Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 11

LEAH

I’m not going to lie, I feel a little happy.

Please don’t judge. I get it. I’m THAT girl.

The dumb one. The oh-you-got-your-heart-broke-again one.

The one who sits home waiting for him to call.

But what most people don’t know is that Aaron was the one to

sit up with me when I had nightmares. He was the one to insist

I learn to trade and to obtain my Series 7 license so I’d have a

career. Aaron is the one to stare me in the eyes everytime he

joins his body to mine.

And, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it’s just sex.

But it’s not.

It’s more than that.

I know it. I believe it.

And deep down, I love him.

As rough and cold as he can be, I know there’s more to him

than he lets the world see.

2/5

I head into the kitchen and grab an apple from the giant bowl

in the middle of the prep table. It’s ripe and red and sweet.

hell are you

It’s Jessica.

hair is down today and

her like some goddamn

dance on my grave.

thought saddens

didn’t ask to be Aaron’s wife. But I am. And I have been for a long time now. You don’t have to keep making things so hard for us.”

the apple

it into the compost bin.

You’ll always be trash. And if I had my way, we

which your pack can absolve

sins.”

reason with her. “I was a child when

committed,

parents are dead.

I’ve lost cousins and kin too.

that way.”

She huffs.

You’re a human. For the life

he even bothers to keep you around. You’re

use to this pack. No use

That hurts.

isn’t ashamed or apologetic for her actions, trying to steal

If I’m being fair, he

some sanctity for our relationship.

mated. We

has to count for something.

doing, Jessica… it isn’t

at me. “I don’t care about

you think that Aaron cares, then you’re even dumber than

nice to her. “You’re jealous.”

it’s the only

claws scratch down my arms as she grabs

across the

slam into the pantry door and stay

“Weak, pathetic human.”