Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 136

Chapter 136 – Are you alone?

All Seraphine had wanted, was a simple, quiet reward after everything she had been juggling lately, because her mind had been running nonstop between responsibilities, plans, and the endless details tied to building out the cyber division she was preparing to launch.

All she craved in that moment was the comfort of going home, kicking off her shoes, and letting the weight of everything slide off her shoulders while she rested before throwing herself right back into the storm of her routine.

What she had not prepared for, was running into Leon right there, completely out of place in the version of the evening she had imagined for herself, and what made it worse was the fact that he was not alone, which immediately twisted the situation into something far more complicated than she had the energy to deal with.

The confusion that flashed across Leon’s face the second he saw her was impossible to miss, his brows drawing together as though her presence disrupted something he thought he already understood.

"Sera, what are you doing here?"

For a brief second, Seraphine found herself unable to respond, her thoughts tangling awkwardly because the last conversation they had shared still lingered in the air between them, especially the part where he had asked her out to dinner, and she had turned him down.

Now here she was, standing in front of him in a setting that made everything look questionable whether she liked it or not.

"Business," she finally said, forcing a smile which did not quite reach her eyes.

The middle-aged woman standing beside Leon turned her attention to Seraphine with an immediate warmth that felt almost intrusive in its curiosity, her lips curving into a pleased smile as she looked her over.

"She’s very pretty, now tell me, who is she?"

he could have admitted out loud, but then he spoke anyway, his

"She’s my girlfriend."

to Seraphine as he continued, "Sera, this is my aunt, Phoebe. She came to visit yesterday, and that’s

that felt too observant, as though he was trying to piece together something that didn’t quite

he asked, the question carrying more weight than

Seraphine could even think of an answer that wouldn’t complicate things further, Augustine’s voice cut in from

you say that she

into her posture because the last thing she needed was

subtle claim that made

more than he probably intended, because this situation was not something he

he said, choosing his words carefully, "but I

he wasn’t entirely sure he liked, and without wasting another moment, he turned to his aunt

at the table? I’ll have a word

Seraphine could protest, he gently but firmly took her by the arm and guided her a few steps away, creating just enough distance

voice dropping as his

inside her, because no matter how she tried to frame it, there was no simple way to explain her connection to Augustine without dragging in things that were never meant to be exposed, things tied to the pack and everything that came

setting it to silence before bringing it down again, using the small

is about to take off," she said, keeping her tone as even as possible. "Augustine was

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