Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 145 – Dad... I miss Mom. Can you bring her back?

The air around them grew so tight it felt like it might snap at any second, the kind of silence that pressed in from all sides until even the smallest sound became impossible to ignore.

For a moment, no one spoke, and in that stillness, the faint hum of the trees outside seemed louder than it should have been, like nature itself was leaning in, listening.

Daisy stood there, her chest rising and falling too fast, her breath uneven like she might collapse if she didn’t steady herself soon. Her vision felt unfocused, her balance fragile, and then she saw it.

Ravyn’s eyes. The way he looked at her. It wasn’t just anger.

It was disappointment, and somehow, that felt worse. "Daisy," he said, his voice low but heavy with emotion he wasn’t even trying to hide, "what exactly am I hearing right now? I trusted you with Bryan, our son."

The words hit harder than any accusation.

For the first time since all of this started, Daisy didn’t have a response ready. Her mouth parted slightly, but nothing came out. The weight of his gaze pinned her in place, stripping away the confidence she usually hid behind.

Then he said something that cut even deeper. "Don’t tell me Seraphine took better care of our child than you ever did."

That snapped something inside her. "Rav, how can you even say that?" she shot back, her voice shaking, caught somewhere between defensiveness and desperation. "Wasn’t I the one taking care of Bryan as his nanny?"

But Ravyn didn’t back down. If anything, his expression hardened even more.

"Yeah," he said, his tone sharp now, every word carrying weight, "but how many nights did I see Seraphine go into his room after everyone else had gone to sleep? Making sure the temperature was right, checking on him, giving him medicine when he needed it?"

Each word landed like a blow, and the truth behind them made it worse. That was the part Daisy hadn’t known.

to step back and let Daisy

it clearly. The nights he had passed by Bryan’s room and caught a glimpse of her inside, adjusting something, checking on him, making sure he was

thought came from the kitchen, neatly stored in the fridge, ready to be served, were meals that Seraphine had

signing those divorce papers had never been

on her, accept Daisy as Bryan’s nanny or walk

all at once. She hadn’t known

voice small now, almost lost under the weight

forcing herself to keep going. "And this isn’t even about that. It’s the serum. Doctor Ray said Seraphine added something special

widened slightly, though he said nothing. If lies were currency, Daisy would have been wealthy

doctor, pulling him into it before he

Raymond hesitated for the briefest

director, and one wrong move could cost him everything. His

he nodded. "Yes," he said, his tone measured. "Luna Sera is an exceptional doctor. She understood Bryan’s condition better than anyone. Most of her formulas were removed, and the samples were destroyed. We’ve been trying to

what he was witnessing pressed heavily against him. The lies weren’t just small distortions anymore. They were

didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he turned and walked into Bryan’s ward, his steps quick, controlled, but carrying an urgency

Doctor Raymond followed

lit up despite how weak he looked, a

missed you so much," he said,

in Ravyn softened

the bedside, pulling his son into a careful embrace, his movements gentle in a way that contrasted everything else about him. "I missed