Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 69

Lauren's POV

I subconsciously looked up and saw Victor on the balcony. He was holding his phone and I couldn't see the look on his face in the dim light. But I could tell from his voice that he was in a great mood.

The moon shone brightly in the starry night and shed lights on the balcony softly. The branches of the trees were all covered in the pale moonlight and Victor's face looked gentle and a bit blurry in this soft filter. But I could still see those eyes shimmering as he looked me in the eye gently. I no longer felt irritated about Janice and Evelyn as he comforted me with that gaze. Even the rustle of leaves sounded like music now.

I found out Mila had already sneaked away and left the two of us looking at each other fondly.

"What a coincidence. Turns out your lounge is here."

The second I said that, I heard someone behind me say the same thing as Victor did on the phone.

"Lauren."

Victor and Michael called my name at the same time and I turned around, looking a bit stiff because Michael had just interrupted us. I put on a long face and asked Michael right after I told Victor to wait, "What can I do for you?"

"If you wanna question me about what happened with Janice, just cut the crap," I said coldly, hoping to end this nonsense as soon as possible.

"No," Michael immediately denied and sighed resignedly as he pursed his lips, "I just don't want you and Janice to never speak to each other because of me and I hope that you won't do anything irrational. You're a member of the Fullmoon Tribe..." I frowned and didn't get what he meant by that, "Huh?"

"Don't give up on your tribe and your family because of me, Lauren," Michael looked down at me apologetically, "even though we aren't partners, I still see you as my little sister."

What was he talking about?

Michael held out his hand, wanting to touch my hair to show affection. I subconsciously slapped his hand away and the sound of that slap echoed in the quiet garden. The tension suddenly mounted and Michael's face was distorted a little.

I didn't care about how he felt at all. Realizing what he was thinking, I laughed angrily, "You really think you're the reason why Janice and I don't get along? You think that I wanna leave the Blanco family because of you? And you think that I pushed her because I got jealous?"

"Yeah?" Michael said gloomily as I shrugged off his hand.

I was grossed out.

"Don't get so cocky, Michael," I said bluntly with sarcasm, "you're just a stranger to me...no, I'm being too kind. Even a stranger is better than you. Why would I care about a jerk? The moment you betrayed me, I felt nothing but disgusted about you." Before I said that, Michael still wanted to come up and comfort me. But now that I was being brutally honest with him, he felt humiliated and looked quite grim. He frowned and pursed his lips. "Lauren, don't say things you don't mean."

"I'm telling the truth, you condescending jerk. Just hear me out, I have no other feelings for you than disgust and annoyance. So please stop showing up in front of me and just go and comfort your fiancée. Stop pretending to be a gentleman. You disgust me." That was exactly how I felt about Michael. In the past, I just thought he was a hypocrite and a coward but now he really grossed me out. How dare he think that I was jealous of Janice and then try to comfort me so that he could be the bigger man here? Thank you, Moon Goddess, for not making him my mate.

Hearing my irony, Michael couldn't take it anymore and said wrathfully, "I thought you were just...Evelyn was right, you're a vicious little bitch. It must be you who pushed Janice or else you wouldn't keep silent every time it happens." What a foolish douchebag.

I said wryly, "I don't waste my time explaining to people I don't care about."

Michael clenched his fists and the anger in his eyes was flaring right now, "Lauren, you know why I don't like you? You're cold, selfish, and ruthless. You're always on your high horse and turn a cold shoulder to everyone. No man will ever love a woman who's cold as a block of ice. I chose to be with Janice only because I couldn't feel your affection for me at all. You're way too cold-blooded."

His harsh words came at me like bullets but I didn't feel a thing. Maybe I would feel hurt by his words not long ago but now I wasn't affected at all. After he finished his speech, I said without a care, "Are you done?"

"What?"

"If you're done, please leave and go back to the woman who makes you feel loved." I was only irritated that he interrupted me and Victor being alone.

Michael glared at me and gritted his teeth, "You're gonna regret this, Lauren. A woman like you will never find her mate. No one wants a bossy and unreasonable mate like you."

I rolled my eyes and gave him my blessing as I saw him leaving, "Hope you two will stay together forever."

"They're perfect for each other," Bella, who wanted to come out and kick Michael's ass just then, roasted.

I agreed with her, "Yeah."

But Michael misinterpreted my blessing and got even more pissed about what I just said. I really didn't get what they were thinking in their heads.

"Stupid moron."

Someone grunted on the phone.

I hastily picked up the phone and saw that Victor was still on hold. I just turned off the phone screen and didn't hang up the phone.

Oh, so had Victor heard everything?

I was a bit embarrassed, "You heard the whole thing?"

"Yeah," Victor sounded more sullen than before, "three minutes got wasted because of that loser."

Three minutes was pretty much the time I spent talking with Michael. Victor was snarky as ever.

"I don't think he'll bother me anymore." After hearing what I said to him, Michael might stop having those ridiculous delusions.

Victor thought of something and said frigidly, "I dare him."

Those three words were cold as ice.

I was the one who ridiculed Michael but Victor seemed even angrier than me. I chuckled, "Alright, don't let him get into your head. It's not worth it. The ball is about to start. I gotta go and meet up with Mila. I'll see you later at the ball." Victor didn't say anything so I didn't hang up the phone immediately.

After a while, he said in a softer voice from the other end of the line, "That idiot is wrong."

"Hmm?"

"It's his loss that he didn't feel loved by you," Victor said in a deep voice and sounded a bit smug, "you're able to love someone but that someone isn't him."

"You're one of a kind, Lauren."

"Only incompetent men will feel threatened by your capability."