Lauren''s POV


    In the night.


    Just as I expected, I got a video chat from M. I knew she couldn''t wait to make fun of me and asked me what kind of rtionship Victor and I were in right now.


    "Well, well, well, am I interrupting you guys?" M giggled while peeping over my shoulder.


    "You know you''re interrupting us and you still called me?" I raised my eyebrows and questioned her in a great mood, taking a good look at her room just like what she did just then, "not bad. It''s not that messy this time. Looks like Fairy Godmother''s magic is still working."


    "Don''t even. It''s not gonna work for that beta and me," M hastily said.


    "I didn''t even say anything. Why are you rushing to deny it?" I was surprised at how different she reacted this time, "he doesn''t look like he''s not into you."


    "Stop talking about me. Let''s talk about you," M pretended to be mad and red at me, "you looked so touched today that I thought you would go and hop on top of him. Even though alpha Victor is still in his wheelchair, he seems to be very good in bed." She was getting more explicit and I hurriedly changed the subject so that M got carried away, "Okay, let''s focus on Victor''s second surgery."


    "Fine. I thought you''ve convinced him to go with the intercourse n. I didn''t expect that he still chose to have the surgery." M pursed her lips when I gave her a warning look and she finally stopped making fun of me. She got serious and talk about the n for the second surgery, "This is our n and you can see the rest of it in the file. Although we''ve got the opinions of experienced doctors from different hospitals, we can''t be sure that he can fully recover and the sess rate is only..."


    "Alpha Victor will do this even if it''s only 1%," I continued, "also, it''s never gonna be merely 1% under my watch. I do the best I can to make sure the possibility of his full recovery will be 100%."


    M didn''t say anything from the other end of the line.


    The look on her face was different and she stopped sniggering. She gave me a sincere smile and said, "Lauren, I''ve never seen this side of you." "What?"


    M chuckled, "You''re such a cautious person that you would never say certain things like this and as a doctor, you''ve never made any promises to your patients no matter how confident you are. But you''re different when ites to Victor. How should I put this... you seem more vivid now. This is good, Lauren, you''re starting to be different."


    Hearing that, I was a bit stunned. My personality started to change because of Victor and just like she said, now I would say such affirmative things. I felt like there was a goal in my head that I must aplish and this wasn''t just a simple surgery for me anymore. "Is it a good thing?" I''ve changed myself for someone else.


    M sprawled on the couch and shrugged, "Why would be a bad thing? Being in a rtionship with another person is a process where you change yourselves for each other. He''s be gentle and nice because of you and you''ve be tender because of him. But you''re still the same person. You''re not gonna end up turning into Janice, right?"


    To think that I would cry and fawn over Victor...


    What she just said gave me goosebumps and I said, "If I really be like that, he would think that there''s something wrong with me and take me to the hospital." Mughed out loud, "Imagine that."


    "As for you, I assume the first thing you''ll do is crack open my head and see if my brain is infected with some kind of virus," I joked as I was affected by herughter. "You''re absolutely right," M nodded.


    Maybe falling in love with someone was not that scary and the change that it would bring wouldn''t be so dreadful because I wouldn''t change who I really was just because I was in love.


    "Well, you''re still the same person but in a better version," M concluded, "and if the man you love asks you to change who you are for him..."


    I said with no hesitation, "I will dump him right away."


    "So what are you worrying about? Lauren, just be yourself," M grinned and then stared at me in relief, "I''m so happy that you finally let somebody in and you''re walking out the shadow of those people." She was talking about Manuel and my mother.


    And M was indeed happy for me and just as I was moved, she added, "Lauren, then what are you waiting for? Just go get him and see how sexy this alpha is. If he doesn''t make a move, you go and do it! Enjoy your hot night!" Beep...


    After saying that, M hung up on me. But she was so loud that her voice echoed in the room. I looked at the open balcony and wondered if the walls were thick enough to prevent Victor from hearing all that. And Be agreed with her in my head, "Yeah, we still haven''t checked his sexual function."


    "Just shut up."


    Be got excited and giggled, "Oh, my dear, don''t forget that you''re the one who wrote ''erectile dysfunction'' on his record. Don''t you think you''re obliged to see if it''s true? Be professional, Lauren."


    "


    It had been so long that I forgot all about it.


    I wonder if Victor still remembered that...


    I took a deep breath and closed the ss door hard wryly.


    Victor''s POV


    "Victor, these are the updates of the tribe," Richard handed me the files and said, "and the new project proposal is also here."


    "Just put it there." None of them was important to me and I wasn''t putting my attention on them.


    I looked up at my beta Richard and wondered if I should ask him that question. But he didn''t seem to have any experience in this kind of thing either and the truth was I was right about him. "Alpha....Is something wrong?" Richard was a bit scared when I stared at him like that and even called me alpha respectfully.


    It was better to ask Richard than to look it up on the inte. So I asked, "Richard, what do people usually do on a date?"


    At first, Richard still looked all serious, and when he heard that, he froze and his face twitched a little. He finally started to behave after I gave him a warning look. He asked tentatively after he pondered for a while, "Watch movies?" "Corny," Imented. I shouldn''t have trusted his taste in this and if we really went to the cinema, this would be just a regr date. Also, I got a home cinema in the estate.


    Richard pursed his lips and added, "How about a nice dinner? Or taking her to the jewellery stores?"


    "Do you honestly think Lauren would really like that?"


    Richard didn''t know what to say now and shrugged, "Well, you can''t just take her to a medical seminar, can you?"


    I was speechless at his words. Why did I choose such a nerd to be my beta? He was so not romantic that even the Inte was more reliable than him.


    "Or you can just ask Miss Lauren where she wanna go."


    "Then what''s the surprise in this?" I guessed I finally figured out why Richard was still single.


    Richard''s lips twitched and didn''t know what to say now, "Or I can ask someone in our tribe. Simon is very experienced in dating and maybe he can give you some advice."


    "No need for that," I refused subconsciously but when Richard was leaving, I couldn''t help but stop him, "go ask him to give me some dating advice."


    I really hoped that this date with Lauren would be remarkable.