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.

I am, and Jessica hates me for

thinks I took from

no way in which having them together and against me is going to

the doorway, I hear James greet his

I didn’t know you were coming home,” he says, and

doorway where

listen in.

come home? I heard about

in Montana is

as

life. He should have been my mate. I needed to

the funeral.”

away, not waiting to hear what James says in

response to that.

make my stomach tighten with an old, familiar churn of jealousy and anger.

right to claim Aaron was the love of her

life.

she knows what real love even feels like.

shared was nothing compared to whatever young romance they had

came

and grounds, acting like she’s the widow and her whole life

the packs and running

can only hope she’ll go back to wherever she was once the funeral is

the picture, I get the feeling hoping Jessica will leave might be

upstairs and find Ethan with Tera. As I’d

that James put together while Aaron and I were

in a room across from Aaron’s

a wonderful job.

a comfortable recliner/rocker chair to sit in

and I sink into the comfortable chair

my arms,

feel grateful for this small slice of quiet and peace

so I want to make sure I treasure the times when its just me and him, and things

starts lulling off to sleep, my mind starts