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.

hates me for who I am, and Jessica hates

thinks I took from her.

way in which having them together and against me is going

reach the doorway, I hear

were coming home,” he

the doorway where they can’t hear me to

listen in.

home? I heard

Basically, every wolf in Montana

home as soon as I heard. Aaron was the

been my mate.

the funeral.”

away, not waiting to

response to that.

words make my stomach tighten with an

right to claim

life.

she knows what real love even

and I shared was nothing compared to

I came

the mansion and grounds, acting like she’s the widow and her whole life is over while I do

welfare of the packs and running the businesses.

hope she’ll go back to wherever she was once the funeral is over.

the picture, I get the feeling hoping Jessica will leave

As I’d hoped, it’s time for his next feed.

nursery that James put together while Aaron and I were being held

in a room across from Aaron’s bedroom, and I

a wonderful

comfortable recliner/rocker chair to sit in

or settling Ethan, and I sink into the

in my arms, fussing

down his milk, I smile and feel grateful for

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 and him, and things

lulling off to sleep, my mind starts going back to