Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 36

Chapter 36 – I’m back

The question tugged at the corner of Seraphine’s lips, drawing out a slow, knowing smirk, but she didn’t answer. She let the silence linger, thick and deliberate, watching it do its work.

Corvine shifted beside her, unease crawling up his spine. He hated when she went quiet like that. "What do you intend to do to her?" he pressed.

A scoff escaped Seraphine before she could restrain it, sharp and full of disdain. "Daisy likes games," she said nonchalantly. "So I’ll give her exactly what she wants." Her eyes gleamed. "Just not yet."

She leaned back, folding her arms. "First, I have to give Voren what I promised him before his twenty-four hours run out."

Corvine didn’t ask what that meant. He was learning that when Seraphine spoke in measured tones, consequences followed.

Before heading home, she asked him to drive her to an IT market. The request surprised him, but he didn’t question it.

He watched as she moved from stall to stall with unsettling confidence, picking out components with the precision of someone who knew exactly what she needed. Laptops, encrypted drives, networking tools, things Corvine only vaguely understood.

Later, curiosity got the better of him. He discreetly googled the items she’d purchased, his brows lifting higher with each search. "How do you even know how to use all that?" he asked finally.

Seraphine glanced at him and winked. "There’s a lot you don’t know about me, Corvine." Her voice softened just slightly. "And you’ll see how I get back every cent your parents lost because of me."

this, and not at all. But what unsettled

down someone like

rest. Screens glowed against the dark walls, cables snaked

it truly sank in. Seraphine wasn’t reckless with her

asked, his voice serious now,

look up. "Keep checking your company stocks," she said calmly. "And monitor the news on Ashkael Holdings. The moment

of role he’d imagined for himself, but he nodded and did as instructed. As he worked, he heard

she said into the phone. "And my minimum payment is

fingers paused above the keyboard. He had no idea who she was talking to, or what world she had just stepped

turned, drawn by instinct, and watched her fingers fly across the keyboard, fluid, relentless, as if

respect, and beneath it all, something heavier, something that made his chest tighten as he realized he was watching a force of nature at

under. When he woke hours later, disoriented and stiff, the room

and same focus. She hadn’t slept, hadn’t moved. One hand danced

coffee. When he handed it to her, she took a sip and murmured a soft thank you without once looking away

his phone beeped. Once, twice, then relentlessly. His eyes

stabilizing," he said slowly. "But... there’s news about Ashkael Holdings." He swallowed. "Clients can’t access their

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