Crippled Luna's Farewell: Half A Life Without My Alpha's Deadly Deception

Chapter 46

For now, she needed this time for herself.

Sarah leaned back in her chair, staring at her phone, which was still warm from the call she had just finished.

Her thoughts swirled as she wrestled with conflicting emotions. It wasn’t that she didn’t care about Alex; she loved him deeply.

But going back to that house…the one filled with memories, judgments, and the constant shadow of Arnold–felt suffocating….She sighed, shaking her head to clear the unease.

Meanwhile, at the villa, Alex stood with the phone still in his hand, his brow furrowed.

“She’s acting strange,” he mumbled to himself before glancing at Arnold, who sat nearby, pretending to read the newspaper.

Arnold, however, wasn’t as detached as he seemed.

He had been listening to Alex’s side of the conversation, every word sinking into him.

Sarah’s tone.. cool and detached.. was unlike the gentle warmth she usually reserved for Alex.

For the first time, Arnold felt something unfamiliar: uncertainty.

“What did she say?” Arnold asked, lowering the paper.

Alex shrugged. “She said she’s busy and can’t pick me up today.”

Arnold raised a brow. Sarah had never refused Alex, not like this. “Did she say why?”

inconvenient,” Alex replied, his disappointment evident. “But I asked her to

irritation crossing his face. Sarah’s aloofness

screen and saw Alex’s name. With a resigned sigh, she

voice sounded small, almost

she asked, keeping her

“Can you

to school today?

to keep her distance, but Alex’s tone pulled at her heartstrings.

“I really want to tell you something on the way. It’s

overhead the conversation and found Alex insisting Sarah to pick him. It was quite surprising

good day for

faltered. He hadn’t expected her to suggest that. “Uh… Daddy’s busy,” he

sighed, sensing the untruth in his words. “Alex, are you sure? I can call him—”

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voice. “It’s okay, Mom. Just… just this once, please?”

still her son, and she couldn’t bear to see him upset.

voice brightened instantly.

she replied, her voice softening

guilt settled in her chest. She wasn’t ready to face Arnold, but she also couldn’t abandon

finishing her breakfast, Sarah wiped her hands on the edge of a napkin and rose from the

over, and to complicate matters further, there was a meeting scheduled for

would be