Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 123

123 Chapter 123

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.

goodbye and handed her to Ophelia, my hands

Ophelia said gently. “Try to have

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

time to remember walking

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

“Sera!”

see Michelle from accounting hurrying toward me, her face bright with

God, we haven’t seen you in forever!” She pulled me into a hug

The lie came automatically.

When are you coming back to work? Emma’s nice and all,

know?”.

chest tightened. “I don’t…

But her eyes were curious, searching. “Are you sick? You look different somehow. Thinner

now.

“Just tired,” I managed.

approaching with that same mix of concern and curiosity. “Good

you out and about.

“Yes, much better.”

expect you back? Things have

know the systems like

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

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I said. “Still

appeared. Janet from HR. Tom from operations.

answers I didn’t have.

you

*Are you feeling better?*

miss you

I escaped to the elevator that led to

button for the top floor and leaned against

just an office. Just people who used to

elevator doors opened, the first thing I saw was

at the reception desk outside Damien’s office. My old desk.

schedule and handle pack business and

her expression shifting from

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

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