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.

dining hall was quiet except for the

brows knitting together in disapproval. She had watched for years as Nora poured her heart into

shift in Nora’s attitude was

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spoon

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

old lady turned her gaze to Arnold, who had barely spoken throughout the meal. “And you,” she said, her voice carrying a hint of

if he

used to care. But now, look at

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

his fork–a little

out a sigh and shook her head. “Foolish boy.”

unspoken words, but Nora refused to break the silence. She had nothing left

phone vibrated on the table. He glanced at the screen before picking

voice was curt. “what is

expression shifted ever so

need to ask. She already

It was Linda.

“Something came up,” he announced, not bothering to explain

Alex’s fork clattered against his plate.

a second, then nodded. “Get your coat.”

out of

just so happens that tomorrow is

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Alex’s face. He was worried she

smile. “I can’t. I

relaxed.

glance, but said