Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 26 – are you planning to go beg her to come back?

There was a brief, unsettling silence at the other end of the line before Kevin finally spoke.

"It started when Marjorie withdrew her shares," he said carefully. "I don’t have concrete proof yet, but all signs point to her reinvesting with our competitors. It’s... it’s hitting us hard. Our finances are taking a real beating."

Ravyn’s grip tightened around his phone until his knuckles turned white, the plastic creaking faintly under the pressure. His jaw locked. Just as he had suspected, Seraphine, again.

This was indeed not something Kevin could handle because it was a personal matter between him and his ex-wife, the girl who used to look at him like he was his world.

The last time they met, she seemed like a completely different person, staring at him like she could take his very life in the next moment. "I’ll see you tomorrow," he said coldly.

He was about to end the call when something nagged at him. "Wait, what about her? Is she partnering with anyone?"

Kevin let out a short, humorless chuckle. "From what I’ve heard? No one wants to form any alliance with her, but she’s still causing us losses.

Mr. Ashkael circulated the information to the Sovereign Circle members. You should’ve received it too... didn’t you?"

The Sovereign Circle was an exclusive enclave reserved for the unimaginably wealthy and powerful, accessible only by invitation.

Every member was required to be worth no less than a hundred billion, no exceptions. It was a club Ravyn himself had helped build and yet, he hadn’t received the message.

him, there was only one explanation. "Tell me," Ravyn said quietly, dread seeping into his voice despite his effort to control

hundred and thirty billion. But profits

Ravyn

of a single shareholder pulling out. His ex-wife, and now, because he was five hundred million short of the qualification line, he had

They had been pioneers of the

lowered to eighty billion, arguing it would stabilize membership during volatile

had insisted, was a fair line. A necessary pressure

argued further. The proposal Ravyn initiated had later been written into the Circle’s laws exactly

amend it now would be nothing short of bias. Worse—hypocrisy. The shame burned too deeply. "Alright," Ravyn said

bleeding out. When the call ended, Damon stepped closer, his expression

onto his face. "Not really," he admitted. Then, after a pause, "Can you

"I know it’s already too late

me properly,

smile that lingered on Damon’s lips that made Ravyn pause but he pushed the feeling aside. He

father answered on the third ring. "Ravyn?

"Why didn’t you tell me Seraphine owned thirty-five percent of

Humphrey asked slowly, "She

a fist. "Dad. I won’t believe you

remember, she was quietly reinvesting everything she earned from her side jobs into the company, trying to help you thrive. And all

"Why? Are you saying you wouldn’t have divorced her if you’d known?" Ravyn frowned deeply. "No. I would’ve