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.

time I kissed Lily goodbye and handed her to Ophelia, my hands

gently.

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way out. Tired eyes. Pale skin. Hair that refused to cooperate no matter what

think, more time to remember

parking garage was the same. The elevator played the same soft jazz. But when the doors opened on the executive

“Sera!”

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

haven’t seen you in forever!” She pulled me into a hug that I wasn’t

The lie

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

know?”.

chest tightened. “I don’t…

But her eyes were curious, searching. “Are you

human now. Because

“Just tired,” I managed.

that same mix of concern and

and

“Yes, much better.”

Things have been

she doesn’t know the systems

cut. A reminder of what I’d

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yet,” I said. “Still taking

from HR. Tom from operations. All

answers I didn’t have.

you coming

*Are you feeling better?*

you

to Damien’s office, my chest

I pressed the button for the top floor

It’s just an office. Just people who

opened, the first thing I

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

pack business and

up as I approached, her expression shifting from

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

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