Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 9

“Leah!”

The roar echoes through the house.

Aaron is home.

And he is in a bad mood.

“I have to go, Adam. I’ll call you soon.”

“Wait! There’s something-”

I click off the phone and shove it into the back pocket of my

jeans.

Then I run down the stairs-it’s way easier going down than

up-and follow his hollering to the study.

Aaron is at his computer. He motions for me to sit beside him.

I hold my breath.

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stirs my body to aching awareness. And even that feels like an insult. That I should crave this man, that 1 should want to mate and celebrate life, even as my body

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the time? And where the hell did you go the other

wouldn’t tell him.

tell him now?

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locking me away or

other awful tactic.

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a bunch of missed calls from him.” When I was imprisoned my phone died and I wasn’t

sure you call him

to his computer. He has several spreadsheets up for stocks he’s been tracking and I go and sit near him so