Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 50 – Now that’s my girl

"Which way?" Voren asked, his voice already stripped of hope, his patience thinning by the second as every single suggestion Ravyn had thrown out so far had led them absolutely nowhere.

Ravyn did not answer right away. Instead, he gave a slow, unsettling smile, pulled out his phone, and tapped the screen until a number lit up. He turned on the speaker and leaned back like he was about to watch a show instead of walking into another disaster. "You’ll see."

The call rang once, then twice. On the third ring, a familiar voice finally came through, heavy with boredom and mild irritation.

"Ravyn, what is it this time?" His father’s tone alone made Ravyn’s jaw tighten, but he forced himself to inhale deeply before speaking.

"Dad," Ravyn said, pacing the room while Voren watched him closely, "Daisy accidentally sent our sex video to Seraphine, and can you believe she made it viral?"

There was a pause on the line, long enough that Ravyn started to hope, just for a second, that maybe his father was actually too shocked or disgusted by Seraphine’s behavior.

Then Humphrey spoke, calm and disturbingly detached. "I would have taken back my investment from her if she hadn’t."

Ravyn nearly choked on his own saliva. Perhaps there was someone else speaking through his father or was it old age? Voren did not seem surprised but Ravyn was not taking it easy.

"What?" he sputtered, stopping mid-step. "What are you implying, Dad? Don’t you care about my image anymore? I told her to take it down, and she’s charging me two billion. Two billion. I mean, who does that?"

Humphrey sighed, and somehow that sigh carried relief instead of concern.

the man at the end of the line continued. "But that

finally breaking through his arrogance. "I need every cent right now to stabilize Walkers Global Enterprise. I’m your only son,

that followed was suffocating. Voren crossed his arms, already predicting how

fraction of a second, thinking maybe, just maybe, his father was about to take his

question shattered what little hope he had

"When you decided to kill my grandchild, did you give

surged up his chest like acid. He only planned to

lower, rougher. "I’m sorry, Dad. I messed up. I only wanted to

again, his voice was colder

sorry, Ravyn, but the moment I heard what you did to our grandchild, you stopped being my son.

call ended

screen of his phone, breathing shallowly, while Voren watched him with

how much I

everything Seraphine had done and everything Ravyn had admitted, he

Ravyn snapped. "You wouldn’t understand," he shouted, turning on Voren with red-rimmed eyes. "You’ve never loved

shrugged, disappointment settling into his shoulders. "But at least I loved you enough to stand with you," Voren

now, I’m supposed to hand your crazy ex-wife another ten billion. So tell me, Ravyn, are you paying me back for any of

Voren’s chest, but Ravyn felt something else entirely, a bitter certainty that if