After I left Alpha father and son went crazy with regret

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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.

except for the soft clinking of cutlery against porcelain.

eyes darted between Nora and Arnold, her brows knitting together in disapproval. She had watched for years as Nora poured her heart into this marriage, reaching out time and time again, only to receive indifference in

attitude

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her spoon down.

didn’t look up, simply cutting her meat into small,

barely spoken throughout the meal. “And you,” she said, her voice carrying a hint of reproach, “you let her

eating as if

continued. “She used to

still didn’t react. She lifted her glass, took a sip of water, and placed it back

expression was unreadable, but the way he held his

lady let out a sigh and shook

words, but Nora refused to break the silence.

Arnold’s phone vibrated on the table. He glanced at the

voice was curt. “what is it?”

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

didn’t need to ask. She

It was Linda.

up, grabbing his jacket. “Something came up,” he announced, not bothering to explain further.

his plate. “Dad, wait!

then

scrambled out of his chair.

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

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of hesitation on Alex’s face. He

smile. “I can’t. I have

relaxed. “Oh,

gave her a glance, but