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

Chapter 129

Arnold’s voice came through, casual but with an undertone of something unspoken. “Are you free today?

Alex wants to hang out with Abby.”

Cole leaned against the wall, glancing toward Sarah, who had gone back to reading but seemed slightly aware of his presence. He replied evenly, “I’m taking Abby out today. Maybe another time.*

Arnold let out a short chuckle. “You’ve been going out more lately.”

Cole smirked faintly, though there was an edge of something else in his expression. “Abby’s been opening up more. She’s not as reserved as before.”

They exchanged a few more words before ending the call, but as Cole slipped his phone back into his pocket, something lingered in his mind.

Arnold knew all of this knowledge–probably even more than Cole did–but he had never been willing to

teach Sarah.

His eyes darkened slightly at the thought.

The marriage between Arnold and Sarah had always been surrounded by rumors.

Many people say that it was Sarah’s underhanded tactics that forced Arnold to have to marry her in the first place.

Cole had believed it too, once. But after spending time with her, after seeing how she carried herself with quiet dignity, it was getting harder to reconcile that image with reality.

And then there was Linda–the woman who had somehow inserted herself between them.

If anyone had been underhanded, wasn’t it Linda?

Still, Cole couldn’t ignore the fact that Arnold had always resented the very idea of ‘mates‘—that he had

resisted his connection to Sarah not out of hatred, but perhaps out of defiance.

A rebellion against fate, against something he couldn’t control.

aware of what he

conversation stretching

economics had seamlessly drifted into other topics–philosophy, literature, even the nature of ambition. Cole found himself

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talk to Sarah.

sharp, analytical mind, the kind

away, the sun was already beginning to set, casting golden hues through the large

room in warmth, making the

fingers resting lightly

small, satisfied expression flickered across her face. “Thanks for today,”

“It was

forming. “You can ask me anything, anytime.

off guard by his gentleness. She

this–this warmth–was unexpected. It lingered between

promise.

side of the room, Elisa

laughter had been a constant background

the time they were all preparing to leave, a strange

them.

watched Sarah step away, he found himself

turned slightly, her expression unreadable, but there was something steady in her

next time.”

first before heading off on her own, the silence of the car giving her space to think. Cole was

reminded herself, they were simply acquaintances. That

Elisa wasted no time in sharing her observations with Alexander. She leaned against the doorframe of his office, arms crossed, a knowing smile playing on her lips. “I think I’m getting a new

cousin–in–law.”

who had been reviewing some documents, glanced up at her with a raised