Ex-Mate Wants Me Back (Seraphina and Mortimer) novel Chapter 275

Chapter 275

Third Person’s POV

Seraphina reached out and gently took his trembling hand. “I know you want to avoid Mortimer and Edwin. It’s okay that you didn’t come by. I don’t blame you.”

Caldwell stared down at her fingers wrapped around his. The truth was right there on the tip of his tongue, but he choked it back at the last second.

Instead, he looked back up at her with a self-deprecating smile. “I guess I’m the fragile one here, needing you to comfort me.”

Seraphina felt a rush of relief as he finally seemed to calm down.

She really couldn’t understand why he was so worked up over missing a few visits to the Healing Center. He was acting as if he had caused the crash himself.

Mortimer stood silently outside the hospital room.

With a wolf’s sharp senses, he easily picked up on the heavy sadness lingering inside.

Through the glass, he watched Seraphina reach out and take Caldwell’s hand. Even with her own injuries, she was trying so hard to cheer Caldwell up. The sight filled Mortimer with a quiet sorrow.

He forced a bitter smile and turned away. In his mind, his black wolf, Barton, let out a lonely whimper.

Caldwell didn’t stay long, sitting with her for just a short while before heading out.

Over the next few weeks, Seraphina healed enough to get out of bed and walk around.

Fortunately, Garfield had been transferred out of the ICU a few days earlier and was now recovering in a regular room. The news brought Seraphina a profound sense of relief.

It was then she remembered the mandatory waiting period required to break her mating bond with Mortimer. Her extended hospital stay meant they were already two weeks past the deadline.

Luckily, the application hadn’t expired yet.

Later that day, she called Mortimer.

He got there quickly. “Sera, you wanted to see me?”

It had been a long time since she’d reached out to him. Her rare invitation had left him genuinely surprised and` pleased.

Stepping into her room, he found her sitting on the couch, having swapped her hospital gown for everyday clothes.

“We’re two weeks past the waiting period to break our mating bond,” she told him. “I have some free time today, so we should go sign the papers. If we wait a full month, we’ll have to start the application all over again.”

Mortimer froze.

He hadn’t expected her to call him just to finalize the end of their bond.

He’d rushed over full of excitement, and his wolf, Barton, had desperately hoped they might reconcile. Now, Seraphina’s words crushed that hope completely. In the back of his mind, the black wolf whimpered mournfully.

“You asked me to come all the way here just to sign separation papers?”

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