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

Chapter 155

"Understood," Sarah replied.

She had noticed the courier package sitting on her desk earlier but hadn't bothered to open it yet. Now, she walked over and carefully unwrapped the package.

Inside were the real estate certificates, pristine and official.

After sending Vincent a message confirming she had received them, she placed the documents into her locker without a second thought.

Her priorities lay elsewhere tonight.

After a quick shower, she let the warm water wash away her fatigue, her mind already shifting to the tasks awaiting her tomorrow.

...

The next morning, Sarah drove to work, her thoughts already occupied with her schedule for the day. As she neared the building where STARLINE Studio was located, she prepared to turn the corner toward the underground garage.

That was when she saw him.

Cole's car was parked near the entrance, his window slightly lowered. He sat inside, unmoving, watching the surroundings with an unreadable expression.

Sarah's brows knitted together.

What is he doing here this early in the morning?

If she recalled correctly, STARLINE Studio had no scheduled meetings with Cole today.

As she pondered this, Cole spotted her car. Without hesitation, he stepped out and walked toward her.

Sarah exhaled, bracing herself as she rolled down her window. "Cole," she greeted. "Did you come here for something?"

his thoughts from the night before still fresh in his

studied her expression, as if searching for something.

night," he began, his voice measured, "in front of the hotel, I

abrupt statement. She was about to ask what he meant when he continued, his next words

Mr.

moment, silence stretched

Sarah froze.

her breath hitched, and a flicker of hesitation crossed

it was enough. Cole caught it. His sharp eyes, always scanning, always searching, glimpsed the truth buried in her

lowering his voice so only she could hear. "A few of the famous designs in STARLINE Studio... did they come from

fingers curled at her sides, but her expression remained unreadable. She had spent years perfecting the art of restraint, of masking her emotions behind an unshakable

he has heard of "Saturn's Skirt," the most famous

body of the jewel, Saturn,

a ring of Saturn stars, or a girl's dancing skirt, as if the magnificence of the vastness of the stars were gathered

was eventually auctioned off for over a hundred million dollars, making

his speculation was

turned out

Sarah had already been a world-famous designer at the

sent a jolt

had already reached a level of mastery that Linda- despite all her ambition, her desperate attempts to claw her way to the top- couldn't even

had remained in

while she quietly built its

technology, attributing its success to

the truth

who was truly extraordinary...

stretched between them. Cole

exhaled softly and