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

knitting together in disapproval. She had watched for years as

shift in Sarah’s attitude was as

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her spoon

her meat into small, precise

throughout the meal. “And you,” she said, her voice carrying a hint

eating as if

continued. “She used to care. But now, look at her. You’ve driven her to

lifted her glass, took a sip of water, and placed

indifference.

expression was unreadable, but the way he held his

out a sigh and shook her head.

thick with unspoken words, but Sarah refused to break the silence. She had nothing

left to say.

Arnold’s phone vibrated on the table. He glanced

was curt.

expression shifted ever so slightly. “Alright, I’ll

to ask. She

It was Linda.

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

clattered against his plate.

hesitated for a second, then

out of his

the father and son, and suddenly suggested, “It just so happens that tomorrow is the weekend, why

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on Alex’s face.