Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever novel Chapter 145

Chapter 145: Chapter 145 – Dad... I miss Mom. Can you bring her back?

The air around them grew so tight it felt like it might snap at any second, the kind of silence that pressed in from all sides until even the smallest sound became impossible to ignore.

For a moment, no one spoke, and in that stillness, the faint hum of the trees outside seemed louder than it should have been, like nature itself was leaning in, listening.

Daisy stood there, her chest rising and falling too fast, her breath uneven like she might collapse if she didn’t steady herself soon. Her vision felt unfocused, her balance fragile, and then she saw it.

Ravyn’s eyes. The way he looked at her. It wasn’t just anger.

It was disappointment, and somehow, that felt worse. "Daisy," he said, his voice low but heavy with emotion he wasn’t even trying to hide, "what exactly am I hearing right now? I trusted you with Bryan, our son."

The words hit harder than any accusation.

For the first time since all of this started, Daisy didn’t have a response ready. Her mouth parted slightly, but nothing came out. The weight of his gaze pinned her in place, stripping away the confidence she usually hid behind.

Then he said something that cut even deeper. "Don’t tell me Seraphine took better care of our child than you ever did."

That snapped something inside her. "Rav, how can you even say that?" she shot back, her voice shaking, caught somewhere between defensiveness and desperation. "Wasn’t I the one taking care of Bryan as his nanny?"

But Ravyn didn’t back down. If anything, his expression hardened even more.

"Yeah," he said, his tone sharp now, every word carrying weight, "but how many nights did I see Seraphine go into his room after everyone else had gone to sleep? Making sure the temperature was right, checking on him, giving him medicine when he needed it?"

Each word landed like a blow, and the truth behind them made it worse. That was the part Daisy hadn’t known.

Even after everything, even after being pushed into that position, even after being told to step back and let Daisy take over, Seraphine had still been there. Quietly, consistently, doing the things no one asked her to do anymore.

Ravyn remembered it clearly. The nights he had passed by Bryan’s room and caught a glimpse of her inside, adjusting something, checking on him, making sure he was comfortable.

The meals Daisy thought came from the kitchen, neatly stored in the fridge, ready to be served, were meals that Seraphine had prepared herself.

That was why signing those divorce papers had never been easy for Ravyn.

Even when he had forced that ultimatum on her, accept Daisy as Bryan’s nanny or walk away, Seraphine had torn up the papers instead, choosing to stay, choosing to endure.

Daisy stood frozen, that realization hitting her all at once. She hadn’t known any any of it.

"But I tried..." she said finally, her voice small now, almost lost under the weight of everything crashing down on her. "I really tried."

She swallowed hard, forcing herself to keep going. "And this isn’t even about that. It’s the serum. Doctor Ray said Seraphine added something special after I gave them the base formula. She never left the full details behind."

The lie came out too smoothly, Damon’s eyes widened slightly, though he said nothing. If lies were currency, Daisy would have been wealthy beyond measure.

And she wasn’t done. She turned quickly to the doctor, pulling him into it before he had the chance to react. "Doctor Ray, that’s what you told me, right?"

Doctor Raymond hesitated for the briefest moment.

He had just stepped into his new role, promoted to replace Nicole as the hospital director, and one wrong move could cost him everything. His gaze flickered between Daisy and Ravyn, calculating. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚