Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 190 – An unexpected proposal

Leon had always been busy, that was just part of who he was, but even with everything on his plate, he never stopped paying attention to what was going on around him, especially when it came to Seraphine.

A man like him didn’t struggle for attention; if anything, women were the ones making the first move, trying to get his interest, trying to lock him down, yet none of that ever mattered to him because the only person he wanted had never once looked at him that way.

He had been patient, telling himself that his looks, his status, and the way he treated her would eventually win her over, that she would be the one to take that step forward when she was ready, but time kept passing and nothing changed, and it started to get under his skin more than he liked to admit.

Then the little things started piling up.

The way men reacted around her, the way their attention snapped to her without effort, the way she seemed to leave an impression everywhere she went. It wasn’t subtle, and Leon noticed every bit of it. What made it worse was Voren.

Corvine had always been close to her, that much Leon could accept without overthinking it, but Voren stepping in so casually, bringing her coffee like he belonged in her space, that didn’t sit right with him at all.

That was when the thought really hit him. He could actually lose her.

And Leon wasn’t the type to sit back and watch something like that happen.

The ring had been sitting with him for a while now, something he had originally planned to use during a proper date, something intimate, something carefully arranged, but standing there, watching everything unfold, he knew he couldn’t wait anymore.

The flowers weren’t even part of the original plan. He had them ordered the moment things calmed down just enough for him to make a move.

even had the chance to change out of her doctor’s coat, and Leon had already seen what was underneath earlier when she arrived. Even with everything going on, people had

it wasn’t just the patients or visitors. Doctors, both junior and senior, had been stealing glances, their attention fixed on her in a way that

was exactly why he decided he wasn’t going to wait

out, just as she was about to leave with Corvine after all the

at the sound of his voice, and the moment her eyes landed on the massive bouquet in his hands, her face lit

time when Santiago had taken it too far and

because the next thing

down on

some kind of dramatic gesture that would turn into something else, but then he pulled out a velvet box, opening it just enough for the diamond inside to catch the

froze. "Sera," Leon started, his voice steady but carrying

one pushing us to the next level,

like she was about to say something, but

everything at once, and it didn’t help that

on, and every second that passed made

small, almost self-conscious smile pressing

completely grim, his eyes locked on Seraphine like she already knew this wasn’t

There was no other way to describe

think about was how different things would have been if Leon had done this somewhere private, somewhere quiet where she could actually breathe and respond without a hundred eyes on her, without the weight of expectations