Chapter 11

LEAH

I’m not going to lie, I feel a little happy.

Please don’t judge. I get it. I’m THAT girl.

The dumb one. The oh-you-got-your-heart-broke-again one.

The one who sits home waiting for him to call.

But what most people don’t know is that Aaron was the one to

sit up with me when I had nightmares. He was the one to insist

I learn to trade and to obtain my Series 7 license so I’d have a

career. Aaron is the one to stare me in the eyes everytime he

joins his body to mine.

And, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it’s just sex.

But it’s not.

It’s more than that.

I know it. I believe it.

And deep down, I love him.

As rough and cold as he can be, I know there’s more to him

than he lets the world see.

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grab an apple from the giant bowl

the middle of the prep table. It’s ripe

the hell are you smiling about?”

It’s Jessica.

long, blond hair is down

her like some goddamn shampoo commercial. Ugh.

on

thought saddens me.

wife. But I am. And I have been for

and then snatches the apple from my

the compost

my way, we wouldn’t just bleed you once a

no world in which your

sins.”

with her. “I was

were committed,

my parents are dead. And my eldest

is dead. I’ve lost cousins and kin

that way.”

She huffs.

you know of it? You’re a

bothers to keep you around. You’re of

use to this pack.

That hurts.

or apologetic for her actions, trying

being fair, he was hers to

to be some sanctity for our

mated. We

to count

isn’t good for either

“I don’t care about

that Aaron cares, then you’re even dumber than

finished with being nice to

it’s the

down my arms as she

across the kitchen.

slam into the pantry door and stay there on the

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