Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 185

Chapter 185
LEAH
My legs are weak as I walk toward Aaron.
Go d, I miss him.
thought my feelings for him before were strong.
But now that I have my wolf, now that we’re mated, the emotions that storm through me-love, so bright and pure it
hurts-makes anything I felt in the past pale in comparison.
He’s wearing a perfectly tailored three-piece suit, molded to the muscles of his body like he just stepped off a GQ cover.
I can’t ever remember him looking so good.
I can’t ever remember wanting him this much.
Part of me has always wanted Aaron.
At first, I wanted his approval in childish innocence.
Later as a moody teenager, I would do almost anything to get his attention, good or bad.
Then, he introduced me to the pleasures to be found between a man and a woman, and I’d play games of teasing and
seduction.
Now, in this moment, I want him in a way that eclipses. anything else that ever came before it.
This isn’t simple lust.
This is a tidal pull on a cellular level, the same way the moon. drags the oceans to its whims.
This is the kind of love they write songs and make movies
about. A once-in-a-lifetime fairytale kind of love.
But how can it hurt so much at the same time?
His eyes subtly glow as I get closer, and I can sense he’s not as
immune as he’d like me to believe.
However, his gaze eventually cuts away from me to focus on
James, who followed me over.
“Beta. How have things been?” Aaron asks James instead of addressing me directly, which is just infuriating.
“Interesting,” James replies, and I feel him move closer and
angle his body toward mine.
The action is mostly innocent and protective, but we all know it’s almost verging on a claim, and Aaron immediately starts bristling, even as James puts his shoulders back like he’s hoping Aaron will start something.
Standing between these two powerful males is a heady thrill, but I can’t have them fighting over me.
“Why am I here, Aaron?” I ask in an impatient voice, bringing
his attention back to me.
“We have a problem to solve, remember?” Aaron says
arrogantly.
He wraps his fingers around my elbow and tugs me forward-pointedly away from James-and the heat of his fingers is a sensual shock to my system.
“You and the rest of the guys set up a perimeter,” Aaron tells James. “I’ll call you if I need anything.”
“Is that okay with you, Luna?” James stubbornly asks, making Aaron growl.
“You answer to me, not her,” Aaron snarls.
“You ordered me to protect her with my life, which I’ve done,” James replies, his features drawing into a dark glare. “By your
own admission, yes, in fact, I do answer to her.
“Know your place!,” Aaron snaps back in response.
James cuts his gaze to mine, something heated and intimate
in his eyes.
I know he’s doing it just to pis s off Aaron-a dangerous ploy, for sure-but it still makes my cheeks get warm and
undoubtedly go bright red.
“Oh yeah,” James drawls. “I definitely know my place.”
Before Aaron can respond-or hit him-James turns and signals.
to the other guys, moving off to set up the security Aaron
ordered.
This time when Aaron tugs on my arm, it’s far less gentle, his.
grip now almost bruising.
He drags me toward the building, and as soon as we’re inside, he’s got me shoved up against the wall, his powerful body
pressing into me everywhere making my senses go haywire.
“What the hell is going on between you and my Beta?”