Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 313

He holds out his hand and I take it, shaking.

His grip is firm and cool, and there’s something almost comforting about it.

“I’m Emily,” I tell him in return.

His smile deepens. “That’s a pretty name.”

I laugh at this.

Ronan might be too charming for his own good.

“I think it’s pretty basic myself, but you’re welcome to your opinion.”

He gives a quick, friendly laugh.

“So, Emily, what has you out here looking so down on a day like today?”

I take a slow breath, working out how I can explain without sounding crazy.

“Something bad happened to me, something traumatizing,” I begin, choosing my words carefully. “Something that went on for a long time. I finally got out just recently, and now my family are treating me like I’m fragile and broken. Maybe because I am.

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But I don’t want to be. And I can’t stay with my family, I can see that. It’s just not going to work. They’ll hate me when the realize the truth of everything that happened to me. Except I don’t know what to do, and don’t have anywhere else to go.”

Ronan nods, listening with sympathy and understanding.

And I realize it’s something no one has bothered to do since I got home.

they know what happened to me, and what they should do

I did have that moment with Axel earlier…

that wasn’t real..

first in line to kill me

fragile to me. Truthfully, I’m pretty sure the fact that you’re here talking to me points to you actually being extremely strong and brave. You survived that bad thing you went through. And maybe these might seem like empty words, but I’m sure if you look inside yourself, you’ll see that you came out stronger for

I’ve ever stopped to consider that I

to me.

Just not in the way he probably means.

www

experiments were literally torture, but I can do things now

not saying that makes

and have a choice, I’d choose not to ever go through that, because I can’t exactly say what I’ve gained makes it all okay.

me in greater

if I decide to look at it

in your

a way Aaron and Jessica and Axel and everyone else maybe never will.

they just

caught up in their own drama–and I was gone for

I don’t mean in a spiteful way, I

kind of way.

any of that. You’re strong.

I’m speechless.

but I’m deeply touched

say to him,

smiles as he gets to his

a week,” he says. “Maybe I’ll see you

I hope

get to my feet, and we stand there looking at each other.

forward and hug him.