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.

the fact that Arnold had sought her out to deliver the message. But she kept her expression neutral, merely giving a short nod before continuing past

didn't owe him

her mind longer than she cared to admit. Though she wasn't part of their world anymore, Grandmother

the air. As she stepped into the hallway, she

"Mommy"

rushed forward, wrapping his arms

second before her arms came

at her, his eyes filled with

smile. "I heard Grandmother wanted

on the table and go to the sink to clean them, as if he

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

greeted her politely, keeping her voice light and

fingers curling into the blanket. “You shouldn't

no trouble,"

silence between them. Then Grandmother spoke again, her voice

The divorce. The decisions Arnold had made. The lines that had been

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

patted it, saying, "You're a wonderful woman, is

her sentence when Alex pushed his way in and the two silently stopped talking about the

understand it. Instead, he looked between them with wide eyes before

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