Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 61

Aaron doesn’t budge.

I can feel the tension rising between them.

I smile at my brother to try and lighten the mood.

He mumbles something. I’m not a wolf but I can smell the booze on him. It’s like a cloud of alcohol. Well, duh, dad d ied. Of course he may have gone on a bender. I’ve never had that luxury. Which is probably a good thing. I keep my emotions walled up tight. One drunken night might crack those walls and I imagine I’ll be a mess if I ever let all these bottled feelings free.

I look at Aaron, willing him to back up. He’s crowding both of us and it’s like a dog marking his territory.

I don’t want him here.

know if I’m not careful, I might reignite an

inside and get cleaned

Honey? Honey?

he’s dropped more endearments than in all the

but even those were relayed with a sense

care how they make me feel. It’s too little too late, and given all he’s done to me and my family, there’s no resurrecting our

don’t say any of this.

sweetly. “Yes, that’s a good idea.”

handed him

us, his brow creasing. “Uh, okay. Let me show

main house-a massive Colonial with huge wh ite pillars and four stories of

peeling off the shutters.

overrun with

used to be a wide expanse of manicured lawns