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."

what unsettled him more was the quiet certainty in her tone, the kind

kind of woman could stare down someone like Voren without blinking. The

her bedroom no longer looked like a place meant for rest. Screens glowed against the dark walls, cables snaked across the floor, and the hum of machines filled the air. It was a cyber

was when it truly sank in. Seraphine wasn’t reckless with her words, and neither

I help?" he asked, his

company stocks," she said calmly. "And monitor the news on Ashkael Holdings. The moment anything

but he nodded and did as instructed. As he worked, he heard her

the phone. "And

who she was talking to, or what world she had

of rapid keystrokes. He turned, drawn by instinct, and watched her fingers fly across the keyboard, fluid, relentless, as if the machine was

heavier, something that made his chest tighten as he realized he was watching a

at some point, exhaustion dragged him under. When he woke hours later, disoriented and stiff, the room

slept, hadn’t moved. One hand danced over the

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

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

Holdings." He swallowed. "Clients can’t

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