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.

and perceptive, was

her side, but that did nothing to change the fact that she

cheeks, the effect of alcohol

haze, making her appear more delicate than usual. The usual distance in her expression was replaced with something almost...

tightened slightly. He exhaled slowly,

But his mind lingered.

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

was her

of Leo's loyalty, the way he treated Sarah differently from anyone else. It wasn't

It made Cole wonder.

Was Sarah truly untouchable?

there a

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

the cab, her movements precise despite the mild buzz

reception had wound down to its final moments, leaving behind scattered laughter, the

Leo and

at exposed skin, and Sarah instinctively wrapped her

were steady, her senses sharp. She wasn't drunk, but she wasn't entirely

suddenly came to a halt just as they reached the main doors. His gaze flickered downward for

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

to tease

measured tone. "Here's fine.

off guard by the abrupt decision, blinked before nodding.