After I left Alpha father and son went crazy with regret

Chapter 99

Chapter 99

There was no softness in the way she touched Alex’s hair, no lingering affection in her gaze. She was still a mother, still present–but something within her had closed off.

Charles noticed it too. His eyes darted between them, his lips pressing into a thin line.

This wasn’t the Nora they knew.

She wasn’t trying to make conversation with Arnold. She wasn’t glancing his way like she used to, hoping for a moment of connection. And she certainly wasn’t trying to mend things with Charles or Cole, who had once been like family to her.

She was distant.

Almost as if she was already gone.

Charles suddenly felt uneasy.

He had assumed that her coldness was a trick–some kind of strategy to make Arnold chase after her.

But what if it wasn’t?

What if Nora wasn’t playing a game?

What if she had truly… given up?

For the first time, Arnold felt something he hadn’t expected to feel at all.

A strange, unfamiliar sensation curled in his chest.

It wasn’t anger.

It wasn’t guilt.

It was fear.

dining hall was quiet except for the soft clinking

in disapproval. She had watched for years as Nora poured her heart into this marriage, reaching out time and time again, only to receive

shift in Nora’s attitude was as clear

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placing her spoon down. “You’re unusually

up, simply cutting her meat into small, precise pieces. “Am I?” she

Arnold, who had barely spoken throughout the meal. “And you,” she said, her voice

eating as if he

the old lady continued. “She used to care. But now,

took a sip of water, and placed

silent. His expression was unreadable, but the way he held his fork–a little too tightly–suggested he wasn’t as unaffected as

let out a sigh and

with unspoken words, but Nora refused to break

on the table.

voice was curt. “what is it?”

shifted ever so slightly. “Alright, I’ll be

to ask. She already knew.

It was Linda.

grabbing his jacket. “Something came up,”

could leave, Alex’s fork clattered against his plate. “Dad, wait! I want to come

a second, then nodded. “Get your

out of his chair.

the father and son, and suddenly suggested, “It just so happens that tomorrow is the weekend, why don’t the three of

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flicker of hesitation on Alex’s face.

gave a small, reassuring smile. “I can’t. I have plans with a

visibly relaxed. “Oh,

a glance, but said