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

Chapter 144

The silence between Arnold and Sarah was thick, stretching between them like an invisible wall neither wanted to cross.

It wasn't the comfortable kind of quiet they had once shared, nor was it the cold, sharp silence of an argument. It was something else entirely-heavy, suffocating, filled with unspoken thoughts and lingering regrets.

Sarah sat in the car on the return trip, she looked out the window and didn't notice Arnold looking at him thoughtfully.

"I have things to do, I have to leave first in a few minutes." Arnold glanced at his watch, "I'll have the driver take you home."

Sarah simply nodded, not bothering to ask where he was going. What was the point? She had long stopped expecting answers from him.

Arnold hesitated for a brief second as if expecting her to say something-maybe a question, maybe a complaint-but she remained silent.

Taking that as her answer, he turned and walked out, the soft click of the door the only sound breaking the stillness.

As soon as he was gone, Sarah let out a slow breath, pressing her fingers against her temples. The silence felt different now. Not heavy, not suffocating-just empty.

Then, her phone rang.

The name flashing on the screen made her brows furrow slightly.

**Vincent.**

Her divorce attorney.

She hesitated for only a moment before answering. "Vincent."

"There's been a development," his voice was direct, professional. "Arnold's side wants to revise the divorce agreement. They're offering you additional properties -worth hundreds of millions of dollars."

For a moment, Sarah didn't respond. She stared at the floor, her grip on the phone tightening slightly.

Hundreds of millions?

sure if she should be surprised, insulted, or indifferent. Was this Arnold's version of closure? A final settlement for their

she

paused, as if expecting her to react differently, but when she offered nothing more, he sighed.

ended the call without another

the phone in her hand, before placing

you wanted, isn't

something was pressing down on her

grandmother again. The hospital corridors smelled of antiseptic, the cool air making the sterile environment even more impersonal. Yet, in the midst of this cold atmosphere, she found warmth in the presence of

car, she noticed a familiar figure

Linda.

fitted coat, her arms crossed, Linda was leaning against her car, her expression unreadable as she looked

she keep coming here when Grandma doesn't even want

**

it stubbornness? A desperate need to prove something? Or was it all just

spare her another glance as she walked into the hospital.

she found her grandmother sitting up in bed, a

woman said, relief in her

adjusting

chatted for a while, the conversation light, comforting. But in

Arnold hadn't arrived yet.

Linda was

told her that

expression was neutral, but there was something distant about him. He didn't look like a man who had just arrived at a hospital. He looked like a man who had been

didn't comment on

She didn't need to.

perceptive, noticed the tension. She glanced between them before sighing. "Arnold, take Sarah

flicker of conflict passed

Sarah smoothly cut in. "Don't bother. I've already made plans with a

grandmother studied her carefully before nodding. "At least

short nod and walked with Sarah to