Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 52 - I can beg him

"What did he say?" Ravyn asked, his voice fragile with hope as his eyes searched Voren’s face like a drowning man reaching for air, but Voren only stared back at him with a deadpan expression, his jaw tight, his shoulders rigid, the words clearly sitting heavy in his chest as though they were too cruel to be spoken out loud.

"Ravyn, I think we should separate our businesses from your personal affairs," Voren finally said, choosing each word carefully, his tone steady but distant, and even as he spoke, Ravyn could feel the invisible line being drawn between them.

Everything had been fine until Voren agreed to help him stand against Seraphine, and since that moment, it had been nothing but loss after loss, setback after setback, and now Voren was standing at the edge of a cliff he never meant to approach, realizing that if he kept holding Ravyn’s hand, he might fall straight into the abyss with him.

Not only had he gained nothing from getting involved, but the losses were piling up faster than he could manage, and deep down he knew that if he did not pull away now, his collapse might mirror Ravyn’s in ways he was not prepared to survive.

"Why are you talking like this?" Ravyn asked, desperation bleeding into every syllable as his voice cracked despite his effort to sound composed, because Voren had always been his shield, the one who absorbed the blows meant for him, and hearing those words now felt sharper than any blade could ever be.

"Look, I’ll pay back your losses after everything stabilizes," Ravyn continued, leaning forward as though closing the physical distance might also close the emotional one, but Voren only shook his head slowly, already knowing that Ravyn did not understand the real problem.

It was not just about money anymore.

It was about the fact that Seraphine was not going to stop, not now, not ever, especially since she was no longer Ravyn’s wife, which meant he had no power over her, and even worse, his own parents were backing her every move like silent accomplices.

after speaking with Ravyn, and that conversation had been the spark that

folding his arms across his chest. "You called your father for help, but it looks like he turned against you, and your crazy ex-wife has already doubled my price,

hair in frustration as panic rose like bile in

again, his fingers trembling over the screen, but Voren

what I gathered from your conversation with your father, he is trying to squeeze as much money out of you as possible because of the alimony breach and the

tears blurred

do?" he whispered hoarsely. "I

enough in his eyes?" Voren asked, shaking his head slowly. "He will only get offended and tell Sera to charge you even more. After all, she deserves half

it hurt so

do I do?" Ravyn repeated, his voice hollow now, like he had

even though it cost

think, my best friend, that you should pay your ex-wife the six billion before she multiplies it again, and for the sake of friendship, I will pay her the twenty billion she is demanding, but Ravyn, do not ever involve me in your

that if he stayed even a second longer, pity might crawl back into his heart and convince him to help Ravyn one more time, and he could

been kind as a friend and had received punishment for it, and right now, survival meant choosing himself and protecting his company, even

hour passed with Ravyn standing there like a ghost, staring into nothing, ignoring the endless calls and alerts vibrating his phone, until finally he sucked in a shaky