Alpha's Discarded Luna (Talia) novel Chapter 138

Chapter 135

Talia’s POV

A laugh escapes him, dry and crackling like autumn leaves. “Of course not.” He jerks his chin toward the

window where Imema is now brushing her hair back from

her face.

“Look at her. Lively as ever. Does she seem terminally ill to you?”

I release a breath I didn’t realize I was holding. Relief washes through me, but confusion follows right on its heels. “Then why help her hide it? Why not just expose her?”

Jack picks up the stone again, his thumb stroking its smooth surface. “Those two fools out there…they are bewitched by her. If she sheds a few tears, bats her lashes, they will not believe a single word I say. No matter how skilled my diagnosis, no matter how clear the evidence.”

The older, the wiser.

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straight to the bear f the problem while I stood there

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I push off from the desk and take a step closer, my voice firm. “Imema is trouble. You should not keep her here.”

I know why Jack is doing this. He keeps Imema here to torment her, to make her sweat under the pretense of

treatment.

It is a game for him, a way to punish her for her role in my humiliation. But Aires and Nick are not easy to deal with. When it comes to Imema, they don’t care about respecting elders or protecting children.

Their devotion to her blinds them to everything else.

Jack snorts. “I have lived long enough to see every kind of person walk through my door. Women like her?” He shakes his head. “I have seen more than I can count.”

He sets the stone down with a deliberate click. “The way they carry themselves in front of others tells me everything. If they act so boldly in public, I can imagine how arrogant they must be with you in private.”

My jaw tightens.

couldn’t stand it! This level of selfishness, parading 3:58

around like they are doing the world a favor, pretending

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He looks at me, and something in his expression softens just a fraction. “Talia, you don’t need to worry. Even without you in the picture, I would give her a hard time. She likes to pretend to be sick, right? She loves the

attention, the fussing, the way men fall over themselves to comfort her.”

A grim smile crosses his face. “Well. Let us see how she

handles this.”

I know Jack’s character well by now. He is clear about right and wrong, hates evil in all its forms, and despises those who fake illness above all else. I remember the

first months I spent under his tutelage. He thought I was faking an ailment once, and he tormented me for weeks until I proved myself. It is simply who he is. I do not try to persuade him otherwise, there is no point.

He leans back on his stool, studying me with those sharp, knowing eyes. “By the way,” he says, his tone shifting to something quieter, more deliberate. “You said you wanted to divorce Aires. Were you serious? Or were you just trying to scare him?”

The question hangs in the air between us. I pause, my hands stilling at my sides.

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thought I was not serious?”

I think back to all those times I threatened to leave, to the way Imema would always step in, playing the peacemaker, urging me to stay. I used to wonder why she would stop me when she should have been celebrating / my departure.

Now I finally understand… they simply did not believe I would ever go through with it. To them, my words were just tantrums.

Jack nods slowly.

“You have a child. Thinking of Aeson is only natural, and the Perseus family is decent enough. Aires is capable in his own way. It’s normal to hesitate, to hold on. If you could truly let him go, you would not have endured his treatment for so long.”

After a long moment, I lift my chin. “I am serious this time. I have already filed for divorce. When the

government holiday ends and he receives the court summons, he will know I mean it.”

What about your son?”

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thought I was not serious?”

I think back to all those times I threatened to leave, to the way Imema would always step in, playing the peacemaker, urging me to stay. I used to wonder why she would stop me when she should have been celebrating / my departure.

Now I finally understand… they simply did not believe I would ever go through with it. To them, my words were just tantrums.

Jack nods slowly.

“You have a child. Thinking of Aeson is only natural, and the Perseus family is decent enough. Aires is capable in his own way. It’s normal to hesitate, to hold on. If you could truly let him go, you would not have endured his treatment for so long.”

After a long moment, I lift my chin. “I am serious this time. I have already filed for divorce. When the

government holiday ends and he receives the court summons, he will know I mean it.”

What about your son?”

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his father does. If she becomes his new mother, he will be happy.” I swallow. “He will be fine.”

Most people, I know, would encourage me to reconcile, try harder or stay for the child. But Jack is not like most people. He looks down on indecisive women, on those / who waver and whine and never act.

He nods once, a sharp, decisive movement. “Your words show I was right to take you under my wing. It is good to make a clean break. If they wronged you, we cannot simply let it go. We need to fight back. Make them understand that you are not someone to be bullied.”

He leans forward, his eyes boring into mine. “Do not worry about retaliation. Do what you need to do. Hesitating will get you nowhere. Talia, I have created the opportunity. Whether to teach them a lesson–that is up to you.”

I stand there, slightly shocked. No one has ever told me these things before, not with such fierce clarity.

I have always thought too much, weighed every consequence, tried to please everyone. And in the end, Laccomplished nothing. I ended up with nothing in my 59 hands.

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those early months when he tested me, pushed me, nearly broke me.

But now, I realize, he is not done making things difficult… he is simply turning his attention to the people who deserve it.

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