70 Chapter 70

70 Chapter 70

Seraphina’s POV 1

I was barely through the glass doors of Nightshadow Industries when the chaos hit me like a physical wall. Raised voices echoed through the normally pristine lobby, and I could see a crowd of employees gathered near the elevators, their heads craned toward the executive

floor.

“What’s going on?” I asked the receptionist, who looked like she’d rather be anywhere else in the world.

“Security is… handling a situation upstairs,” she said diplomatically, though her wide eyes told a different story.

The elevator ride to the top floor felt endless. When the doors finally opened, I stepped into what could only be described as a war zone.

Two security guards flanked the hallway leading to Damien’s office, their expressions grim and professional. Claire stood near her desk,

her usually composed demeanor cracked around the edges.

And then I heard the screaming.

“You can’t do this to me! I’m his first lover! His future Luna! This is all a mistake!”

Anna’s voice, shrill and desperate, cut through the air like broken glass. I hurried toward the sound, my heart pounding with a mixture of

confusion and dread.

The scene that greeted me outside Damien’s office was something out of a nightmare. Anna stood in the middle of the hallway, her

perfectly styled hair disheveled, mascara streaming down her cheeks in black rivulets. Her pink dress-the one that had always been too

tight-was now wrinkled and stained with what looked like coffee.

“Please, Damien!” she sobbed, reaching toward his office door like a drowning woman grasping for a life preserver. “I love you! We’re

meant to be together! That pendant proves it!”

his voice calm but firm. “Ma’am, we need you to leave the building

eyes wild with panic and rage. “I

an accusation,

made several people wince. “You

me from the

took an involuntary step backward, shocked by the venom in her voice. “Anna, I don’t understand

you dare pretend to be innocent!” she snarled, spittle flying from her lips. “I

showed her attention! You think you can steal him

security guards moved closer, but Anna was beyond reason now, her face contorted

doesn’t even know who fathered her bastard child! Do you really think someone like Damien Nightshadow

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hit me like a physical blow, and I felt my cheeks burning with humiliation. Around us, the gathered employees shifted uncomfortably, some looking away in

one of the security guards said firmly,

when she spoke again, her voice dropped to a menacing whisper that

you? But you have no idea what you’re up

understand.

away from the security guard and straightened

dignity.

isn’t over,” she hissed, her eyes never leaving my face and then the securitys’ faces. “You’ll

flanked her on either side, their presence making it clear that her time

composure finally

let her do this to

you’ve been searching

pleas, cutting off the sound abruptly

frozen in the hallway, my mind reeling from what I’d just witnessed. The other employees began to disperse quickly,

meltdown. Claire approached me with a gentle hand

dear?” she asked softly, her maternal

I wasn’t sure it was true. “What happened? Why was

darkened. “You did nothing wrong, Seraphina. Anna’s behavior was

make sense

office door opened. He stood in the doorway, his expression unreadable but his blue eyes intense as they found mine. He was impeccably dressed as always, but I could see the tension in the set of his shoulders, the

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