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

Chapter 159

The response was absolute. There was no room for discussion, no space for negotiation.

With that, he turned away from Arnold and Linda entirely, facing Sarah instead. His voice, so indifferent moments ago, softened. "Sarah, let's go."

Sarah didn't hesitate. She nodded once and walked away with him, her stride composed, not sparing Arnold or Linda another glance.

Dalton, still standing at a distance, absorbed everything. The way Arnold's brows furrowed slightly as he watched them leave. The brief flicker of something unreadable in Linda's expression before she composed herself.

It was then that Dalton arrived at a new understanding.

Just now he was a little worried that there wasn't some unknown relationship between Arnold and Sarah.

But now, seeing that Arnold was so nervous and concerned about Linda, and opening his mouth to help her ask Leo to talk about business issues, Dalton knew that he was thinking wrong.

Leo had no personal grudge against Linda, but the hostility between them stemmed from Sarah. As long as Sarah was by Leo's side, Linda would never be able to mend that relationship.

And Arnold knew this.

By trying to broker peace between Leo and Linda, Arnold wasn't just helping Linda. He was challenging Sarah's position.

Because if Leo and Linda reconciled, then Sarah would lose her leverage the very thing that kept her in control of the situation.

A seemingly small social interaction, yet it was already shifting the balance of power.

On the other side of the ballroom, Cole stood with a group of business partners, engaging in a discussion, but his true focus lay elsewhere.

gaze, sharp and perceptive, was locked

change the fact that

her cheeks, the effect of alcohol softening her usually composed

clear and intelligent, carried a slight haze, making her appear more delicate than usual. The usual distance in her expression was replaced

glass tightened slightly. He

But his mind lingered.

there were moments, like now, where vulnerability slipped through. She had built walls around herself, yet at times, cracks formed, revealing the person

was

treated Sarah differently from anyone else. It wasn't just protectiveness. It was

It made Cole wonder.

Was Sarah truly untouchable?

there a

drink and took a slow sip, his gaze once again drawn to the woman who, knowingly or unknowingly, was shaping the future of

out of the cab, her movements precise despite the

leaving behind scattered laughter, the clinking of glasses, and conversations that

both Leo

exposed skin, and Sarah instinctively

were steady, her senses sharp. She

a halt just as they reached the main doors. His

hotel's golden lighting cast a soft glow on Sarah's snow-white

threatened to

measured tone. "Here's fine. You go

decision, blinked