Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

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.

2/5

head into the kitchen and grab

middle of the prep table.

are you

It’s Jessica.

is down today and it glows beautifully,

her like some goddamn shampoo commercial. Ugh.

dance on my

thought saddens me.

have to be mean, Jessica. I didn’t ask to be Aaron’s wife. But I am. And I have been for a long time now. You don’t have to keep making things so hard

and then snatches the

the compost bin.

be trash. And if I had my way, we wouldn’t just bleed you once a month, it’d be

is no world in which

sins.”

reason with her. “I was a

were committed, Jessica.”

are dead. And my eldest brother.”

cousins and kin too. War is

that way.”

She huffs.

do you know of it? You’re a human. For the life of me,

know why he even bothers to keep

pack. No use

That hurts.

apologetic for her

husband. If I’m being fair, he was hers

some sanctity for our relationship.

mated. We are

count for

it isn’t good for either of

head at me. “I don’t care about you, Leah.

think that

being nice to her.

it’s the only warning

claws scratch down my arms as she grabs me and hurls

the

slam into the pantry door and stay