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.

explanation. "Tell me," Ravyn said quietly, dread seeping into his voice despite

exhaled. "After the initial withdrawal, we were sitting at one hundred and thirty billion. But profits started dropping fast. Right

second, Ravyn couldn’t breathe. Ninety-nine

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

first instinct was to call Voren. They had been pioneers of the Circle

minimum net worth be lowered to eighty billion, arguing it would stabilize membership

hundred billion, he had insisted, was a fair

the Circle’s laws exactly as Ravyn wanted it, and now, that same law had come

now would be nothing short of bias. Worse—hypocrisy. The shame burned too deeply. "Alright," Ravyn said tightly. "I’ll handle everything when I get

act fast, the profits would keep bleeding out. When the call ended, Damon stepped

"Not really," he admitted. Then, after a pause, "Can you handle the pack while I’m

exhaled sharply, adding, "I know it’s already too late to

"Don’t worry, Alpha. Just introduce me properly, and I’ll take over from where you left

Ravyn

answered on the third ring. "Ravyn? Why are you

tugged at Ravyn’s mouth. "Why didn’t you tell me Seraphine owned thirty-five percent of

Humphrey asked

"Dad. I

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

wouldn’t have divorced her if you’d known?" Ravyn frowned deeply. "No. I would’ve just planned better. This blindsided me. I wasn’t prepared, and now it’s affecting the