After I left Alpha father and son went crazy with regret

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Nora gave a small, emotionless smile. “I wouldn’t have come if I wasn’t sure.”

Her tone was calm, almost indifferent. But Vincent knew better. He studied her face, searching for cracks in her composure.

The woman in front of him had always been strong–willed, full of warmth and patience, yet today, there was something cold in her demeanor. It wasn’t bitterness or anger–it was emptiness.

Then, as he flipped through the agreement again, his eyes narrowed at one particular section. “Custody of Alex,” he muttered. “You’re not contesting it?”

Leo, who had been standing by the window, his arms crossed, turned at those words.

He had been silent throughout the meeting, watching, observing. But now, he couldn’t hold back.

“Nora, you love Alex,” Leo said quietly, his deep voice tinged with disbelief. “You’re giving up custody without a fight?

Vincent expected some kind of reaction–a flash of pain, a moment of hesitation–but Nora simply nodded.

“Yes,” she answered softly. “I’m not fighting for him.”

Leo’s jaw tightened. He knew Nora better than most. She was a woman who valued relationships deeply, a woman who loved fiercely.

Alex had been the center of her world. For her to make such a decision, something drastic must have happened.

“What did he do?” Leo asked, his voice lower now, almost gentle.

Nora exhaled, but her expression remained unreadable. “Nothing that matters anymore.”

But it did matter. Leo knew it did. Whatever Alex had done–whether it was something like neglect, or outright rejection–it had been enough to break something inside her. Enough to make her walk away.

to you. Arnold is shouldering all the

if the assets were just trivial details.

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and signed her name. No

acceptance.

back in

the pen dow

Arnold.”

called, Arnold was in his

scratch of his pen against the paper came to a sudden stop when he heard

him. “I need to know when you’re available for the next steps–the rejection ceremony before the elders, finalizing everything with

tightened slightly around the pen. Then, as if nothing had

shift in Arnold’s

to it–like he had been expecting this outcome but still hadn’t quite processed

said before ending

horizon, Nora drove home in silence. The city lights blurred

physically, but emotionally. Yet there was no pain, no turmoil,

quiet street leading to her house, a sudden voice rang in her mind.

“Mom?”

voice. A mind

but

you there?” His voice was cautious at first, then a little more insistent.

tighter, her

*“Mom?**

first time,

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