Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 123

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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.

the time I kissed Lily goodbye and handed her

look beautiful,” Ophelia said gently. “Try to

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Right. I caught my reflection in the hallway mirror on my way out. Tired eyes. Pale skin. Hair that refused to cooperate no matter

longer than it used to. Every red light gave me more time to think, more time to remember walking through those doors with

the same soft jazz. But when the doors opened on the executive floor, everything

“Sera!”

hurrying toward

me into a hug that I wasn’t ready for. “How are you feeling? Everyone’s been so

better.” The lie came

to work? Emma’s nice and all, but

know?”.

tightened. “I

you need.” But her eyes were curious, searching. “Are you sick? You look

human now. Because

“Just tired,” I managed.

David from legal, approaching with that

you out and about. Feeling

“Yes, much better.”

Things have been crazy without you.

doesn’t know the systems

like a small cut. A reminder of what I’d lost. What

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

from HR. Tom from operations. All asking the

answers I didn’t have.

you coming

*Are you feeling better?*

you

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

the top floor and leaned against the wall, trying

do this. It’s just an office. Just people

the first thing I saw was Emma

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

schedule and handle pack business and

approached, her expression shifting from

“You’re… ah, you’re Damien’s human nanny, right? I

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