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

thinks I took

in which having them together and

reach the doorway, I

I didn’t know you were coming home,”

the doorway where they can’t hear me to

listen in.

come home? I heard about what happened

Aaron. Basically, every wolf in Montana is talking about it.

to come home as soon as I heard. Aaron was the love of

my mate. I needed to be

the funeral.”

away, not waiting to

response to that.

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

the right to claim Aaron was the love of

life.

she knows what real

that Aaron and I shared

came

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

of the packs and running the businesses.

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

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

go upstairs and find Ethan with Tera. As I’d hoped,

in the new nursery that James put together while

room across from Aaron’s bedroom, and

did a wonderful job.

recliner/rocker chair to sit in while

I sink into the comfortable chair

in my arms,

smile and feel grateful for this small slice of quiet and peace with

are few and far between, with our lives being so complicated like they are, so I want to make sure I

Ethan starts lulling off to sleep, my