Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 160

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Seraphina’s POV 1

“Next!” I called out, forcing my voice to sound cheerful despite wanting to crawl under the counter and disappear forever.

The customer-a middle-aged woman with a scowl that could curdle milk-slammed her items down so hard the bananas nearly bounced off the conveyor belt.

“This store is a joke,” she announced. “Twenty minutes in line! Twenty minutes!”

“I’m sorry about the wait, ma’am. We’re a bit short-staffed today-”

“Don’t give me excuses!” She jabbed her finger at me. “I’ve been shopping here for fifteen years, and the service gets worse every time!”

I scanned her items mechanically. Behind her, the line stretched halfway to the pharmacy, filled with equally irritated customers checking their phones and sighing dramatically.

“That’ll be thirty-two forty-seven,” I said.

“Highway robbery,” she muttered, slapping her credit card down. “In my day, you could feed a family for ten dollars.”

*In your day, people probably didn’t treat retail workers like garbage,* I thought but didn’t say. Instead, I smiled that fake customer

service smile I’d perfected.

“Have a great day!”

She snorted and stalked off with her bags.

“Next!”

This was my life now. Eight hours a day, six days a week, dealing with people who acted like I was personally responsible for everything

wrong with their existence.

But it was a paycheck. A tiny paycheck that barely covered my rent and ramen noodle dinners, but money nonetheless.

“Oh my God, that woman was such a bitch!”

I looked up to see Mia bouncing over from register two, her cotton candy pink hair catching the harsh fluorescent lights. She was barely

twenty-two, all energy and confidence and the kind of fearless optimism that came from never having your world collapse around you.

“Mia, she might still be in the store, I warned.

what I said.” She hopped up onto the counter next to my register, swinging her legs. “Life’s too short

aren’t mean.”

I said. “He’s

“Yesterday it was the bathroom supplies. Last week it was the

man needs to get

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“Mia!”

true! Sexual frustration makes people cranky. It’s

respond, my register beeped. Another customer approached-a tired-looking man with three

Mia an apologetic look. “They’ve been

this time. At least

kids’ cereal? The one with the rainbow

could answer. “Next to the Lucky Charms.

One of

kid

information,” the man said dryly, but he

kids with increasingly ridiculous stories about various breakfast cereals and their digestive effects. By the

good with kids,” I told

They haven’t learned to be assholes yet.” Mia slid

phone buzzed with a text. I glanced

warranty is about

phone was

tell me you’re finally dating someone.

the

by this information. “Sara, when was the last time

hit me like a slap. “I’m not really

She leaned against my register, studying me like I was a

*You could say that.*

like that,” I

sympathy. “Was he a total dick? Did he

car.”

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“It’s complicated.”

That’s what makes it fun!” Mia’s phone buzzed, and she immediately perked up. “Ooh! Speaking of fun-Derek just texted. He wants

“Derek?”

to be confused with Friday Derek, who’s a completely different person.” She was already typing

stared at her. “You have two

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