Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 328: Tell me this is real

Voren held Seraphine’s hands between his, gently rubbing his thumbs across her knuckles while his eyes stayed locked on hers the entire time. "Sera, I know why you took that job at the hospital," he said, his voice serious.

Seraphine blinked, the weight of his tone immediately pulling her full attention. "You already have more responsibilities on your plate than most people could ever handle," he continued, his gaze softening.

"You’re running a whole company, dealing with all the mess involving Ravyn.

A small frown creased between his brows. "Yet you still chose to go back to work at the hospital. It wasn’t because of the money." He smiled faintly. "And I know exactly why."

Seraphine’s heart skipped a beat as the realization settled over her.

"You were looking for your daughter," Voren said quietly. He gave her hands a reassuring squeeze. "If what you’re suspecting turns out to be true... then you won’t need that job anymore."

Seraphine opened her mouth right away, ready to push back. The hospital wasn’t just some job to her.

It had become a real part of her life, a piece of her identity that she wasn’t ready to let go of so easily.

But before she could get the words out, Voren raised a hand slightly in a gentle gesture that wasn’t meant to shut her down, just to ask for a moment. His eyes practically begged her to listen. "Please hear me out."

genuine concern on his face made her swallow the argument she had been about to make. Voren continued carefully.

her. He wasn’t entirely

away," he added, his fingers intertwining

bit.

Leon an invitation to our wedding," he answered without hesitation. "And I want to ask him to

in his voice made it clear he’d thought this through. "You don’t need to be there every single day." His gaze swept over her face,

city will survive." His expression softened again. "But

ever approached her

pushing through, to keep giving and sacrificing no

was Voren, trying to lift burdens off her shoulders one by one, not because it

worry about me that much?" The question slipped out before she could

"As much?" His

swirl of emotions building inside her, Seraphine let out a soft laugh. Then another thought hit her, and her eyes narrowed suspiciously. "Wait." She pointed at him.

smile immediately turned smug, the kind that made her want to poke him right in

easier it gets to understand why you do the things you do." His gaze held hers steadily. "I know how you think." His fingers tightened around hers. "Maybe not perfectly yet," he

make

laughing. Voren chuckled along with her before his expression grew serious again. "And don’t worry," he said, the warmth returning to his eyes. "I

calm and respectful. "I know he cares about you." There wasn’t even a trace of jealousy in his tone. "You already turned down his proposal and agreed to marry me instead." The corner of his mouth lifted. "For now,