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

Chapter 113

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 Sarah 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 Sarah 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.

except for the soft clinking of cutlery against porcelain.

darted between Sarah and Arnold, her brows knitting together in disapproval. She had watched for years as Sarah poured her heart into this marriage, reaching out time

the shift in Sarah’s attitude was as clear as day.

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spoke, placing her spoon down. “You’re unusually

into

Arnold, who had barely spoken throughout the meal. “And you,” she said, her voice carrying a hint of reproach, “you let her become like this.”

if he hadn’t

used to speak to you with warmth,” the old lady continued. “She used to care. But now, look at her. You’ve driven her to

didn’t react. She lifted her glass, took a sip of water, and placed it back down with an air of

indifference.

His expression was unreadable, but the way he held his fork–a little too tightly–suggested he wasn’t as unaffected as he wanted to seem.

lady let out a sigh and shook her

was thick with unspoken words, but Sarah refused to break the silence.

left to say.

on the table.

voice was curt. “what is

so slightly. “Alright, I’ll

didn’t need to ask. She

It was Linda.

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

leave, Alex’s fork clattered against his plate. “Dad, wait! I want

hesitated for a second, then nodded.

out of

looked at the father and son, and suddenly suggested, “It just so happens that tomorrow is the weekend, why don’t the three of you go back together, and go out

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face. He was worried she