Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 138

Chapter 138

Is that what he wants?

I smile. “I’ve loved you for a long time,” I tell him.

A month ago, I never would’ve admitted such a thing. But now, his pride. Mine. What does it matter?

Life is about love.

And love is everything.

He grins. “That’s good.”

He doesn’t give me back the words. I’m not sure he can. Aaron has been broken down

in ways that make my traumas seem tame.

That’s another part of life, I’m learning. Accepting people as they are.

And I accept him.

If this is all he can be. It’ll be enough for me.

I drag myself away on shaky legs.

I’m sore in certain places, but even that is kind of a turn-on, because it’s the things we did that make me overly sensitive. And it’s these residual feelings that will remind me

of him in the long hours to come until I see him again.

“I’ll pick you up for dinner tonight.”

My heart quickens at the thought of another night in his arms. Another ‘date.’ I nod.

“Okay.”

“Eight o’clock. Don’t be late.”

I slide back into my dress and grab my purse. I don’t bother with shoes.

e

I’ll do my walk of sha me and take the elevator down a few floors.

In the whole scheme of things, what does it matter?

me all new perspectives on

keep the sadness

Crying won’t change things.

deep down, I wish there was

**

*

*

The hours crawl by.

and change clothes. When I leave my hotel room, James

waiting outside for me.

walks by my side to the elevator, out of the hotel. He pauses only to settle me in the backseat

Pack Roberts building, he walks me all the way up to

room.

took the whole door-to-door

with some of my

okay. You can head up. I’ll hang out down here in

be my shadow for

did you get stuck with babysitting duty?”

“I volunteered, Leah. It’s

mn it, it that

on you at all times that I’m not around or when

to me. It’s not big. It looks like a

of like

frown. “But I don’t

you. And it

I hole

the tube-shaped object. It’s red at one

incapacitate. Someone comes at you, you slam that red side

and slide it into my

FO

just pray I’ll never need

monitors talking quietly with Dennis. “This round of beta testing shows promise,” he says to me.

to me, “A statistical error of

lives are at stake, I’m

as

that is better

happens now?” I ask

run several more tests and begin scaling up the software. We will need to employ a separate organization to test the efficacy of

“Our offense is only effective

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255