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

Chapter 140

Chapter 140

Her heart gave a traitorous lurch.

*How long has he been standing there?*

The streetlights cast a soft glow on his face, accentuating the sharp lines of his jaw. There was something unreadable in his eyes-something that made her uneasy.

She hesitated, gripping her purse strap. "What are you doing here?"

Arnold didn't answer right away. Instead, he studied her, as if trying to read her thoughts.

Finally, he said, "I was waiting for you."

A lump formed in Sarah's throat.

She didn't know whether to feel flattered or alarmed.

Sarah didn't pause, her footsteps steady as she prepared to walk past him. But before she could move any farther, Arnold spoke.

"Grandmother had a fall last night," his voice was calm yet laced with something deeper, something he rarely let surface. "She'd quite like you to visit her."

For a second, Sarah wavered.

Grandmother's fall or the fact that Arnold had sought her out to deliver

didn't owe him

words had lingered in her mind longer than she cared to admit. Though she wasn't part of their world

she stepped into the hallway, she

"Mommy"

voice was bright with excitement as he rushed forward, wrapping

before her arms came around him instinctively. His

at her, his eyes filled with

gave him a small smile. "I heard Grandmother wanted

fruits on the table and go to the sink to clean them, as if he were playing the role of a young adult

crossed her face before it settled into something softer, almost nostalgic. But a

politely, keeping her voice

fingers curling into the blanket. “You shouldn't have

trouble,"

moment, there was silence between them. Then Grandmother spoke again, her voice quiet, "I suppose this

understanding what she meant. The divorce. The decisions Arnold had made. The lines that had

to do with you. You have been very kind to me over the years, and I

patted it,

didn't finish her sentence when Alex pushed his way in and the

holding onto Sarah's sleeve, sensed the shift in the air but didn't understand it. Instead,

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