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

pter 26 Today's Arnold was still handsand dignified, tall and composed, standing there like a cold statue.

When he saw Sarah, he frowned slightly, his expression turning colder.

Like before, he merely glanced at her before averting his gaze.

Sarah quickly withdrew her gaze as well, pretending not to notice him, and turned to walk away, heading for another exhibition area.

This time, it was Arnold who froze.

*She... surprisingly didn't take the initiative to walk up and talk to me?* Watching Sarah's retreating figure, Arnold frowned deeply. He seemed to have forgotten that he was the one who had warned Sarah never to initiate conversations with him during Work hours.

When the exhibition closed for the evening, Sarah exited the building, intending to hail a cab home.

As she stepped outside, she noticed a familiar black sedan parked at the curb.

Arnold was leaning against the car door, smoking a cigarette.

Sarah hesitated, debating whether to greet him, but Arnold took the initiative to approach her instead.

His tone was icy. "Why aren't you answering your phone?" Startled, Sarah rummaged through her bag and pulled out her cell phone, realizing she had several missed calls. "The venue required phones to be silenced, so I didn't hear them," she explained evenly. "You could have mindlinked me, Alpha Arnold, if it was urgent." Her words were calm, almost indifferent, but Arnold's expression darkened further.

*Alpha Arnold?* Sarah had never addressed him so formally before.

For sinexplicable reason, Arnold felt an irritable pang in his chest. He said curtly, "The day after tomorrow, my grandmother wants to see you. Take Alex to Lancelot Manor when the tcomes." Arnold's irritation deepened at her detached tone. "No." Thisking of Arnold's grandmother's kind face, Sarah smiled faintly. "Okay, I'll rem "Then I'll leave." Is there "ything else?" Sarah nodded, not even pausing to consider that Arnold might offer her a ride home. She walked to the curb and waved for a cab.

Arnold watched her retreating figure, feeling a flicker of disbelief.

*Did she think this cold attitude would attract my attention?* Once upon a time, Sarah would becupset and sulk, but he never needed to pay much attention to it. In a few days, she Crippled Luna's Farewell: Half A Life Without My Al De 19.2% C hapter 26 would always cback with a smile.

He had no doubt this twould be the same. She couldn't stay away-from him, from Alex, or from the power and prestige of being Luna.

Still outside, Arnold finished his cigarette.

Lorne's voice rang out in his head. "Aren't you going to ask her why she was at the exhibition today? She's your Luna-you should care a little more about her." "No, you're wrong. She's a scheming woman," Arnold replied coolly. "She probably saw the moonstone necklace I gave Linda and chere on purpose to remindit's tto buy her sjewelry." Lorne was silent for a moment before sighing. "Sarah isn't the type to care about such things. And even if she did care, isn't it normal for you to gift your wife sjewelry?" "That would make her too arrogant," Arnold said coldly, extinguishing his cigarette. "She doesn't deserve it." Meanwhile, Sarah sat in a cab, her phone buzzing with a call from work.

As soon as she answered, the man on the other end demanded, "Sarah, there's an urgent document from the human world that needs translating. Didn't you study human languages? Handle this immediately." Sarah replied calmly, "I've already resigned. I'm only in the transition period now." Before, she would have dropped everything to complete a task, regardless of whether it was her responsibility.

But now, she had no intention of overextending herself. She just wanted to go hand rest.

The man's tone grew harsher. "Sarah, is this your work ethic? If you don't finish this-"

Sarah interrupted by hanging up. "If you're unsatisfied, feel free to m complain to Alpha Arnold about my incompetence." On the other end, the man turned red with anger, slamming the thick file onto the floor.

Beta Cody happened to walk by and raised an eyebrow. "What's going on?"

The staff member explained the situation, and Cody flipped through the document: "This wasn't her job to begin with. It's perfectly reasonable for her to refuse." The staff member stammered, "But, but..." "She always helped before!" they finally blurted.

Just then, Arnold entered the building. "What's the matter?" The staff member immediately complained, "Alpha Arnold, I assigned Sarah a task, and not only did she refuse, but she was rude about it!" "Oh?" Arnold responded dismissively. "If you're dissatisfied, suspend her." Cody froze. Something about Arnold's reaction didn't sit right.

He had suddenly got the feeling that Alpha Arnold, Luna waseemed, didn't know that Luna was going to divorce him, and had even handed over many of the documents? 22:25 Crippled Luna's Farewell, Half A Life Without My Al Det 19.5% Chapter 26 *Does he not know Sarah is divorcing him? Wasn't he the one who initiated it?* Cody hesitated before speaking. "Alpha Arnold, do you remember that Sarah originally...