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?

if she should be surprised, insulted, or indifferent. Was this

understand," she

if expecting her to react differently, but when she offered nothing more, he sighed. "I'll

call

the phone in her hand, before placing

you wanted,

it feel like something was pressing down on her

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

just as she stepped out of the car, she noticed a familiar figure standing

Linda.

arms crossed, Linda was leaning against her car, her expression unreadable as she looked straight at Sarah. Sarah's lips curled into a faint

when Grandma doesn't even want to see

**

stubbornness? A desperate need to prove

glance as she walked into the hospital. She had no energy to

bed, a soft smile appearing when she saw

old woman

beside her, gently adjusting the blanket. "How are

while, the conversation light, comforting. But in the back of Sarah's mind,

Arnold hadn't arrived yet.

was

her that

about him. He didn't look like a man

comment on

She didn't need to.

grandmother, ever perceptive, noticed the tension. She glanced between

A flicker

Sarah smoothly cut in. "Don't bother.

carefully before nodding. "At least

gave a short nod and walked with Sarah to the