Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever novel Chapter 308

Chapter 308: Chapter 308 – Alpha Jealousy

Seraphine blinked at him, then burst out laughing, a real, husky, disbelieving laugh that shook her shoulders, her chest rising and falling as the sound filled the space between them.

"That’s hilarious," she said, shaking her head slowly, still smiling through the lingering heat in her cheeks, her gaze dropping to his mouth. "Because I spent weeks begging you to do exactly that, Voren. Weeks. And every single time you chose his side."

"You made it so much harder for me." Seraphine tilted her head, eyes tracing his lips, his throat, the broad chest she wanted to press herself against, imagining his heartbeat under her palms. "Why now? What changed?"

Voren turned fully toward her, that slow, heated half-smile spreading across his face.

"Are you seriously asking me that?" His voice dropped lower, rougher, laced with heat and years of pent-up hunger. He leaned in closer, close enough that she could feel the warmth of his breath on her skin, his eyes dark with desire as they lingered on her lips. "You really don’t know why I kept fighting you all that time, Sera? Why I couldn’t let you win so easily?"

He let out a long breath, and something in the sound of it carried a lot of weight, heavy with years of bottled-up emotion that made her chest tighten just hearing it.

"There were always men around you. Always. Every fucking time I looked up, there was somebody new, somebody who seemed totally comfortable around you, who knew exactly how to make you laugh, who got to stand close enough to breathe in your scent while I was stuck on the outside looking in like a damn fool."

He began to mention them from the back of his head, his voice rough with old jealousy that still simmered underneath.

"Leon, Augustine, Corvine, and those other ones from the Bohemian Groove. How can I tell if there was more? Oh, even Damon. I envied how you could move on without a single guilt in your heart. That my love meant nothing to you. Everything we had, everything we shared, even if we were just kids, was nothing to you."

His voice got a little quieter, dropping into that gravelly tone that sent warmth pooling between her thighs. "So, I decided to make things hard for you."

Seraphine stared at him, her heart pounding as memories flooded back, mixing with the heat of his presence right there beside her. "So, your whole campaign against me," she said slowly, her voice breathy, "all those times you made things harder, all those moves that felt so personal—"

"Was jealousy." He didn’t even blink, his dark eyes locked on hers with raw honesty. "Mostly."

Seraphine laughed again, but this one had a sharper edge to it, husky and laced with disbelief as she leaned a little closer, feeling the magnetic pull between their bodies. "Mostly."

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