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?

Was this Arnold's version of closure? A final settlement

she

nothing more, he sighed. "I'll send you the

ended the call without another

in silence, staring at the phone in her hand, before placing it face down on the coffee

what you wanted,

did it feel like something was pressing down on her

visited her grandmother again. The hospital corridors smelled of antiseptic, the cool air making the sterile environment even more impersonal. Yet, in

the car, she noticed a familiar figure

Linda.

her arms crossed, Linda was leaning against her car, her expression unreadable as

coming here when Grandma doesn't

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it stubbornness? A desperate need to prove something?

walked into the hospital. She had no

found her grandmother sitting up in bed, a soft smile appearing when

woman

gently adjusting

But in the back of Sarah's mind, something gnawed at

Arnold hadn't arrived yet.

Linda was still

that was no

distant about him. He didn't look like a man

comment

She didn't need to.

glanced between them before sighing. "Arnold, take Sarah to

flicker of conflict

respond, Sarah smoothly cut in. "Don't bother. I've

studied her carefully before nodding. "At least

gave a short nod and walked with Sarah to the