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

Chapter 106

Sarah blinked.

Arnold raised an eyebrow.

The housekeeper looked away, pretending not to hear.

For a long moment, Alex simply stood there, frozen in shock.

Then, with a dramatic huff, he stomped his foot. “This is so unfair!”

Sarah sighed, pressing her fingers against her temple. “Alex, it wasn’t-”

“No! You went camping! Without! Me!” He repeated, emphasizing each word like a dramatic declaration.

Alex dragged his backpack along the floor, gripping the worn straps tightly,

With a grunt, he jumped off the couch and bolted upstairs, his small feet thudding against the wooden

steps.

His frustration was palpable, radiating in the way he stomped with every step.

Sarah frowned, watching him go.

She parted her lips, ready to call after him, but before she could, Arnold lowered his newspaper with

deliberate slowness.

His voice was faint, almost casual.

“Alex, come back.”

There was no anger in his tone, no sharp reprimand–just a simple, quiet command.

Alex stopped immediately. His breath caught in his throat.

For a moment, he stood there, unmoving, gripping the strap of his bag so tightly his knuckles turned

white.

Then, hesitantly, he turned around and shuffled back, dragging his book bag behind him like a weight too heavy to bear.

Stopping in front of Sarah, he kept his eyes downcast. His voice was small, hesitant.

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was an olive branch, a

softened. She reached out, brushing his tousled hair. “Vll try, sweetheart. Next these, 1

though a shadow of dould remained in his eyes. The charp ring of the home phone

Lancelot was

ahead, its grand structure as imposing, as ever. Inside, the scene of polished

Her sharp gaze

“Where is Arnold?”

“He

of disapproval crossed the old woman’s face. “Work,” she echoed, shaking her head. “As

was nothing to

was about to change the subject

Twice.

felt a pain coming from her temples and a slight rise in temperature on her

alright?” The old woman asked worriedly.

Sarah forced a smile, “I went camping a couple days ago, I might be a little cold,

deal.”

her lips when her phone buzzed.

saw? Arnold and Linda were having dinner together! It

fingers tightened around the phone,

There was no

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as permission to collapse. The aching in her limbs grew heavier. The burning in her throat sharpened. An unbearable fatigue

fever

in and out of consciousness, her dreams a tangled mess of

awoke, her surroundings were

The dark wooden furniture, the faint scent of aftershave–this

his laptop open. The glow of the screen illuminated his face, highlighting the sharp angles

her stir, he shut the laptop and stood, his movements smooth, controlled. Without a word, he poured a glass of water

didn’t want to accept anything from him. And

weak.

the glass.

drank