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.

who I am, and Jessica hates

thinks I took from her.

which having them together and

I hear James greet his sister.

were

just inside the doorway where

listen in.

I not come home? I heard

in Montana is talking

soon as I

He should have been my mate.

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.

doesn’t have the right to claim Aaron was

life.

knows what real love even feels

Aaron and I shared was nothing compared to whatever young romance they had

came

widow and her whole life is

the packs and

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

get the feeling hoping Jessica will

find Ethan with Tera. As I’d

new nursery that James put together while

from Aaron’s bedroom, and I

a wonderful job.

to sit

Ethan, and I sink into the comfortable chair

in my arms, fussing

grateful for this small slice of quiet and peace with

and far between, with our lives being so complicated like they are, so I want

the bottle empties and Ethan starts lulling off to sleep, my mind starts going back to all the