Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 192

Chapter 192 – The information you wanted on Daisy...

Seraphine went still for a second, the question catching her completely off guard as her brows pulled together and her thoughts immediately started racing, trying to figure out what could have possibly led Leon to ask something like that.

"Why are you asking?" she said, keeping her voice calm even though curiosity had already started creeping in.

Leon glanced down for a moment like he was trying to decide how much he could actually say without crossing a line.

He could not exactly mention how Voren had saved her at the Billionaire’s club meeting, and how he lingered at the hospital everywhere she was. How could Leon tell her that Voren had been watching her in a way he could not explain?

That would only create more questions than answers. Still, there was enough he could tell her.

"Well... Santiago’s awake now," Leon said slowly, taking his time with every word. "And he’s saying Mr. Ashkael is the one who broke his bones."

He paused for a second, letting the weight of that settle between them before continuing.

"He also said that when he gets out, he is coming after him... and his girlfriend."

Seraphine’s entire expression hardened immediately. Every other detail disappeared from her mind as soon as she heard that part.

Even now, laid up in a hospital bed with half his body broken, Santiago was still obsessed with revenge, still obsessed with hurting people.

Still planning for a future where he somehow walked free and got another chance to destroy lives, having no regrets whatsoever.

"Did he tell the FBI that?" she asked, her voice steady, although the seriousness seeping through it could not be missed.

he did. The supervisor said they are adding it to the list of charges against

inside her chest, but not enough to make her forget about it. It was

faintest smile curled her lips.

already prepared to leave the conversation there before it became anything more

"Actually, take the next two days off. You need it," he said, and his voice sounded softer now,

of his mouth. "And just so we are clear, nothing really changes between

them, Leon was still someone she cared about, still someone she did not want to lose as a friend and a

she replied, and this time there was nothing forced about the warmth in her

home, the exhaustion she had been holding back all day came crashing

her head hurt, and her

energy left to shower, change into something comfortable, and collapse onto the bed, and the second her body hit the mattress, the world around her

realized how drained she truly was until

passed, four, maybe more, then her phone

a soft groan, stretching lazily beneath the blankets while reaching for her phone

finally looked at the screen, surprise crossed her

Zane.

quickly, her voice still rough with sleep.

even though there was something

awake, brushing a hand through her hair while she tried to clear the sleep

said quietly. "Go

was a short silence on the other end before Zane spoke again, almost like

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