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.

am, and Jessica hates me for

I took

having them together

the doorway, I

didn’t know you were coming home,” he

pause just inside the doorway where they can’t

listen in.

I not come home? I heard about

every wolf in

come home as soon as I heard. Aaron was the

life. He should have been my mate. I needed

the funeral.”

away, not waiting to

response to that.

tighten with an old, familiar churn of jealousy and

to claim Aaron was the

life.

doubt she knows what real love even feels like.

that Aaron and I shared was nothing compared to whatever young

I came along.

widow and her whole life is over while

packs and

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

get the feeling hoping

go upstairs and find Ethan with Tera. As I’d hoped, it’s time for

the new nursery that James put together while Aaron and I were being

a room across from Aaron’s bedroom,

did a

a comfortable recliner/rocker chair to sit

or settling Ethan, and I sink into the comfortable

in my arms, fussing

starts greedily gulping down his milk, I smile and feel grateful for this small slice of quiet and peace with my

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

Ethan starts lulling off to sleep, my mind starts going back to all the problems I