Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 152 - Name your price

The moment the call connected, Seraphine didn’t waste time easing into it or setting the tone with small talk, her voice calm but purposeful as she went straight to the point. "Mr. Ashkael, do you have a moment?"

On the other end, Voren let out a quiet sigh, already juggling more than he cared to admit as he glanced across the table at his client, who was now distracted with their own phone call, giving him just enough space to entertain this interruption.

"I’m in the middle of a meeting," he said, his tone carrying mild irritation before softening just slightly, "but I guess we can talk, my client is busy at the moment."

"Perfect," Seraphine replied, her focus sharp, her mind already several steps ahead. "I agreed to go on a date with Santiago."

That was not what Voren expected to hear, and he did not expect her to tell him so casually when all the had was a business relationship.

His brows pulled together almost instantly, the reaction subtle enough that no one around him would notice, but internally, it didn’t sit right at all.

He had always considered Seraphine calculated, someone who would dismantle a man like Santiago from a distance using precision and strategy, not walk straight into his territory willingly. Was she so tired with her life that she wanted to give it to Santiago free of charge?

It didn’t make sense, and yet, he didn’t question her directly. Instead, he leaned back slightly, masking his thoughts behind a neutral tone. "And why exactly are you telling me this?"

voice steady, controlled. "And before you

A quiet chuckle slipped from him, low and amused, even as his eyes honed. "Using your tech on me now?" he said, clearly entertained despite himself. "Alright, then tell me what

tone turning more serious, more grounded in reality. "You do realize that if you’re going on a date with Santiago, it’s not happening anywhere public, right? It’ll be his mansion, and from everything I’ve heard, the women he takes there don’t walk back

quiet weight behind her words, something that made it clear she had

you’ve built, so this is how it goes,

moment, Voren

her, but at the same time, it aligned perfectly with what he had always believed, that Seraphine would be the one to bring Santiago down, he just hadn’t imagined she would do it by

now, "I agree that Santiago needs to be taken down, but technically, that’s the

carrying a faint edge of calculation. "If I’m stepping into something like this, then I’m going to need some kind of

test, a calculated one, but Seraphine wasn’t in a place where she had the luxury of entertaining games or negotiations dragged out for leverage, not after everything she had

her daughter had been one of them? What if she had already been

impossible for her to hesitate. "Name your price," she said, her voice direct, leaving

slightly, though there was something measured about it, like he had expected that answer. "Let’s get the job done first," he replied, his tone smooth, almost casual, "and maybe

now, nothing mattered more than stopping what was happening and getting those people out, including the possibility of her daughter being

"Deal," she said simply.