Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 435 - That smart head of yours

Jasmine gave a little shrug, her fingers playing with the handles of the hand bag sitting in her lap.

"Man, I was seriously stressing that she might just go find somebody else to use instead. If that happened, we’d be stuck constantly looking over our shoulders, wondering who the hell was spying on Sera at the house or even sneaking around the office. That kind of paranoia would straight-up drain the life out of us."

Corvine leaned back in his seat, letting her words sink in deep. She was totally right. If Coco was dead set on getting that information, one failed attempt wasn’t gonna stop her.

She’d just hunt down the next person she could twist around her finger. The idea lit up all kinds of possibilities in his head, each one feeling sharper and more useful than the last.

Before he could spill any of those thoughts, Jasmine turned to him with this bright, hopeful smile that lit up her whole face. "Hey, can we make a quick stop first? I really wanna grab a gift for Sera."

From the back seat, Esperanza shot forward like a rocket, her big eyes sparkling with pure joy. "And I want ice cream!"

That sweet little demand cracked the heavy mood wide open, and the whole car filled with warm, genuine laughter.

"Looks like we’ve got ourselves two super important missions today," Corvine said with a deep chuckle, already steering the car toward the nearest ice cream shop.

Esperanza kicked her tiny feet happily the whole way, practically vibrating with excitement.

The second that cone landed in her hands, her face exploded with the brightest happiness you’ve ever seen, way brighter than the afternoon sun blazing outside.

"This is sooooo good!" she squealed, like it was the best thing in the entire universe.

Corvine couldn’t help grinning at her adorable energy as he drove Jasmine over to this cute boutique she’d picked out.

She vanished inside for a few minutes while he hung back with Esperanza, who was laser-focused on guarding her melting ice cream like it was treasure.

most satisfied smile. The

glanced at it, his curiosity totally piqued. "So what’d

spark, painting her cheeks this deep, fiery red in an instant. "It’s... you know, girls’ stuff," she mumbled, clearly not about to spill any

cute that Corvine just smiled softly and let it slide without teasing her even

his mind. "What do you actually

him, caught off

wanting to know. "What are your big goals? Your wildest

window for a moment, then this shy, sweet smile crept

office. The way they dressed so sharp, the way they

soft little laugh full of quiet admiration. "When Esperanza gets bigger and

grin, "Well, if I’m not married by

raised an eyebrow, surprised. She was still so young with tons of years stretching out ahead of

like she’d already talked herself into settling for something way smaller

trying to

looking genuinely confused. "I

a little more. "Don’t you wanna be the boss someday?

leaders. He couldn’t wrap his head around why she wasn’t aiming for the

"I don’t

"Why the hell not?"

little smile. "I don’t even have a normal

wanna raise a happy family someday, you know? And if that doesn’t work out, then I’d

smile stretched his

heart, her total honesty, even that wild fiery red

huge truth sat right between them like a wall. Their

success, pushing for more growth, and climbing higher than anyone ever expected. Every win just made him hungry for the next one. That burning drive was basically