Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 27 – he still craves me

Ravyn froze. The thought had crossed his mind before, more than once, actually. He had lived under the same roof with Seraphine for years without touching her, existing like polite strangers bound only by a marriage certificate.

It had been a cold, deliberate arrangement, one that would allowed both of them to move through life separately while maintaining appearances.

When he had finally brought up the idea of formalizing that separation, of continuing as husband and wife only on paper, Seraphine had refused.

At the time, Ravyn had been too embarrassed to push. After all, he was the one who had asked for the divorce. Pressing further would have felt hypocritical, almost desperate, and he had swallowed the conversation whole, burying it where pride and regret lived side by side.

Now, standing in front of Daisy, he couldn’t bring himself to say the truth out loud. "Seraphine isn’t stupid. She’ll know I’m doing it for the money."

That wasn’t the answer Daisy had expected. A flicker of disappointment crossed her face before she smoothed it away, her voice calm but calculating. "Then we’ll have to find a way to increase our profits."

Ravyn nodded slowly. "I know. That’s why I have to go to the city."

The weight of everything pressing down on him made his temples throb. Then another thought struck him, sharp and unsettling.

"Daisy," he said, his tone turning businesslike, "you haven’t given me any updates on the medical supplies. And I haven’t seen any movement from the account."

Daisy’s lips pursed. She had already given herself a strict timeline, two weeks. That was all she needed, and was confident that her motivation had been enough to push the doctors toward a breakthrough.

weeks." Then, almost casually, she added,

moved her aside, surprise flashing across his face. "You fired Nicole?

"You look upset. She

deserved consequences. "Still, you should have informed me. If you had, her punishment would have

lips, but before she could respond, a knock sounded at the

device. "Alpha, I got you a new phone and inserted your SIM. It’s already

and checked the screen, the color drained from his

approved half a million to the logistics department?" he demanded. "An

Daisy. Since Corvine and Seraphine had left, she was the only one signing off on approvals.

sorry," she said quickly. "They said it was urgent. I

pressed his fingers to his temple. The headache was pounding now. "So this is how you plan to approve anything labeled

A single tear slipped down her

"Hey, I didn’t mean to

is

pressing her bare body against him. "Do

a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes. "And who takes care of

Seraphine whenever Daisy accompanied him anywhere. Daisy briefly considered suggesting her parents, but she already knew Ravyn would refuse. Bryan was the Alpha heir. His care fell only to the

and Ravyn’s parents would never accept the responsibility, not after what they had

crept into her chest. Fear that Seraphine might still find a way to weave