Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 70 – A woman’s instinct

On the other end of the line, Seraphine drew in a slow, controlled breath, not with panic but with calculation, as though numbers and probabilities were rearranging themselves behind her calm exterior.

Her mind never moved in straight lines. It branched, divided, examined consequences from every possible angle before settling anywhere.

When she finally spoke, her voice carried the weight of decision rather than hesitation. "Go ahead and increase your investment there."

Damon straightened where he stood, the response hitting him harder than he expected because it was the exact opposite of what he had hoped to hear. He had expected caution, or at least a clever workaround that would allow him to maintain trust without committing to something so massive.

"What are you saying?" he asked, disbelief tightening his tone despite his effort to remain composed. "No, and besides, my ranking will drop if I move that much capital into a fluctuating company, won’t it?"

"For a while," Seraphine admitted without flinching, her voice thoughtful rather than concerned, "but it will rise again."

Damon began pacing the length of his room, his steps slow but restless, the weight of fifty billion pressing against his thoughts like a physical force. "I really don’t want to do this," he said honestly, his resistance no longer hidden. "All I wanted was something decent to tell him so he wouldn’t get suspicious. This feels excessive."

A faint smile curved across Seraphine’s lips on the other end of the line, though her mind was clearly still dissecting the situation piece by piece. She never stopped thinking, never stopped positioning pieces on a board only she could fully see.

"If you refuse," she said carefully, "he will never fully trust you. You becoming his beta already invites doubt. This might be a test, Damon. He could be measuring loyalty, evaluating how far you are willing to go for him."

The clarity in her reasoning dismantled his objections one by one. Damon stopped pacing and leaned against the wall, staring at the opposite corner of the room as though the blank surface might offer reassurance.

way she always

you always know what to do?" he asked quietly, and there

replied lightly, then added with a faint

that simple, Daisy would not be stumbling through deception so clumsily. This was Seraphine’s mind at work, sharp and

to her judgment. "I will call him. Just find out who

a moment, absorbing the magnitude of

Operating Officer, Danny, without

"prepare the necessary documents for Walker’s Global Enterprise. We are increasing our investment to

silence that followed was thick with disbelief before

Enterprise is unstable, their stocks are fluctuating unpredictably. We

he said, his tone firm enough to end

ended the call and immediately

contact you shortly,"

the other end, Ravyn released a breath that sounded like a man who had been holding himself together by sheer force. "You saved me, Damon. I

expression hardened slightly at the word saved, though he did not challenge it. Instead, he directed the conversation to

soon?" he asked, keeping his tone polite even as his

replied. "Is there anything that