Lauren POV


    I immediately asked Victor for leave and he granted me without asking. He even told me where the car key was. To be honest, I was very grateful for his silence.


    I immediately drove off to Nadir Hotel. Alpha Manuel was going to hold a press conference there to present the Moonlight Jewelry Company to Janice nco.


    There were already a lot of people gathering in the lobby and I strode my way through the crowds and directly went to the lounge. I could sense that Manuel and the others were there. But before I went there, I was stopped by a strange woman. "Miss, you can''t go in there. This is alpha Manuel and Miss nco''s lounge."


    I suppressed my anger and looked at her coldly, "Miss nco? Which one?"


    The staff was confused. She was stunned for a while and then answered, "It''s Miss Janice nco, of course. Please leave. Irrelevant personnel are not allowed to enter."


    I red at her and scorned, "I am the daughter of the nco family and the heir of the nco Group. Janice is nothing to me! Get out of my way! I wanna see alpha Manuel."


    The staff was intimidated at first but then she looked at me with contempt, "What a lunatic! You really think you''re the heir of the nco family? Just leave or I''ll send the security guards here!"


    How ironic and ridiculous was this? Except for some old staff here, no one in this group knew about me and they only knew about L and Janice, alpha Manel''s lover and lovechild.


    I couldn''t contain my anger anymore. Be and I were all in control of this body and wemanded her at the same time.


    "Back off."


    As the daughter of the alpha and luna of the Fullmoon Tribe, I also possessed great power and I didn''t normally do this to others. But now I had to protect my mother''s life work and I didn''t even restrain Be''s power anymore. Under this intimidating power, the staff lowered her head out of instincts and showed her vulnerable neck.


    I walked right past her and approached the lounge.


    The staff finally came to her senses and she yelled, "Security! Come get her! Stop this lunatic!"


    A bunch of people flooded in and I silently clutched my fists, getting ready for a fight. But when I saw their leader, I unclenched my fists and said coldly, "Where''s alpha Manuel?"


    "Miss nco..." Father''s beta, Colin said, "he''s in the conference room down the hall."


    The staff was shocked, "Miss nco? But Miss Janice isn''t here...she...she..."


    Colin grunted, "Shut up, you moron! This is the true Miss nco."


    Her face turned pale instantly.


    I didn''t want to waste my time on them anymore and walked to that conference room, with Colin following me right behind. He said, "Miss nco, alpha and group executives are having final discussions before the reception."


    And I didn''t slow down at all and just gave him a side look frigidly, "And you''re gonna stop me? I''m the heir to the nco Group. What kind of meeting allows Janice to participate and not me?"


    Sometimes I didn''t want to fight with them but they just kept pushing, like Janice and L.


    "Well..." he was speechless and didn''t know what else to say.


    I quickly walked over and mmed open the door, interrupting their meeting. Everyone was staring at me and I calmly sat down beside alpha Manuel.


    "Lauren?" Manuel waspletely stunned but then he immediately knew what I was doing. He lowered his voice and said, "Whatever this is about, we can go home and deal with it."


    "As the real heir to the Bronco Group, why would it be unreasonable for me to attend this meeting?" I said sarcastically, "It''s been so long since I''ve seen you guys. But something intriguing just has happened recently. Why does everyone in the group call Janice Miss nco? Is your marriage to L acknowledged, father?"


    Because of my grandfather''s efforts and Manuel''s guilt over my mother''s suicide, he and L had never held a wedding therefore his marriage to L was never recognized. But he still brought L with him wherever he went all these years and even brought Janice to the manor so everyone assumed that they were married.


    Now that I pointed it out, alpha Manuel was greatly embarrassed and everyone in the room were all looking weird.


    "Lauren, stop this nonsense!" Manuel tried to hold back his wrath and yelled.


    "You think this is nonsense?" I looked him right in the eyes and started questioning him, "giving my mother''s life work to the daughter of the homewrecker isn''t nonsense to you? Have you ever asked my opinion on this?"


    I deliberately raised my voice.


    Alpha Manuel founded Moonlight Jewelry Design Company as a gift to my mother. And it was my mother who had devoted her life to making thepany sessful! Not Manuel, not anyone else! My mother even designed a set of sapphire jewelry for the King of Alphas as a gift for his queen. That was to say, without my mother''s efforts, thepany would be just a shell instead of a big enterprise now!


    Even though it was owned by the nco Group, it had been run for years by an elite team headed by my mother when she was still alive, and now Manuel was giving it to Janice!


    This was the symbol of their love!


    That woman didn''t deserve to have it!


    I stared Manuel in the eyes and questioned him, "Have you asked for my mother''s opinion?"


    "She''s dead already..." Manuel froze for a moment and avoided eye contact with me.


    I sneered, "Yeah, she''s gone and now you''re giving her life work to that bitch''s daughter! You''ve forgotten why it was founded back then, right, father?"


    Me calling him father sounded so ironic.


    Manuel looked kind of awkward and he didn''t like the way I talked to him, "She''s your sister and L is your elder. Lauren, watch your mouth."


    "I don''t think I have rtives who like to steal," I said.


    "Lauren!" Manuel lowered his voice, trying not to make himself look bad in front of everyone, "Janice has been studying jewelry design, and you''re a doctor. Isn''t it right that thepany should be in her hands? You''re all ncos and it''s not that a big deal. If you''re worried about thepany, Mrs. ire can help Janice run Moonlight, right?"


    He got the nerves to ask my mother''s secretary, Auntie ire, to assist Janice? He had be as shameless as L and Janice now!


    "Keep dreaming!" I rudely screamed at my so-called father which was the first time for me in my entire life, "you wanna give my mother''spany to Janice and want Auntie ire to assist her? Are you out of your mind!? There''s no way I''m gonna agree to give Moonlight to Janice!"


    Maybe it was because I made him look bad in front of everyone, Manuel struck the table and stood up, roaring as an alpha, "Enough is enough! I''m doing it for the benefits of Moonlight. I''m still in control of the Fullmoon Tribe and the nco Group. Don''t you disrespect me and tell me what to do!"


    I tried to find a trace of love for me or my mother on his face but I failed. All he knew was to me everything on me and resent me.


    All of this was ridiculous.


    Janice was the one who stole my fiancé but my father wanted to give my mother''s life work to her as a wedding gift.


    I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. By the time I opened my eyes, there was no love for my father in my eyes anymore. I tried hard to fight back his intimidation and red at him, "Father, I''m not here to negotiate with you or tell you what to do. If you still want to give Moonlight Jewelry Design to Janice, I won''t let them get their way even if that means I''ll have to destroy it."


    "You bastard! What are you gonna do!?" Manuel yelled.


    I said, "I think my mom would want me to do this too."