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

Chapter 152

"Mom didn't answer," he said softly.

Arnold smiled, though a flicker of something unreadable passed through his gaze. "She's probably busy."

“Let's not bother her,” he continued. “How about Daddy takes you out to dinner tonight?"

Alex's face brightened. "Can we invite Aunt Linda too?"

Arnold nodded, ruffling his hair. "Good idea."

With that, Alex slid off his lap, his small feet padding across the polished floor as he ran back to his playroom.

Arnold, however, remained seated. A weight settled on his shoulders as he returned to the parlor where his guests awaited.

The air inside the parlor was thick with expectation.

The assembled guests, all prominent figures in the werewolf world, had come with their own agendas.

Most had only heard whispers of Arnold's heir, but now that they had seen Alex with their own eyes, speculation spread like wildfire.

"He's been hiding a child all this time?" one murmured to another.

"Was he secretly married?"

"If so, why hasn't he introduced the mother?"

Their unspoken questions hung in the air, but Arnold remained indifferent to their curiosity. He had no obligation to explain himself.

Among them were families who had come with a clear purpose-introducing their daughters to Arnold, hoping to secure a powerful marriage alliance.

They had prepared carefully, dressing their daughters in elegant gowns, instructing them to charm and impress.

But Arnold hadn't even looked their way.

His disinterest was a quiet but brutal rejection.

the fathers in the room clenched their fists

if he wasn't married, their daughters

his whiskey, unfazed by the silent battle of ambitions playing out before

think whatever they wanted. It didn't

..

at the arcade, Sarah remained unaware of

had something to do just now and took Abby to leave first, while Sarah had spent a lot of time recently working on her thesis, which was now

didn't notice the woman standing outside, watching her with

Flora, Linda's

Just then, Flora smirked.

same,

the sight of Sarah alone in an arcade was

had always been part of the popular crowd-friends with

kind of woman who thrived on exclusivity and

Sarah? She had always been

Too smart.

Too independent.

to play their

her gaze and turned on her heels. Linda would

house was lavish, every corner decorated

sipping a cup of tea when Flora

won't believe what I just saw," Flora announced, sliding onto

at her. She was reading a document,

leaned forward with interest. "What

saw Sarah,” Flora said, her voice carrying a sharp edge of glee. "In an arcade,

laughter was loud and unrestrained. "That girl? Still wasting her time like a

believe it? After all these years, she's still the same always pretending to be

mock pity.

however, remained indifferent. She flipped a page

has nothing to do with

was the difference between Linda and the

Flora thrived on petty gossip, and

Linda was simply indifferent.