Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 322: Voren’s little surprise

Seraphine blinked several times as she slowly opened her eyes. For a few long moments, she simply lay there staring up at the ceiling, trying to piece together exactly where she was.

The room felt familiar in a strange way, yet it wasn’t quite right. Her gaze drifted around the space, taking in every detail, the furniture, the colors, the soft scent lingering in the air, and her giant monitors.

Everything was different, and yet there was something deeply comforting about it all that made her feel safe.

A small smile tugged at her lips. For one brief second, she thought she might have woken up back at Stone’s mansion. The feeling was so strong that a wave of nostalgia tightened in her chest. Then reality gently settled back in. No, this wasn’t the stone mansion. There were too many differences.

"Voren?" she called out softly, her voice carrying easily through the quiet room.

She expected the door to open right away and for him to appear with that annoyingly handsome smile that always seemed to melt whatever defenses she had left. But nothing happened.

The room stayed silent, and a faint flicker of disappointment sat in her heart.

That was when she noticed the folded note resting on the bed beside her. Curiosity quickly replaced the disappointment. She reached for it and unfolded the paper, and a warm smile instantly spread across her face.

’I prepared a bath for you. Esperanza’s room is second to the right.’

of the thoughtful bath or the sweet note, but because of the

used to. It was the name Seraphine had chosen, and the simple gesture warmed her heart far more

of bed, and headed toward

slipped out

reflected beautifully off the marble

color. She had no idea

moments, she slipped into the warm water, and the second the heat wrapped around her body, a soft sigh of

muscle in her body began to relax as the warmth soaked deep into her bones, easing aches she hadn’t even realized she

was absolute heaven. All her life, she toiled for others and never stopped for once to five herself a treat, but Voren did that for

quiet, no worries,

deeper into the water. She suddenly understood

for her later, she could easily spend the entire day soaking here. Maybe

see even more than

out of the water, though she silently promised herself

up her mind. There was no point pretending otherwise. Mentally, she had already moved into

lived here too was simply a very attractive bonus. A

one of the safest places in her life, strong,