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

Chapter 95

“We’d love to stay longer, but there’s another business reception we promised to attend,” a woman explained, setting down her barely touched drink before rising from her seat.

“Yes, we have to go as well,” another guest added. “It’s a big event–everyone’s talking about it.”

Soon, more followed, murmuring similar reasons as they left.

As the evening wore on, Sarah and Alexander found themselves exchanging uneasy glances.

The once–lively banquet had begun to empty at an alarming rate, and the chatter that had once filled the room faded into silence.

One by one, guests made their polite excuses, murmuring something about prior commitments, before slipping out the door.

At first, it seemed like mere coincidence.

But when Alexander overheard a whispered conversation between two departing guests, his expression darkened.

“They’re all going to Linda’s opening banquet,” he murmured to Sarah, keeping his voice low.

Sarah stiffened. “Linda? As in… Linda’s family?”

Alexander nodded grimly. “They deliberately scheduled their company’s grand opening for tonight. And it looks like they made sure to invite nearly everyone who was supposed to be here.”

Sarah’s grip on her wine glass tightened. Her mind raced, but the more she thought about it, the clearer it became–this was no accident.

day on purpose, making sure that the old lady’s birthday celebration would

worse, they had used Arnold’s connections to lure the guests

his head in frustration. “I can’t believe they’d stoop this low.”

her grandmother watching

eyes had caught on to what was happening, yet instead of

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her voice calm but

some sign of bitterness, but there was none.

anything, there was an

she began

to me.

but deeply meaningful. And then

just talking

the past. About how Clark, Sarah’s father, had once betrayed her mother,

unable to bear the humiliation and heartbreak, had

sadness crossed Sarah’s face. The pain of those years still lingered like a

Clara was

with a sharp clatter, her face burning with

stupid–Linda–is utterly shameless!” Clara spat, her eyes blazing. “To do something like this on purpose… and on Grandma’s birthday, no less! Do they have no sense of

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