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.

everything together in his mind, could tell that Humphrey had called Seraphine after speaking with Ravyn, and that conversation had been

said flatly, 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

frustration as panic

call his father again, his fingers trembling over the screen, but

Ravyn, and actually think," Voren said sharply. "From 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

stuttering in his chest as tears blurred his vision,

I do?" he whispered hoarsely. "I

will only get offended and tell Sera to charge you even more. After all, she deserves half of everything that

was exactly why it hurt so badly, because the truth tasted bitter and metallic

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

already made even though it cost him

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

even a second longer, pity might crawl back into his heart

received punishment for it, and right now, survival meant choosing himself and protecting his company, even if

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 breath and accepted that reality was not going to bend for