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.

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

didn't owe him

admit. Though she wasn't part of their world anymore, Grandmother

air. As she stepped into the hallway, she barely had time to register her surroundings before a familiar figure

"Mommy"

forward, wrapping his arms

fraction of a second before her arms came around him instinctively. His warmth, his energy-it was

up at her, his eyes filled with

small smile. "I heard Grandmother wanted to

the hospital room, Alex took it upon himself to pick out a few fruits on the table and go to the sink to clean them, as if he were playing the

her face before

greeted her politely, keeping her

into the blanket. “You shouldn't have

trouble," Sarah

her voice quiet, "I suppose this whole mess has nothing to do with

gaze, understanding what she meant. The divorce. The decisions Arnold had made. The lines that had been drawn

to do with you. You have been very kind to me over

and patted it, saying, "You're a

pushed his way in and the two

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

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