Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 123

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123 Chapter 123

Seraphina’s POV 1

We stood there for a long moment, holding each other and Lily, being a family. The weight of Emma’s words still stung, but Damien’s reassurance helped ease some of the ache in my chest.

“You know what?” Damien said suddenly, pulling back to look at me. “Tomorrow’s our anniversary!”

I blinked. “Our anniversary?” God, I’d completely forgotten.

“A year since you agreed to mate with me.” His thumb brushed across my cheek. “I thought we could go out.

Celebrate a little. Maybe help you remember who you really are.”

The flutter in my chest was immediate and stupid. Like my heart still believed in fairy tales.

“That sounds nice,” I managed.

“Come to the office tomorrow evening. Around six. We’ll go from there.”

The office. Where I used to work. Where Emma Rodriguez now sat at what used to be my desk, being

everything I couldn’t be anymore.

“Are

you sure that’s a good idea?” The words slipped out before I could stop them.

Damien’s expression softened. “Why wouldn’t it be?”

Because I didn’t belong there anymore. Because seeing Emma in my old role would hurt. Because the thought

of walking through those halls where everyone knew what I used to be made my stomach clench with

anxiety.

“No reason,” I lied. “Six is perfect.”

But as the day wore on, anxiety gnawed at me like a physical thing. I changed clothes three times, trying to

find something that didn’t make me look like exactly what Emma had called me. A nanny.

kissed Lily goodbye and handed her

Ophelia said gently. “Try to

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caught my reflection in the hallway mirror on my way out. Tired eyes. Pale skin. Hair that refused to

Enterprises felt longer than it used to. Every red light gave me more time to think, more time to remember walking through those doors with purpose. With confidence. With a wolf’s enhanced senses that made me aware of

played the same soft jazz. But when the doors opened on the executive

“Sera!”

Michelle from accounting hurrying toward me, her

me into a hug that I wasn’t ready for. “How

I’m doing better.” The lie came automatically.

good to hear. When are you coming back to work? Emma’s nice and

know?”.

tightened. “I don’t…

But her eyes

human now. Because I’m

“Just tired,” I managed.

that

and about.

“Yes, much better.”

Things have been crazy without you. Emma’s doing her

the

question felt like a small cut. A reminder of what I’d lost. What I’d never get

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yet,” I said. “Still taking it one day at a

Janet from HR. Tom from operations. All asking

answers I didn’t have.

you

*Are you feeling better?*

you so

I escaped to the elevator that led to Damien’s office, my chest felt

for the top floor and leaned against

can do this. It’s just an office. Just people who used to know

doors opened, the first

was sitting at the reception desk outside Damien’s office. My old desk. The one where I used to

schedule and handle pack business

approached, her expression

said, standing quickly. “You’re… ah, you’re Damien’s human nanny, right? I remember you from

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