Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 267

LEAH

I don’t know why I’m surprised to find out Emily and Jessica were best friends, considering Aaron and James are equally close, and they all grew up together.

I climb slowly out of the SUV and then walk around to join James.

“Did you know she was coming home?” I ask him, trying to

keep the accusation out of my voice.

He knows how contentious things have been between me and Jessica over the years, with Aaron firmly in the middle. The least he could have done was given me a heads up.

“No, I didn’t know,” James says, shaking his head.

I can tell he’s being truthful, so that alleviates some of my annoyance at least.

Aaron had mentioned that Jessica had taken an extended vacation and gone to stay with some relatives in another pack somewhere–at his expense of course–and it’d been easy to put her from my mind and simply believe she might never

come back.

Her timing, however, couldn’t have been worse.

I don’t want to have to deal with her and all that petty rivalry right now with everything else going on.

Eventually, Emily and Jessica are over the shock of their

unexpected reunion and I slowly walk toward the mansion, debating whether I should ask Jessica why she’s come back.

As I get closer, her eyes narrow, and that pretty much seals

the deal for me.

Jessica and her nastiness are not worth my time or energy right now.

I ignore her and keep walking, but I can hear her and Emily whispering between themselves, and know they’re talking

about me.

for who I am, and Jessica hates me for what

took from

together and against me is going to end well.

I reach the doorway, I

I didn’t know you were coming home,”

pause just inside the doorway where they can’t hear me to

listen in.

could I not come home? I

Basically, every wolf in Montana is talking

as I heard.

have been my mate. I needed

the funeral.”

and walk away, not waiting to hear what

response to that.

tighten with an old, familiar churn of jealousy

the right to claim Aaron was

life.

real love

kind of soul–deep connection that Aaron and I shared was nothing compared to whatever young romance they had

came along.

the mansion and grounds, acting like she’s the widow and her whole life is over while I do the real work of looking after Aaron’s son, seeing

packs and running the businesses.

and I can only hope she’ll go back to wherever she was once

the picture, I get the feeling hoping Jessica will

As I’d hoped,

in the new nursery that James put together while Aaron

room across from Aaron’s bedroom, and I have to

a

a comfortable recliner/rocker chair to sit in while I’m

settling Ethan, and I sink into the comfortable chair

in my arms, fussing for

and feel grateful for this small slice

are few and far between, with our lives being so complicated like they are, so I want to make sure I treasure the times when its just me

to sleep, my mind starts going back to all the