Chapter 183

Sarah's POV I stared at my phone for what felt like the hundredth time that day, hoping to see Alexander's name on the screen. Nothing. The hospital discharge had been four days ago, and I hadn't heard a single word from him. "Mommy, are you looking for Alpha Alex again?" Aria asked, her perceptive eyes studying me from across the breakfast table. I quickly set my phone down, offering her a smile that didn't quite reach my eyes. "Just checking the time, sweetie." Aria wasn't fooled. My daughter had always been too intuitive for her own good."Don't lie to me, I know everything," she said with that uncanny wisdom that sometimes made me wonder who was the parent between us. My heart clenched. She had her father's perception—and his stubbornness. I reached across to smooth her dark hair, so like her father's."Finish your breakfast, love." "You look exhausted," Elena commented later that afternoon when she stopped by to discuss final wedding details. "Still no word from him?" I shook my hea