Lauren''s POV


    Manuel pursed his lips and frowned at me as if I just hurt his ego by reminding him of his ipetence. But I no longer cared about his feelings and continued, "Before Grandpa was gone, he left shares to my mother and made me the sole heir of the Fullmoon Tribe, which is something you must''ve remembered."


    "I know," Manuel was losing his patience with me, "but you don''t care about the nco family at all. If you take the interests of the family into ount, then you wouldn''t have made a scene at the annulment ceremony. So I''m not okay with leaving you the tribe." "So the right thing to do is to do whatever you want and be a puppet?" I sneered, "and has the nco family ever cared about me?"


    "...I''m already trying to make it up to you," Manuel said after a long time of silence.


    "By giving Moonlight Jewelry to Janice or sicing your warriors on me?" I questioned him frigidly.


    "I did that for the nco family," Manuel mumbled. He didn''t dare to look me in the eye but then he thought of something, "Lauren, who protected you at the banquet back then?"


    Of course I wouldn''t tell him it was alpha Victor from the Midnight ws Tribe so I changed the subject, "I will never forgive Janice and you. If you really care for me, you would''ve asked about my well-being."


    He froze, "Lauren, what exactly do you want from me? Even though Janice will be the heir, I''ll still give you thepensation money ording to how many shares you have. And you''ve chosen to be a doctor after you graduated and showed no interest in running thepany. I''ve talked to your grandmother and we''ve agreed that giving you thepensation money is the best choice for you."


    "Cut the crap. How much are you gonna give me?" I cut to the chase because I didn''t want to waste my time talking nonsense with him.


    Alpha Manuel''s eyes shimmered and he stopped trying to talk some sense into my head. He said seriously as if he was talking about business, "Since you have 20% shares of thepany and my 3% aspensation, I''ll give you this figure..."


    He put a check on the table in front of me.


    "It''s enough money for you to live afortable life for the rest of your life even if you leave the nco Tribe," Manuel swirled his champagne ss and said, "if you hadn''t made a scene about Janie and Michael''s rtionship, I could''ve given you more. But you know, our tribe has been greatly impacted recently."


    I took the check and had a look. The figure on it might shock M but I was just disappointed. I took my champagne ss and took a sip as the cold liquid soothed me a little, "After I take this money, I have nothing to do with the nco family or the Fullmoon Tribe..."


    "No, I''ve never meant to banish you."


    "But every step that you take means the same thing."


    "nco Estate will always be your home if you wannae back," Manuel said with difficulty.


    "No," I pushed the check back to him, "that ce hasn''t been my home since a long time ago. And I don''t wanna have anything to do with you guys but..."


    Manuel suddenly got a bit nervous, "But what?"


    "That''s not enough money."


    When it came to his interests, he stopped pretending to be a loving father and said, "That''s not enough for you? Lauren, you can live avish life with that kind of money. Don''t be too greedy!"


    "I''m greedy?" I chuckled, "you''re the one who''s greedy. Alpha Manuel, don''t forget the money my mother and her tribe invested in the nco Group back then."


    "Your mother and I were mates and were supposed to support each other..."


    "By letting your mistress drive your mate to death?"


    "I told you this is tooplicated for you to understand at that young age."


    "Try me now. I''m old enough to understand. You can tell me what kind of dilemma you were faced with and howplicated it was."


    "You..."


    Manuel didn''t know what to say and his neck turned red.


    "If I really give you so much money, I will be in a very difficult position as well as the nco family."


    "I''m leaving the nco family anyway. That''s none of my business," I said harshly, "this belongs to my mother and I don''t wanna see her life''s work go to the mistress who got her killed." "Lauren! I''ve given you more than enough!"


    "If you want me to leave the nco family and let Janice be the heir, give my and my mother''s properties back," I said coldly, "as a businessman, you should know what it takes to do business. You have to be sincere enough." After saying that, I ignored him and got up to leave.


    Manuel said behind me, "Janice is your sister."


    "Alpha Manuel, don''t you think it''s disgusting to make me see the bastard of a murderer who killed my mother as my sister?" I was grossed out that Manuel still wanted me and Janice to get along.


    "Lauren, I''ve made enoughpromises for you," Manuel breathed heavily and sounded like a desperate beast, "I''m the alpha of the Fullmoon Tribe and you don''t get to point fingers at my decision about the heir. This is the best I can do for you."


    But I wasn''t scared at all, "I know exactly why you don''t want me to have the shares and want Janice to be your heir. It''s only because you wanna use her marriage to get the help of the Lunarko Tribe. I don''t have a say in your decisions but I''ll never let you pave the way for Janice using what belongs to me and my mother."


    "Lauren, if you don''t take this check, I won''t give you anything and I''ll banish you in the name of alpha," Manuel said frigidly and he stopped pretending after I pointed out what was really on his mind.


    "Is that gonna be any different than now?" I couldn''t help butugh when I heard what he said, "and this is the option I offer you, alpha Manuel. No one can change the fact that I''m the heir of the Fullmoon Tribe unless I agree. And you''ll never get the properties that belong to me."


    "I won''t talk to you again unless you''ve thought this through."


    After that, I opened the door and left calmly but then Manuel roared behind me, "Lauren, you ignorant moron, I''m your father!"


    In the hallway, Ipletely ignored him but Manuel still walked up to me hastily.


    "Lauren, believe it or not, I''m really gonna banish you!"


    "This is ridiculous."


    Manuel and I both froze.


    Because Victor was the one who said that and I didn''t know when he came to the hallway.


    Victor sat in his wheelchair with a straight face and his voice sounded deep and intimidating, making people want to bow down to him. His golden eyes were full of overwhelming coldness, making it hard for people to breathe loudly. He looked as scary and ruthless as the day I first met him.


    Manuel instantly behaved himself and suppressed his anger, "Alpha Victor, this is our family matter."


    But Victor didn''t even look at him.


    I walked away and Manuel didn''t dare to follow me again. It was odd. I didn''t notice the impact Manuel had on my mood but when Victor showed up, I thought of the warmth of his hands when he held my handst time. It was warm and soothing.


    I wanted to find a restroom to fix my makeup and cooled myself own but then someone dragged me into a box.