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.

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

have that

that wasn’t real..

be first in line to kill me if or when the truth came

broken and 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

but I don’t think I’ve ever stopped to consider that I

to me.

in the way he

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literally torture, but I can do things now that I

saying that makes it

ever go through that, because I can’t exactly say what I’ve gained makes it

puts me in greater

are benefits to the new me, if I decide

Ronan continues in a sincere voice. “In a way that no one in your family can probably see. But I get the feeling that’s also because you

has actually seen me- in a way

they just not

drama–and I was gone for ten years, so they’ve

spiteful way, I just mean in

kind of way.

leaning forward a little. “It’s also their loss if they can’t see any of that. You’re

I’m speechless.

to say, but I’m deeply touched by

say to him, emotion catching in

gets to his

times a week,” he says.

hope I do see him

and we stand there looking

forward