Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 49

Lauren POV

In the morning, after Bella and I finished our training routine, I went to the bathroom to freshen up. Maybe it was just in my head, I felt like Bella and I had been getting stronger recently and we didn't get tired so easily as before. Today's training was like a piece of cake for us and we just felt refreshed. Maybe this had something to do with Victor.

If he really was my mate, being intimate with him would make us stronger. Right now I wanted to help Victor get his wolf Kent back but at the same time, I was afraid of finding the result of whether Victor and I were mates or not. "Lauren?" Victor gently called my name.

I came back to my senses and stirred the cereal bowl with a spoon in front of me, "I'm sorry. I was just thinking about the treatment. I need to go back to the hospital later."

"You still want a different approach?" Victor frowned, "I told you, I don't want one. My legs already feel better than before now."

His attitude toward the treatment plan was a bit odd to me. I eyed him up and down suspiciously. Seeing that he was acting normal, I finally stopped suspecting him, "It's not just that. It's also about Kent. I need to talk to Mila and discuss...how to improve the treatment."

If we got ourselves in another false heat next time, I didn't know if we could keep our hands to ourselves anymore.

Victor mumbled something to himself and I didn't catch that. I asked, "What did you just say?"

"Nothing," Victor took a sip of his black tea with a straight face and said, "can you talk through mind link? You have to go to the hospital?"

"Mind link is not always so convenient and Mila might have some reference material that I need. And I also wanna bring something equipment here."

"You can tell Richard to do that for you."

"He's your beta."

"What's the difference?" Victor asked naturally.

Of course, it was different. Richard was the beta of the Midnight Claws Tribe's alpha and now he kept running errands for me. Just as I was to talk back to him, I saw the look on his face and realized what he meant. I suddenly didn't know what to say. This alpha was really...

He was getting better with this kind of sweet talk and I wondered if anyone had been teaching him to say things like that. "You don't need to do that yourself."

I wanted to roll my eyes but I wasn't actually mad at him. I didn't know how to deal with him when he acted so childishly. I put down the cup and got up, propping my hands on the desk, and said in a condescending way, "Mister, even though I'm your caretaker, I don't work for you 24/7. And most importantly, I'm your doctor so I get to make decisions on your treatment plan."

Victor couldn't argue with that and shrugged. But I could tell from his sparkling eyes that he was amazed by how assertive I was being right now and he was intrigued. I gave him a look and went back to my room to get changed. Then I went to the garage and drove to the hospital.

There was another reason why I must go back to the hospital. I couldn't get in touch with Mila.

She wouldn't pick up the phone and I couldn't contact her through the mind link. I asked my colleagues but they wouldn't tell me what happened. I didn't get the answer until one of the interns finally couldn't take the heat and told me what was going on. Just as I expected, Mila was in trouble.

Rumour had it that Mila had a one-night stand with a married aristocrat and his wife busted them. This scandal had a huge impact on the hospital and the investors were thinking about withdrawing their money.

I knew where she might be right now and headed to the company run by Cayce who was one of the investors. His assistant recognized me but the look on her face was kind of weird. She didn't know if she should treat me politely as she always did or just put on a long face and stopped me.

I glanced at her coldly and went straight into the investor's office. Expectantly, I saw Mila having a heated discussion with Cayce.

"That's nonsense!" Mila clenched her fists and tried hard not to smack the table, "that never happened and if it did, it's my personal matter and has nothing to do with the hospital! Cayce, find a better excuse. I know what you guys are thinking."

"Mila! This is more than just your personal matter if it has such a negative influence on the hospital's reputation. You're a mistress..."

"Mr. Cayce, you'd better watch your mouth," I pushed the door open and went in grimly. The people in there all turned to me, looking shocked.

"Lauren, what are you doing here?"

"What? You wanna hide it from me and deal with it alone?" I acted to be mad and glared at Mila. I sat down right next to her and coldly stared at him, "There's no way that Mila is having an affair with a married man. I don't know what that rumor came from and please respect your business partner, Cayce."

"It's okay. We can just break off the cooperation," Mila shrugged and didn't give a damn, "you're not the only investor."

Hearing that, Cayce grunted, "Break off the cooperation? You wanna violate the contract?" "Violate the contract?" Mila frowned.

Cayce tossed a file at Mila and his greasy face distorted with his eyes flaring with greed, "Take a look and see if you can afford the default. You signed this when you came to ask for my investment. If you terminate the contract due to your personal matter, that counts as default and you should give me five million dollars."

"Five million?!" Mila gasped, "are you kidding me? Cayce, how much money have you made from the hospital? How can you be so ungrateful!? And I'm not the one who ruined the hospital's reputation!"

"It's not up to you. It's all written in the contract," Cayce said with contempt, "you either give me five million so we can terminate our cooperation or you can quit your job as director of the hospital. A person with a bad reputation isn't suitable to be the director anymore."

So that was what he really wanted in the first place.

Mila was so outraged that she looked like she was about to kick his ass. I hastily grabbed her hand to comfort her and took a look at the contract. There was indeed an unreasonable clause on it. I asked, "Even if that has nothing to do with Mila." "All I know is that she's harmed the hospital's reputation," Cayce said, looking at ease.

"Now I finally know how shameless you guys can be," I couldn't help but sneer and now even I wanted to throw a teacup at his head, "looks like we can't make a deal today. We should go now, Mila."

"You can if you pay me the money," seeing that we wanted to leave, Cayce started threatening us, "don't forget about the equipment we gave to the hospital's labs. I have the right to take it back." "You bastard! The equipment is all in use now and do you have any idea how much effort the researchers put in there and how many lives they can save?" Mila shouted wrathfully.

"So what?" Cayce didn't care about that at all and said, "that's none of my business. You either give me that five million or choose another option..."

"Keep dreaming!" Mila interrupted him before he could finish his sentence. Her eyes were filled with flaming rage.

I felt that something was off but I couldn't think it through under this circumstance, "Cayce, don't go too far."

"I'm just a businessman and all I care about is profits. Is that wrong?" he said, "and of course, you two are such good friends. I'm fine with it if you wanna pay those five million dollars for her." "You jerk. For all these years, our hospital has brought you..."

"Okay," I said, "I'll give you the money."