After I left Alpha father and son went crazy with regret

Chapter 81

Chapter 81

“We’d love to stay longer, but there’s another business reception we promised to attend,” a woman explained, setting down her barely touched drink before rising from her seat.

“Yes, we have to go as well,” another guest added. “It’s a big event–everyone’s talking about it.”

Soon, more followed, murmuring similar reasons as they left.

As the evening wore on, Nora and Alexander found themselves exchanging uneasy glances.

The once–lively banquet had begun to empty at an alarming rate, and the chatter that had once filled the room faded into silence.

One by one, guests made their polite excuses, murmuring something about prior commitments, before slipping out the door.

At first, it seemed like mere coincidence.

But when Alexander overheard a whispered conversation between two departing guests, his expression darkened.

They’re all going to Linda’s opening banquet,” he murmured to Nora, keeping his voice low.

Nora stiffened. “Linda? As in… Linda’s family?”

Alexander nodded grimly. “They deliberately scheduled their company’s grand opening for tonight. And it looks like they made sure to invite nearly everyone who was supposed to be here.”

Nora’s grip on her wine glass tightened. Her mind raced, but the more she thought about it, the clearer it became–this was no accident.

day on purpose, making sure that the

worse, they had used Arnold’s connections to lure the

exhaled sharply, shaking his head in frustration. “I can’t believe they’d stoop this

to respond when she noticed her grandmother watching the

happening, yet instead of reacting with visible anger, she simply set down

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said, her voice calm but

at her, expecting some sign of

anything, there was an air of

began hesitantly.

gently. “Nora, listen to

behavior of others.”

a weight to her words, something unspoken but deeply meaningful. And then it

wasn’t just talking about

how Clark,

humiliation and heartbreak, had eventually walked away from

of sadness crossed Nora’s face. The pain of those years still lingered like a

the room, Clara was far less

plate with a sharp clatter, her

blazing. “To do something like this on purpose… and on Grandma’s birthday, no less! Do they have no sense of

still fuming, muttered under his breath, “Apparently

quiet. But the tension in her posture spoke volumes.