said, "but it's not a convenient time for Victor for now. I'll take him to the tribe to visit you and grandpa after he fully recovers."

I didn't tell her that Victor couldn't meet her because he had a surgery a few days later. In fact, the fewer people knew about this, the better. And as I expected, grandma agreed gladly.

In the night.

After having supper with Grandma Anna, she got a call from grandpa through mind-link.

"Oops, your grandpa's just found out I am here." Grandma looked at me and chuckled.

"Please, don't let him know about what happened. I don't want him to get worried." I grabbed grandma's hand and shook it gently, pleading.

"Too late. He already knew it. He's throwing a tantrum now and wanna send some warriors here." Grandma looked stern and continued.

"Oh no." I looked uneasy and worried.

"Ha ha ha..."

Grandma Anna, however, suddenly burst into laughter.

"No worries. I persuaded him. He would just send someone to pick me up, now that our little Lauren has already got the powerful Alpha Victor's protection." she added smilingly. "Grandma." Noticing that Grandma Anna was only teasing me, I pouted. I was really scared that they would start a war. I didn't want them to get hurt because of me.

The warrior sent by grandpa would only arrive the next day, so grandma and I stayed in the apartment for the night.

Before bedtime, I called Victor.

"So that's what happened today. I'll come back tomorrow," I leaned over the balcony and said to Victor on the phone with the breeze gently brushing my cheeks, "how are your legs? Are they alright?" In the quiet evening, Victor's voice sounded like music to my ears, "Don't worry about me. It's just one evening. You'll get back tomorrow, right?"

That wasn't a question. Judging from his tone, he was quite certain.

I teased, "Maybe."

"Maybe?" Victor paused and continued, "Richard is clumsy and the massages he gave me aren't as good as yours."

"Let me interpret for you. He's saying that he can't live without you," Bella said bluntly.

I blushed at her words and couldn't help but chuckle, "Okay. My grandpa will send people to pick up grandma tomorrow."

"Then I'll go and get you," Victor said immediately as if this was some kind of competition.

"No need for that. Just wait for me at home," I said, "get ready for the surgery. I wanna take you to my grandma's tribe after you recover. She wants to meet you."

Victor became quiet for a second and said from the other end of the phone, "You mentioned me to your grandma?"

"Is that not okay?"

Did he not want our relationship to go public yet? Back at the Moondance Ball, Victor seemed eager to tell everyone we were together.

"Of course it's okay. This is great, so great."

Even though we were on the phone, I could tell Victor was smiling but he seemed a bit anxious.

"Your grandma wants to see me?"

"Yeah, she's curious about you," I suddenly realized something and asked, "Victor, are you...nervous right now?"

"No," Victor denied instantly, "I was just thinking what kind of gifts she would like. We must bring them some gifts when we visit them. I'll tell Richard to keep an eye on something rare and valuable and then..." "Wait, Victor," I chuckled and interrupted him because it sounded like he wanted Richard to prepare the gifts in the middle of the night, "you don't need to rush. It's not like you guys are gonna meet right away." "...I just wanna be prepared."

This strong alpha had already seen a lot of great things but he became so nervous and awkward just because he was about to meet my grandparents. Seeing him like this, I just wanted to go back and kiss him on the lips right now. "What are you laughing at?"

Since he couldn't do anything about it on the other end of the phone, I giggled, "I'm just thinking about...how adorable you are."

"Adorable?"

He was surprised and a bit discontent about the word I used to describe him.

"Yeah, an adorable alpha," I thought of Eli who was peeping at us at the orphanage and thought of how excited and nervous Eli was about our arrival and Victor was just like him now, "kind of like Eli." I blurted out. "That little kid?" Victor wasn't pleased to hear that.

"Yep. You're an adorable alpha, just like him."

"Good for you," Victor said significantly and his voice sounded tempting in the silent night, "tomorrow I'll show...what an 'adorable' alpha I am."