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

understand," she finally

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

the call without

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

you wanted, isn't

like something was pressing

of antiseptic, the cool air making the sterile environment even more impersonal. Yet, in the midst

out of the car, she noticed a

Linda.

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

coming here when Grandma

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

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

sitting up in bed,

woman said, relief in her

course." Sarah sat beside her, gently adjusting the blanket. "How

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

Arnold hadn't arrived yet.

was still

told her that was no

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

comment on

She didn't need to.

tension. She glanced between them before

flicker of conflict passed over his

in. "Don't bother. I've already

her carefully before nodding. "At least see her

and walked with Sarah to