Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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162 Chapter 162

162 Chapter 162

Seraphina’s POV 1

My heart was racing now. This was escalating fast, and I was alone behind the counter with no backup in sight.

“I need to call my manager, or the police,” I said, reaching for the phone.

He reached across the counter, grabbing for my shirt. I jerked backward, but not fast enough. His fingers caught the fabric, yanking me

forward.

“Let go of me!” I shouted.

“I’ll let go when I’m damn good and ready!”

I grabbed his wrist with both hands and twisted hard, using his own momentum against him. He yelped and released my shirt, stumbling

backward.

“What the hell-”

“Touch me again and you’ll regret it,” I said, my voice cold as winter.

He stared at me for a moment, probably trying to process the fact that the scared little cashier had just made him back down. Then his

expression shifted to something ugly and dangerous.

“You attacked me! I’m calling the cops! I’m suing this store! I’m suing YOU personally!”

Before I could respond, Gary appeared from the back office like a genie summoned by trouble. His face was already flushed with stress,

his tie askew.

“What’s going on out here?” he demanded.

“Your employee attacked me!” the man shouted immediately. “I was trying to pay for my stuff and she went crazy! Grabbed my arm,

twisted it! I think she sprained something!”

Gary’s eyes went wide with panic. “Sir, I’m so sorry! Please, let’s talk about this calmly-”

The man held up his wrist like he was displaying a war wound. “Look at this! She could have broken it! I might

attention!”

what happened,”

Gary whirled on me. “Don’t say another

the customer with the kind of groveling smile that made my skin crawl. “Sir, I

let me

minutes, I watched Gary apologize, offer

second of attention. He claimed his wrist

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he finally left–with a bag full of free beer and lottery tickets–Gary turned on

“My office. Now.”

walk to Gary’s office felt like a death march. Other employees watched with sympathy and curiosity as I passed. Mia’s register stood empty, a reminder of how I’d ended up

slammed the door

“Sit down,” he ordered.

I sat.

you thinking?” he exploded. “Putting your hands

me first,” I said.

set you on fire! You don’t touch

protecting

a lot of money,” Gary snapped. “That card reader he broke?

him to calm him down? Also your

to corporate,

fell open. “You can’t

dollars. I’ll take it out of your next few

dollars. More than I made in a week. Money I

I sounded. “I can’t afford that. You know

of that before you decided to play wrestling

out of me. “I was covering

another date-”

don’t see Mia in this office,” Gary said coldly. “I see you.

responsible.”

“That’s not fair!”

not fair! You want to

I thought about my empty apartment. My

growing on

want to

shut. No more complaints about Mia, no more drama

and professionally, or you can find